The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 27, 1897, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXL _NO. 148. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BRAVE GREECE MUST NOW BE HUMILIATED Cold-Blooded Policy of the Powers in Dealing With the H ellenes. CROWN PRINCE CONSTANTINE IS RELIEVED. Ignorance and Cowardice on the Part of| the Greek Commander Said to Have Caused an Unnecessary Retreat From Copyrignted 1897 LONDON, ENG., April 26.—N T behalf of Greece until she humbles pardon and help from Christian on craves > Government cold-bloode 1t the o r capitals. s of Greece in London pr i th the disas £ lief a K k the Gre d ece is command, The b now at the me n to bel dispatches limit tan’s real -hed the s, therefo eak loose from Russi CONSTANTINE RECALLED. Relleved From the Command of the Gresk Army—Panic Among Refugees ATHENS, decree Prince Greek his ent mmand of received from Volo is of a most Upward of 10,000 panic- are assembled there. m Pasha will attempt 1 on account of the im- eek stores sccumu- rnment has sought by pointing out the he Greek fleet, which the is abundantly sble to as- ection. Delvannis has issued a state- the situation and in- bing of the refugees an is needless, as t the place now that 40,000 roops are occupying Phars: TANTINOPLE, TvUrkEy, ing the earing the ] will attack the place. It is said much credit for the success of the Turk. due to Seifullah Bey, for- v 1 at Volo, who knows ly and rendersd | urkish forces by bis description of the topography of the country. LONDON, April correspondent of the Da nel Emolenitz has been appointed chief of staff in Thessaly. The dispatch adds, the engine, with a telegraph clerk aboard, has been sent to Larissa to learn the condition of affairs there. The correspondent de- clares there is an air of mystery in the whole matter, and that it is insisted that Larissa has not yet been occupied by the | Tur! Exe., - - REVEALED BY RALLL Cowardice and Incapacity of Con- stantine and Stobb Caused the Disaster. ATHENS, Greece, April 26. — Ralli, Jeader of the opposition, arrived from the front last night. He makes the startling | statements of utter confusing ignorance | and lack of plan characterizing the con- | aact of the war. Ke deciares the country | has been the victim of 2 series of deplor- | able blunders whick have demoralized the | arn.y, and vehemently condemns the at- | tempts ©f the Ministers to hide the bitter ruth from the people. Colonel Smolen- i'2's appointment as chief of staff was | ade to satisfy Ralli, who threatened to iisue a proclamation exposing the farce of | the military or ization. LONDON, Exc, Apr £Taph’s correspondent says in an inter- | view Raili declered all the Greek army | was not yer at Pharsala. Some detach- | ments about the plain of | The-saly, liable to be cut up by the Tnrks, | Ralli attacked the royal family, sayin less the court keeps well within its own Resuliar grovince the results will be de- 5.—The Tele- > wan, mentor did | the evenin Mati. by the New York Sun.] o humiliation is to be spared the they will receive will be such as | he stern decision of the powers is | arty in the House of Com- y in the House d pol to-day | | | ning is the same and is fully con- ess to believe she will retrieve her ter to inexperienced leaders. Iso in Athens, for a change is but the just The country has no military | est war authorities of Europe all f the T , however, T urkish troops. the Turk from Turkish sources indicate that of his will instructions in capturing not intend he re, the Turks are intoxicated w an and German control, a halt will | plorable, not only for persons, but for the spatch to the Standard from Athens describes the feeling there as one of pro- found discontent and disappointment. The people are gratitied by the statement tat the Crown Prince has been re The populace ascribes the disas blundering of the royal family. tion of the latter is undeniably The correspondent says he is crea assured an arrangement has been made to to the enabie them to leave the country with | | speed if necessary. The populace manding that they be armed. They not tamely consent to a conclusion peace. The Times' Athens correspondent tele- graphs that some pers believe that Raili aims to fill the roll of a Greek Gam- betta and has already sncceeded in con- centrating public attention on himself. In an spondent he denies there was a; battle at Mati and accus Prince and staff of cowardice and inca- pacity. He details the misiakes made in Friday’s engagement, including an error real ich caused the foreign legion to come | n contact with the