The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 18, 1897, Page 2

VOLUME LXXXL 0. 139. SAN "FRANCISCO, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1897_THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WAR RAGES AT LAST BETWEEN GREEKS AND TURKS ON THE BORDER Declaration of Hostilities by the Porte Quickly Followed by Fierce Fighting. LARISSA, Grerce, April 18.—4 A M— | —————— Fierce fighting between the two armies | bas been in progress several hours. Under cover of the darkness large detachments | of Turkish troops were thrown forward sgainst the Greek jorces at Mount Anal- ipsis. The Greeks are well fortified and their resistance has been stubhorn. 1 Repeated assaults by large bodies of Turkish troops were repulsed with heavy | loss, and the Greeks have not abandoned any of their positions. The firing began in an effort of the Tur- | kish commander to occupy a strategic po- | sition several miles in advance of (lle‘ Turkish strongholds. It is =aid the Turks retired aiter several assaults had been made. A battle is now raging along the whole of tne Thessalian frontier. To-day’s| general engagement was precipitated by Friday's engagement near Nezeros. The | Turks sttacked a Greek advance post, | wounding a Greek heutenant and killing a corporoal. Desultory firing was con- tinued until Saturday noon. It was fcrcely resumed several hours later. The Greeks | drove the Turks from their positions. The | Greeks then cannonaded the Turks from Tsamteja, causing great excitement along the whole line. Tie Turkish commander then began massing large forces for a general assault. LONDON, Exc., April 18.—The Observer has a dispatch from Constantinople, show- ing that the long-threatened war between Turkey and Greece hasat last been offi- | Lixlly declared by the Porte. 1 The dispatch, which was sent from Con- etantinople at midnight, says it isde- clared that owing to fresh incursions into Macedonia by the Greeks war has broken out between the two countries. It further says, at the council of Ministers at Yildiz Kiosk, Saturday, 1t was deciged to recall Assim Bey, Turkish Minister at Athens, and hand Prince Mavrocordato, the Greek Minister to Turkey, his passports. The Ministers also resolved to send orders to Edhem Pasha, Turkish commander-in- chief in Macedonia, to assume the offen- sive. A circular was addressed last evening to -Oltoman envoys abroad, detailing the latest events in the Grmco-Turkish dis- pute including last week’s invasion of Macedonia. The Porte declares that despite the offi- cial denials of the Greek Government Greek troops took partin the invasion. The circular expresses a hope that the Ppowers ina spirit of justice will agree | that the entire responsibility for war rests upon Greece. The circalar congludes: *“Turkey bas no idea of conquest, and as fresh proof of her pacific sentiments is willing to withdraw her troops, if Greece withdraws hers from the frontier ana from Crete.”” ATHENS, GreEce, April 18.—The Cabi- Det has determined to protest against | Turkey’s aggressive action to the powers. T TURKS THE AGGRESSORS. ! Greeks in a Position to Declare | They are Only Fighting on | the Defensive. LONDON, Exa., April 18.—Though the recalling of the Turkish Minister from Athens, the dismissal of the Greek Minis- | ter from Constantinople, and the ordering of Edhem Pasha to assume the offensive, are all preliminary to a declaration of war, it does not appear that such a declaration bas been formally made, but there is not the slightest doubt it will be as soon as the Sultan can affix his signature. It has been contended in various quarters that the raid by the Greek irregulars into Macedonia was mude for the sole purpose of forcing the Porte 10 declare war. Tech- nically, Turkey would be the aggressor, and the Greeks will be in a position to de- clare that they ure only fighting in defense of their territery. SR, TOLD BY CIPHER. Secretary Sherman Recelves a Dis- patch From Minister Terrlil at Constantinople. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—Sec- retary of State Sherman received a dis- pateh to-night from Terrill, Unitea States Minister at Constantinople. The Secre- tary said that while the message was in department cipher and could not be fully translated uuntil to-morrow, ne haa no doubt it contained an official ceclaration of war between Turkey and Greece. The Secretary said bostilities between Turkey and Greece would not affect the United States. He had before him a pub- lished report of the State Department Bureaa of Statistics, which showed the trade of the United Btatesand the two countries involved was too small to cause any embarrassment to the United States. The annual commerce of the United Btates with Turkey in Europe amounted to about $70,000 only, and with Greece about §300,000, Thi-, said the Secrelary, poris and imports, included ex- Sherman thought of the crisis, which haslost picturasque- ness and become only a blind game of diplomacy. s gL GREEK STRATEGY. Movements Which Have Placed the Turks at a Marked Dis- advantage. The movements of the insurgent raiders o far stow that they are acting according to well-laid plans and under the direction of leaders who understand something of | military strategy. The first strike across the frontier to Kran ut off direct com- munication with Janina and piras and put them in command of the only road for wheeled vehicles leading into Macedo- pia. Advancing along this road they have seized in succeszion Kipuro, Baltino, Pig- aditza, Sitovon, Kritudes and Plesia ana | are threatening