The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-23
The Grecian Army Has Captured
Many Villages.
THEY MAKE A DESPERATE DE-
TENSE OF MATT PAss-THE
GREEK SQUADRON GAIN A VIC
TORY AT PLATENoMA-LARIssA
HAS NOT BEEN CAPTURED By
THE TURKs-AN APPEAL TO
CHRISTIAN WOMEN.

Athens, April 22.-An official dispatch
! from Larissa SAYS the Greeks continue to
defend the Matt Pass. Delyannis has re.
ceiyed kilograms from the Greek deputies
ut Larissa, who declare, according to the
opinions of the officers, the situation is
not yet compromised, as the positions
! occupied by the Turks are of secondary
| considerations
a ulspatch from Arta says the Greeks
nave captured the villages OF Aghia. Tsa-
pras, Kirnikala, Alimbei and Jenicari, all
of which the Turks have abandoned.
A dispatch from Commodore Kriezis.
in command of the Greek squadron which
bombarded Platenoma says five hundred
Turks were wounded during the bonn
bardment, but the Greeks sustained no
losses. The squadron has started for
Katherine.
The government has received dispatch
from Larissa which says, though the
exact situation is not known here that
the rumor that Larissa was ca tured by
the Turks is inaccurate.
X Vienna, April 22.-Much attention has
been attracted to an article in the semi
official Fremdenblatt on the Turco. Gre.
clan situation. After asserting that while
Greece desired war ut any price it was i'm.
possible to stop her, the article continues:
Nevertheless, if either Greece OF Tur
key, in the event OF defeat, invokes Euro
pean intervention, the powers will not
refuse to epdearor to re establish peace. ,,
Paris, April 22.-,the situation ON the
Thessalian frontier, according to II dis.
patch from Athens. is considered highly
critical. 1t is feared that the Greek
troops, exhausted by three days hard
fighting, will not be able to resist much
longer the furious attacks of the Turks
London, April 22.-According to spc-
cial dispatch from Athens massacre of
Greek citizens occurred near Prevesa.
The Greeks stormed five villages OCCUPIED
by the Turks.
New York, April 22.-The Greeks here
are enthusiastic over the meeting at Web
stcr hall last night. The prospect of hav.
ing big vessel to carry them home and
the belief that Edham Pas,a and his
forces will be slaughtered on the plain
outside of Larissa, filled them with JOY.
bucharest Roumania, April 22--The
Roumanian minister of war has ordered
the garrisons on the Dobrudsch frontier
to be reinforced by two battaIions of
troops. The king of Roumania has post
poned his foreign trip.
London, April 22.-The Stock En-
change markets are inclined to pause to.
day pending some decisive result of the
generally cheerful.
New York, April 22.--The following
appeal has been issued by the union of
Greek women under the presidency of
her majesty, Queen Olga and Crown
Princess Sophia
''To the Women of the Old and New
World, Christian mothers. sisters and
wives, workers for civilization and pre-.
gress. guardians of love and justice,
greeting:
Christian mothers, sisters and wives,
civilized like you, earnestly appeal for
your help. Our sons, our brothers and,
husbands are fighting for the cross and
are being killed and wounded in sacred
cause. Their blood stains the last page
of the history of the nineteepsh century,
the history of civilization and progress,
OF which you are the promoters.
christian women, do not share the re-
sponsibility of your diplomats arouse in
the hearts of your husbands and sons,
more Christian and more equitable senti-
ments. Unite and your just protest viii.
re- echo in the hearts of the nation ana
the people. Prove by your energy and
Christian work that the..wonsen, the trus.
missionaries CT right, with the gospel of
love and justice in their hearts, range
themselves on the side of the wronged. ~
The appeal was promulgated Immediate
ly on its arrival here from Athens.
Donations for the fund of che Union of
Greek Women, who have in charge the
Greek Red Cross, can be fol- warded direct
to her majesty, Queen Olga, of Greece. at
Athens, or to the president of the order,
Madame Helen Griva, Athens, or to Scion
j. Vlasto, editor of the 'tAslantis," No.
2 Store street. New York, who has been
authorized to collect funds and organize
committees throughout the United. States.