squadron of Greek | y, believing the latter were Tt The foreizn legion fired upon the Gree thus increasing the panic. One Greek ba talion, entering Turnavo aiter the Tu ish occupation, was compelled to surren- der. Ralli estimates the entire Greek loss since the outbreak of hostilities at 2000 killed and wounded. e GREAT ARTILLERY DUEL. Vivid Description of the Flerce Fighting at Matl, Where the Greeks Blundered. LONDON, Exa., April 26 —The corre- spondent of the Daily News with the Greek army sends a dispatch from Tur- navo, dated Friday, giving a d scription of the fiznting between Mati and Dereli, | and estimates the Tarks who participa atover 12,000, while the Greeks only num- bered 7000. Tue latter were re-eniorced in the evening, but it was then too to share in the battle. The Greek headguarters was on a hill at Kritiri, near Milouna Fass. The in- faniry lay concealed bebind the hill. The | enemy first made a combined cavalry and but was repuised with | infantry a little difficulty. Then began an artillery duel which lasted, with few interm1ssions, from 8 o'clock in the morning until 5 in Continning, the correspond- ck, entsars: “'For bours the air was full of screaming shells, chiefly shrapnel. Fortunately for the Greeks the thousand odd shells fired by the Turks resulted in barely twenty casualties. Toward 3 o'clock in the afternoon it became evident that the enemy had withdrawn the artillery into a ravine at Ligaria. The Greeks’ mountain battery, under commana of Captain Piakos, especially attracted the ecemy’s fire. Bhelis rsined upon this devoted band, which occupied the extreme Greek left and which, ignoring the Turkish rire, continued shelling Gritzovali mirable precision. “Indeed, u :pecial feature of the duel was the surprising steadiness of the Greek batteries, in which, with shells bursting around, I did not see a man start or horse plunge.' Abont 3 o’clock the enemy’s fire began 0 come only from Ligaria. The ailed. | The pos:- | of | interview with the Times’ corre- | the Crown | { Mexico, Germany and France one each. | part: The cruiser New York, the flagship of the squadron; the Columbia, Maine, | | Greeks turned their fire exclusively in | Pa with ad- | soon | hould go 4 ALL MEN HONOR THIS HERO'S MEMORY. During the Dedication of the Monument to General U. S. Grant There Will Be the Grandest Military, Naval and Civic Parade Ever Witnessed in This Country. NEW YORK, N. Y., Apri npareled soldiery made gorgeous the sidewalks and roadways. There was every | kind of soldier this Nation affords and a pretty considerable smattering of foreigners. All arrangements for the dedication of the monument to General Grant on River- side Drive ‘tc-morrow are complete. There will be one of the grandest military, naval and civic parades the country has ever witnessed. It is nearly twelve years since General Grant’s body was placed in the temporary vault at Riverside Drive. The raising of the fund has been largely due to the unflagging zeal of General Horace Porter, chairman of the monument committee, now Embassador to France. General Granville M. Dodge has been chosen grand marshal of the parade, which will be memorable in the annals of the Republic. Governors of nearly all the States will pe present in person or proxy. tire National Guard of New York, 13,000 strong, and of New Jersey, will take part, nd Pennsylvania will send 5000 men and nearly 10,000 members of uniformed veterans of the war. Ten thousand more in civic bodies of all kinds will swell the totai to at least 50,000 men, who will pass in review. About 4000 reguliar troops, including half a dozen batteries of artillery, will be in line. The programme calis for the movement of the line at 10:30 A. M. The exercises at the tomb will begin between 11 and 12. It is expected the exercises will be finished by 1 shen lunch will be served to 500 or more gueste. The services at the tomb will be simple. Methodis: Bisnop Newman, General Grant’s former pastor, will make | the opening prayer, and then General Porter wiil turn the monument over to the city. Mayor Strong will receive it. logy. The naval parade, of which important feature. New York has become fond of late years, will be an Great Britain will have two warships- in- line; The following American ships will take Brooklyn aud Inaiana. In the evening the fleet will be illuminated. and fire salutes in front of the tomb. will review the fleet, which promises to be nearly as extensive as that of the Colum- bian parade of 1893. All the boats will pass up the river President McKinley, accompanied by his wife, Cabinet and the whole diploma- tic