Kourduzi, the capture of which will cut off Grevena from Kasan: and Elassoni and put tbem on the flank and well io the rear of Kdhem Pasha’s army at the latter place. At the same time the raiders have ob- tained possession of three roads leading back across the frontier to Kalal either one shorter than the route by which they advanced. From Krania they can go by Baltino over the frontier to Miritza. From Pigaditza or Sitovon the roads lead by Georgitza to the same pl and from their furthest advence at Plesia or even | Kourduzi they cam retreat by way of Shall Have Been Completed. il 1 > i s el Ty NEWSPAPER SQUARE. The Center of Life and Activity in San Francisco as It Will Appear on Easter Day, 1898, When “ The Call” and “ Examiner” Buildings war, instead of being detrimenta! to our business with Turkey and Greece, would Itkely make demands for war materials. Tha BSecretary believed the war would probably be ended by the interposition of the powers. Mustapha Bey, the Turkish Minister, said to-night that be had received no ad- vice in regard to a declaration of war. Greece is not represented in Washington. A State Dejariment official said to-night that the only question likely to interest this Government in the Grmco-Turkish war was the right of asylum. Many nat- uralized Americans, former subjects of Turkey and Greece, had returned to their native lands. The arrest of any of these or their claim of protection w hile taking refuge in the legation of this country might cause trouble. - TOWARD MONTENEGRO. There Is a Naw Movement on the Part of the Turkisa Troops In the Field. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turxry, April 18, An unexpected movement of the T ish troops toward the Montenegrin fron- tier has given rise to a report that serious danger is apprehended in that direction. A battalion of Albanians was in readi- ness to start for the Greek frontier, but was suddenly sent 10 Verana on the Mon- tenegrin frontisr. Another battalion will follow. 2 EP e & T TIRED OF THE STRAIN. #1l Europe Would Probably Feel Relieved by a Declaration of War. LONDON, Exc., April 17.—Although to-day’s news from the Macedonian fron- ier 1s serious, the siiuation does not yet seem to justify the assertion that war is inevitable. There appsars to be no doubt the Turks are the aggressors in the latest movement, and that their regular troo began an engagement which occupied a part of two days and involved the use of artillery and all the available munitions of war on both sides. The Turkish ver- sion of the battle is not yet received, but the Greek account affirms that the enemy was routed and driven back acrossthe frontier. This episode, whatever may be the ultimate consequences, typites an im- portant change in the attitude of both sides, which is the effect of important royal and other influences upon several powers and upon officials. Greece has shiited the point of greatest danger from Athens to Constantinople. Even the Greek populace, according to the latest dispatches, is beginning to calm | unaer the influence of a more conciliatory volicy of the powers, or rather their an- parent abandonment of all policy. Oa the other hand, the Turks, underthe same influence, have become decidedly warlike and have finally, with or without author- ity from Yildiz, ventured upon an open official act of war. Ttisno longer a secret—unbappily, in fact, it is not denied in Berlin—that the German Emperor is instigating the Sultan to war. This is a most discouraging fea- ture of the situation. It is not altogetber bopeless, however. To-day’s provocation in Macedonia, had it occurred a fortnighi or even s week ago, would without ques- t on have been followed by general fight- ing along the whole frontier, but now Greece will probably hesitate before launching an official declaration of war, which would cancel all secret potential efforts for peace which have been exerted the past few days, All Europe has grown tired of the strain Kritudes and Velemisti, almost directly south, to Kalabak. The same spportunity for a retrograde movement is also offered for the advance of supports when desired, direct from the terminus of the railroad connecting Kala- bak with Trikkala, Larissa and Volo. Advancing toward the low country of the Kara Ses Valley they find less hard- ship and hinderance to quick movements from the snows and inclemency of the weather, which block up the road at Zygos, and Metsovo will prove a serious obstacle for some time yet to the advarce of the Turkish troops at Janina to attack them in the rear. Metsovo Pass hasan elevation of 5000 feet above the level of the sea and over 3500 above Lake Janina, and the snows often lay many feet deep until the latter part of April. A German traveler who crossed these mountains in 1893 found the snow in the pass too deep to allow the passage of pack animals on the 28th of the month, and he was told that it often laid many feet deep over the road until Mav. PEARY WILL TRY AGAIN. The Explorer's Transter to Mire Isiand Is Canceled and He Will Once More Seek the North Pole. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 17.