The herald., 1897-04-20
INTERVENTION
The Powers Still Figuring on a
Policy

| LONDON, Aprlf lS-' Ph' NSSr'
right. 1897 )-In spite OF the fact that 'ne,
hostilities on the Greek frontier nave
caused but little excitement mere com
munications have been in progress all
day long between the foreign once ana
Rome. France and Athens. 1t Is report
! ed tonight that among other matters
considered is the expedtency OF oroerins
| the international fleets to leave Cretat
waters and go in the direction or Salonl-
ca and the Dardanelles to watch the
fighting with a view to localizing II II
necessary, by naval intervention. Shoulo
this suggestion, which ie expected 10
emanate from the Italian foreign Office,
he acted upon, 1t is expected that only
half the fleet of foreign warships wouiu
he Withdrawn for such a purpose, the
other half remaining to continue the Gre
| tan blockade.
There is said to be sharp difference
| of opinion between the military powers
Russia, Austro-H Hungary and Germany
and the maritime powers, Great Britain
France and Italy, as to the most expe :
ditious and least violent methods of COM
nelling a cessation of hostilites should
this result not be reached by the exer-
else of diplomatic pressure at Athens
and Constantinople. The likelihood is
that the force to be employed by Europe,
If a resort to force becomes necessary
| would be by sea. as the contingencies OF
military intervention might be more
serious than the hostilities now in prog
ress.
1t is reported at the foreign office that
the communication received here from
the Marquis of Salisbury after his in
terview with Queen Victoria at Nice,
supports the theory nnat the British gov
ernment is using its utmost energy to
persuade both combatants to make
cessation of the conflict at the stage
which 1t has now reached. M. Hano-
! taux. who received the Greek minister
to France today is understood to have
assured him that while France could
not tolerate the indefinite prolongation
| of war and would never consent torany
essential modification of the existing
territories of Greece and Turkey, she
would continue for the present her policy
of non-interference, except SO far ae in
| tervention might be necessary to pre-
vent the spread of the contest to other
combatant
The situ- on on the frontier. has not,
according to the latest advices, been
materially modified today. Both the
Turks and the Greeks are resting from
the tremendous exertions of Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday. The troops of Ed
hem Pasha were half dead with fatigue
and hunger when the firing slackened
| last night
Most of them flung themselves down
OH the bare ground where they stood
4 10 claa cI, a da,. In
chief prudently decided to allow his
army to rest today. AS details come
| in it becomes more and more apparent
that the fighting in Miloupa pass was
| of the most stubborn and savage char
acter The Turks fought like devils.
and the Greeks resisted in the spirit of
! their ancestors. The most inexplicable
| fact in connection with the whole en-
gagement is the comparatively small
number killed. All the special cores
pondents agree as to this. The Turks
appeared to have fired as wildly with
their rifles at Milouna pass as they did
at Arta. where the firing consisted of
| an artillery duel between the rival bat
teries on each side of the river. lasting
about four hours in the afternoon. There
! they fired C>ky one out of five shots with
| any effect and their batteries were soon
silenced by the Greeks. whose marks
manship was very much superior. The
| Turkish losses at Arta are believed to
have been very heavy. On the Greek
side there was not man killed.
| Later-9 p. m.-Gen. Smolenitz, ex-
minister of war is in command of IA. 900
Greeks at Reveni not far from Tyrnavos,
northwest of Larissa. At this point
Edhem Pasha, closely pressed, was near
| ly taken prisoner. His plan was to force
the pass of Reveni, to enter the plain
Of Larissa and to cut off the retreat of
the Greek army with his cavalry, and
thus take Larissa without resistance
But this plan was defeated. General
Demopous, at the head of one Greek di-
vision, forced the Turkish line at Boug-
haiz, close to Tyrnavos, and Gen. Nav
romochale broke through at Koniskos