corps, arrived this afternoon in a special train escorted by Squadron A in gor- day. klags and bunung decoraied the hotels, stores, clubs and houses, and gayly | The G. A. R. will send post after post from ail quarters of the country. The en-! Italy, Spain, | Texas, Amphitrite, Puritan, Fern, Dolphin, Ericsson and Porter, in addition to the | After reviewing the 1and forces the President | president of the Board of Alderman (Jerolman) had a dreadful tim = & | i he h of serenading the President. President McKinley will deliver an'address of eu. | 274 {© hem was given the horor of serenading the | 1rving to-day cabled to General Porter: —All New York blossomed like a flower-garden to- | geous uniforms, and were driven rapidly to their hotels amid the cheers of thousands gathered along the route. Pennsylvania depot was Chauncey M. Depew, to whom was given the task of taking care of the British Embassador. When the train arrived there was considerable confusior: ‘until the members of the reception committes could find the guests al- lotted to them. Whitelaw Reid took charge of Patenotre, the French Embas- sador, and the Mayor’s secretary (Hedges) of De Lome, the Spanish Minister. The The Aus- trian Minister had been allotted him, out could not be found. Jerolman rushed around with the hat on the back of his head piteously inquiring for his charge. He did not find him until the ferry-bost was reached, and after that he did not al- low Minister von Hengervar to get out of arms’ reach. President McKinley wore the usual black and seemed bright and cheerful, al- though dark rings around his eyes showed the strain of office and office-seekers has had its effect. Leaving the majority of the party at the Fifth-avenue Hotel the | President and suite were driven to the Windsor, over which the President’s flag floated for the first time in a New York Hotel since 1832, when Jackson was here. President and Mrs. McKiniey went direct to their rooms. Mrs. McKinley was ex- hausted by the journey and the excitement of the reception, and word was given out that tbe President would see no one. But the President counted without his host. Senator Hanna appeared and was ushered into the President’s apartments. Then there was muvic to ihe tune of “Dixey,” by the Stonewall Brigade band of Staunton, Va., heading a camp of the Sons ot Confederates, which stopped in front of the hotel. ‘This is the band whose members G:ant told at Appomattox to keep their instruments, They were cordially received by McKinley. The President will ctay here until Friday. All the rest of the party will return Wednesday forenoon. General Grant's five surviving classmates at West Point were dined to-night by General James Grant Wilson. They are General Christopher Augur, General William Franklin, General Samuel French, General Joseph Reynolds and Rev. Dr. George Deshon. The Confederate Genarals Buckner and Longstreet also had a party. Henry “Love and greeting. All honor to the mem- ory of the great soldier, statesman, patriot and friend which you celebrate to-day.” The busiest placs in the immediate vicinity of the to mb 10-day was the pavilion, where the official luncheon will be served, immediately north of the tomb. Two hundred men and girls have boen at work there three days preparing food for the luncheon. They worked all to-night, making 30,000 sandwiches, 25,000 chicken crogueties and cooking 17,000 hams in addition to the preparation of several barrels of coffee. and occupied the viliage of Deral: in that direction, firing battery volleys, | time to forestall General Mavromichalis, thinking the srmy was concentrating | who was marching on the village with two there and hoping to pound them up | infantry batallions and three squadrons of azainst a cragey sscent of the Milouna | cavalry. Pass, but under cover of this ostensible Mavromichalis thereupon retreated artillery refreat the wily Turkish infantry | precipitately without firing & shot. Al- rushed rapidly along the foot of the | most concurrently with his retreat the mountains toward the entrance of Tempe | commander at Los Faki heliographed to | began about dark, despite the fact that Larissa that the Turks were making a cir- | several battalions of infantry and three cuitous movemen: to outflank him and | batteries of artillery, including one com- his retreat would.be cut off unless he was | manded by Prince Nicholas, could be immediately reinforced. These 1wo move- | seen crossing the plain from Turnavo to ments, threatening to outflank the | reinforce the troops. This decision caused Greek army at Mati on both sides, in-| ccnsternation among the troops, who duced , the headquarters at Larissi | were utterly bewiidered by such a step in to oracr a general retreat, which - - Continued on Second Page, Among the first of the receptiun committes at the | FLEE FAOM HONDURAS Americans Fail to Get Protection From the Consul. DRUMMOND, THE DARING REVOLUTIONIST. With a Little Army of Foreign- ers He Is Trying to Cap- ture the Republic. HAS OFTEN ROUTED ALL THE REGULAR FORCES. Now the Bold Fllibuster Is March= ing to the Capital City to Fight a Decisive Battle. NEW ORLEANS, La., April 26.