Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-06

The hnniv. rsRry oftbe Declaration of
Grerk Independence.

hbe hbniN rsRry OF tue btcthftttou VI
creek Independence.
ATHENS, April 5.-Tomorrow night
Athens viii be brilliantly Illuminated
In cymmemorHtion OF Independence.
In this co neotion there has been n
belief that the celebration OF tomorrow
will be followed by a declaration OF
war against TURKEY. This is, how
ever. not general. Tuesday In Greece
IL regarded as al unluoky Jay to enter
upon anything OF great Importance,
anu for this more than for other rea-
sons, political or military, 1t IL hoped
that the Independence celebration
Will pass Of without the Incidents
which are l,keiy to preoipitate the
struggle for whion Greece has been
preparing the past two months.
Ii is stated today that the queen OF
Greece has decided to start immediate.
ly for Thssssiy in order to superin.
tenn with her daughter.iu-law, the
Crown Princess Sophia,the field nurs 3
attached to the Greek ambulance
corps.
Numbers OF correspondents Of Eng
lish newspapers have arrived here and
AT Balonica, and others are at Larisaa.
There are men whose advent on auy
scene naturally means that mn out
break OF war Is regarded rs almost
certain. The English correspondents
who landed ut Silonica were provided
with letters from the Marquis OF sails.
bury's secretary, but while they have
been shown every courtesy they have
not been allowed to inspecttne Iufkisn
Qualifications.
A dispatch from the representatives
Of the Associated Press at Elassona,
turkish heav q1artere, says that the re-
port that the Greeks Intended to mount
t~e1ly cannOBs on the unoccupiel
points OF disputed territory three miles
distant nom ELISA, caused Edhem
Paeha to order the officers IN that
vicinity to fire upon the Greeks at the
fret sign VI such attempt. Upon
another Occss o L the ex plOsion ofdyna-
mite by a parry OF Greek engineers
wnO were blasting rock to make
road, 30 excited the Turks that a
Turkinh officer sent message warn
Ing the Gresks OF the excitement and
that 1t Inight be impossible to restrain
the Turkish troops.
Later dispatches from the front say
that Il Them Pasha has ordered all tn
Turkish troOls on the frontier to tie
uhtci uiub MI uny tOLluIiONy kub
Anniversary OF the declaration OF In
Dependence OF Greece.
THE IMPATIENCE INoREAsINc..
LONDON, April 5-The Atheus
Correspondent OF the Times will say
tomorrow. 1t IL evident that the popu.
lar Impotence Ia increasing. Voices
are heard In various quarters denounc-
ing the hing and the government an
demanding an Immediate declaration
Ut war. This revival OF bellicoss ex.
element is largely due to the expecta.
ton that tomofrow'A anniversary will
witness the inauguration OF a great
national crusade asains! Turkey.
KING GeOrge ana all the members Of
the royal lamily, the mi mister OF stale
and all the cniet public officials Will
attend the religious ceremony at the
cathedral, which will be- followed by
a grand popular demonstration. The
Streets are already decked with flsgs,
and the excitement lie increasing
hourly. Nobody can ioretell what
will happen ON the frontier tomorrow.
The eeveroment journals publish
articles eDJo ,ninI patience, sslf.control
and obediencs To the authorities, LuI
tDese warnings seem 10 have Very little
effect upon the excitable potulace,
which has set ia heart upon war anu
VIII not Do baked In Its desires.