—Dev opments of the last few days make it certain that Civil Eagineer R. E. Peary will within & few weeks start on the pre- liminary journey of his attempt to reach the north pole. Peary’s plan compre- hends a systematic effort, which sball be ded if necessary over a period of ten but it is just possible that the most ambitious aims of his expedition will be accomplished by the eurly fall of 1899, His plan lay in abeyance at first because of a lack of funds, and then, just as the requisite sum_of $150,000 was in sight, an unexpected obstacle was put in his way by an order transferring him to Mare Isi- and. The time was all but up for him to leave for the coast when Charles Moore of Brooklyn, an old friend of Sacretary Long, persuaded the Secretary to rescind his or- der. Of this revocation Peary has received notice, and although no arrangements have yet been made for the necessary leave of absence for the carrying out of his plans, measures for their accomplishment will soon be taken. The glory of the American flag, whose Pprestige in the far north has been sur- passed by the Norwegian flag after an ascendency of a dozen years, was a factor in Secretary Long’s decision. Peary should get started for the north on his preliminary journey before the end of June. He will, however, be unable to say on what date he can start until the de- sired leave of absence 1s granted. Ae- cordiog to Peary’s plan the preliminary trip will be made solely for the purpose of arranging to colonize the Fsquimaux of Whale Sound to meet him at a fixed point ir the summer of 1898 with supplies. In that sammer the expedition will itself start out. —_—— OWNEY SHOT BY A POLICEMAN. Death of the Celebrated Tramp Dog Which Had for Years Traveled in the Mail Cars. CLEVELAND, Onio, April 17.—Owney, the celebrated tramp dog which for ten years had been constantly traveling over the country under the protection of rai way mail clerks, was shot last night by a policeman whom he tried to' bite. Ke- cum the mail superintendentat Chicago ism orders forbiddine clerks to earrv the dog any more on their cars.. Owney had traveled over almost every railway in the country. A s BANK WRECKER SPALDING. Infaiuated With a Young Lady to Whom He Made Princely Gifts From Depositor’s Funds. CHICAGO, IiL, April 17.—George N. Morgan of the Chicago Club of the St University filed a complaint in the Circuit Court to-day, on the strength of which Judge Tulley issued a warrant for the ar- rest of C. W. Spalding, the University's ex-treasurer, charging him with embezzle- ment. Bail was fixed at $25,000, Spalding has not been seen. Trustee Armstrong admits that he was warned in December that the Globe Bank was on the verge of bankruptcy and other mem- bers of the board appear to have been equally careless in failing 1o take steps to secure the university's bonds atter the warning. 1tis known that Miss Louise Erwin, Spalding’s protege, had vast sums of money and jewels, gilts of the in- fatuated banker. One present was a dia- mond brooch, valued at $12,000; another was a costly team and victoria, none of which can be found. —_— Bank Officials n Trouble, ST. PAUL, MiN~., April 19.—Warrants were issued to-day for the arrest of Wil- liam Dawson, president, and Robvert L. Miller, assistant casnier of the Bank of Minuesota—Dawson_on a charge of em- bezzlement and_Miller on a charge of | grand larceny. This action was taken at the request of s committee of depositors. The charge sgainst Diwson is that on Juiv 1, 189, he drew out of the bank BIG INLAND SEAS COVER THE CROPS Rich Plantations of the South Ruined by the Waters. DELTA IS NOW ALMOST SUBMERGED. Soon the Town Will Disappear Under the Mississippi’s Overflow. NEW CREVASSES IN THELEVEES REPORTED HOURLY. Many Negroes Have Been Drowned. Thousands of Horses and Cattle Lost In the Torrents. NEW ORLEANS, TaA., April 17.—This afternoon the crevasse in the Biggs levee was 1200 feet wide, and pouring hourly 800,000,000 cubic feet of water over the lands along the Tensas’ banks. The Biggs levee is 8000 feet long, and most of it is so weak that the break is expected soon to measure a mile in width, causing a great loss to property. In Madison and other parishes of North Louisiana the amount of damage done to big cotton plantations in Tensas and Con- cordia is yet problematical. 1f the break increases it will flood those parishes, be- sides inflicting a severe loss in the low- lands of Catahoula and Franklin. The crevasse caused a fall in the river at Vicksburg and all neighboring points, and will check the rise below for a few davs, but will only do harm by keeping t o flood up much longer than was ex- pected. All the water going through the Biggs crevasse will find its way inco the Red River through the Ouachita, and most of it will return uitimately to the Missis- «ippl in_the next few weeks, eausing a prolonged strain to the levees south of the Red River. A portion of the leyee will go down. The river is swallen at Chalalnya, endangering all the sugar country near that strexm. The town of Delta s almost entirely under water. It will be completely so by morning. President Maxwell of the Tensas Jevee telegraphs to-day that other levees might be saved. Lieutenant-Governor Snyder says the Biggs crevasse will overflow most of the Tensas district. As the flood will con- tinue very late" this year, far beyond the planting seaton, it meens that no crop will be made in Tensas this year. At New Orleans in some places the water is nearly to the top of the levee. VICKSBURG, Miss, Aprii 7.—At 8 o’clock to-night the Mississippi was at the 52:1 foot stage, a fall of 4:10 feet in eight- een hours, due Lo the crevasse in the Biggs levee. Tne situation 1s appalling. The rich Yazoo delta, 250 miles long and 75 wide, is a vast sea of water. Many valua- ble plantations are damaged to almost their full value. Davis Island, with 8000 acres of the most fertile land in the valley, is covered by NEW TO-DAY. 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