—The steamer Breakwater arrived to-day, bring- ing the latest news of the Honduras revo- lution. The vessel al:o brought several American refugees. They complain that Dr. Miller, the American Consul at Puerto Cortez and Saun Pedro, is not vigorous enough, and allowed the commandant at Puerto Cortez to carry things with a high hand over the American railroad conduc- tors and employes there and threaten them in his presence. The revolutionary movement, the Amer- ican passengers say, is directed by ex. President Desoto, who is said to be Belize, ready to land in Honduras wben the occasion is promising. The attack on Puerto Cortez was sudden and vigorous and took the Government completely by surprise. The sattacking party was composed mainly of Americans and Englishmen, led by an Engiishman named Drummond. The party was weil armed with Winchester rifles and had two Gatling guns, to which much of their suc- cess was due. Drummond became invoived in trouble at New Orleans and Mobile recently for shipping rifles in bales of hay to Guate- mala. He then took a hand in the Cuban revolution, and finally inspired Desoto’s revolutionary movement. Only fourteen men were in the revolution at the begin- ning, but they were determined men. They were nearly all foreigners, and when they appeared before Cabildo and opened tire the Government forces, 600 in num- ber, fled to the woods. Enriched by the custom-house receipts, Drummond and his army captured ali the neighboring villages, atiacked the town of San Pedro, where Government forces 300 in number were put to Jight, and captured two entire trains and loco- | motives. Finding a large proportion of the population dissatisfied ~ith the | Bonilla regime, Drummond and bis army, | now swollen to 1000 men, started last week to Tegucigalpa. The revolutionists expect to gain recrufts on the march and appear before the capital with a consider- able army, deciding the fate of the re- publie by a big battle there. GOMEZ GN THE AGGRESSIVE. | Two Large Forces of Insurgents Prapar ing to Invade Pinar Del Rio—Star- vation and F.nancial Chaos. 26.—Cuban Gen- eral Mayia Rodriguez is marching to in- vade the province of Pinar del Ric with 3000 men. He was seen yesterday between Batabano and Guines, near the military line made there by the Spaniards to pre- vent his invasion. A big battleis expected. Rodriguez is acting under strict orders from Gomez to make the war lively in the | west of the isiand, while he harasses the strong Spanish - columns in Santa Clara. Another strong body of insurgents under General Alejandro Kodriguez is also mov- ing to the west in order to protect the ad- vance of the other column. Much comment is occasioned by an ar- ticle in Diaria de la Marina, in which it is asked how the Government can meet be- fore the end of the year the war expenses and general oblizations of the treasury. | The “article is founded on sn official report of the condition of the isiand, which shows that all the revenues of the island this vear will only amount to 115,000,000 in gold, silver and paper | money. On interest of the debt alons the Government will have to pay $30,000,000 in gold, and in addition the expenses of the army, navy and other items of the budget. The deficit will be more than | $100,000,000. Fifty persons died yesterday from hun- ger in Sancti Spiritus and forty in Carde- na: PHILADELPKIA, Pa., April 26.—One of the most carefully planned expeditions left for Cuba Sunday night from Sea Isle City, N. J. A supply of armsand ammu- nition left New York Saturday on lighters, and was placed aboard the tug. Off Atlan- tic City a party of Cubans and Americans was picked up. Further along a steam launch put out with another detachment. These and the supplies were all safely transferred to a black painted sieamer, which quickly started south. The expedition carries a Hotchkiss gun, nearly 5000 rifles, 120 000 rounds of ammu- nition, 2000 machetes, a lot of medicines and what is known as an experimental flying machine, to be adapted, if possible, to the use of dynamite.