

:.'. ' 



ivalita,.'. * ! I*- MV TuH 

 . Tlu- rr 



i i urvpy in inr r 

 Muuly MM! Houra* 



w a 



uld itoi preserve the 



. K '< ihat ih.-rw was DO 



ttiatrh f < r the i 



ll.*l.d. ! 



luid Irft t!..- i tt!ll|i at 



IWia 



.mil he brouKi 



>tarfarv h.. -Iwuded ami * 



. wan 

 ntl.l.- fur at! . Mi** than 



it 1'aftha were such as to utilize bin 



^^Uphfa*! a. I van! a;;, uf ino*l. The 



ami 



I Tmki*h army was particularly 

 Strong and ti -> p-nrral* u.-ll \. 



losses Of 



^^Bt traversed by nulling stit'iu 



tfi.re in i! 



IH the stratafffo 

 I'asha. comma i 



;*h art i lift), i la<-, ,1 his guns on the ridge* 

 cuninmiiiliiu- (!..' dope! whn. 



ilirt 1 *-- 



f Turnuvii And 

 .1 "ii the othiT, and coul<l rake the flat plain 



:d U-hilul 



UM gun* *re 50,000 troops, M> that if 



find thomMlres - 

 Kchelonncd aloii|; the fn i ints. from 



-rkish f..n,-s n ,, w , tin- ll.d.l : MI.OOO 



men. while there were rexnres at Salunica and 



M !i-i-' r. 



trnn|->rt 



with whi.h thr Turkish 

 tin- fr.-nt nnd | revision 

 - otrtl.li-l, 



ni of cam | m i ^'ii il. (H'lidrd on llu-ir 



-uccewe* and hn'ttkinc thnxi^h thr 



di-ffiiMHi. The extraordinary mar- 



victorin at the start, and thi 

 Id mcx>orage the Macedonian |Mmu; 





 eaport.i and landinj j.iirj. . 



'.tilnnul ami othor < "iniiuitii-tion. 



"ear nnd t<> keep open communication* 



lose the Greek Held 

 Mijierior f'-rvcs. The incursion of the 



Hihaka was a pnrt of the < 

 .in. niul it par 



ts ratted the standanl t>f r- \.-lt m 



f that station. Turkish telegraphic 



A were '> i the 



mike 



irchased 150.00" 

 among Greek n irus, and Mace- 



edge, while they Ijrtraved A singular im 



. .,..:; . , ' 



i.e main armies confr 

 , . Raj aumj v r ejhwl ' - ' 



:.. . ,>.', 



. .- .. " ' 



ie mad, and the 



Rervni peem, in the forgi 





artillery posted and whs 

 road 



considerable movements c 

 at the western end of 



In 



they had tl 



-., h - f thr h.^'h 



and Kalambaka, 

 of defens*. which 



ng of April 15 the - 



mpos. ab. 



rn SO to 60 miles, and \l 

 ul from 

 qnarteni and reserres were at I^arisea. 



miles friii thr peacoast at I'latamuna, They sos- 



iNH-tod that the Turks were about to srtie the ram* 



n,.t. v ..and since KM has 



br agreement been regarded as neutral ground. 



'.n-.-k and the Turkuh reports differ as to 



whi. h tir-t croesed the frontier. The Turks tried 



to repel the Greeks, but the latter were in greater 



apture the summit and 



plant mountain gui - thr aid of which 



urkish postn at Katrooi. 



im-il of Ministers a- 

 oii war and telegraphed to Edhem 

 Pasha ns to assume the offensiTe. The 



<nted his passports to 

 n-<>rdat<>. II. 1 Ionic minister at i'onstan* 

 the Turkish minister at 

 k his 1ms ..g a note, which said 



that i n consequence of hov 

 ^ece diplomatic rrl 



ant, and subjects in Ottoman trmtonrs 



warned to leave Turkey within fifteen dars, 



lut this decree was not stringently enforced. In 



a circular ditiatrh to Turkish diplomatic rtiirteint- 



at>n*d the Turkish Mini- -rign 



A (In: 



.-r incident as a |>mof of the efforts of the 

 maintain peace and a jus- 



tification of defensive meaeurea, for which Greece, 

 as the aggressor, roust he held responsible, baring 

 e and great military prepare- 

 r compelled thr Otiotnai. 

 call under arms a large proportion of 

 ' heaty Mcrifice* for 

 KAiion. ami dealing a severe blow to its 

 agriculture ami tra< ^rrek regular troopa 



-..iderable nnm* r<wd the front 



rrotitm of Ilairakdar. .-.!. n . dika, 



and had I '! 



t the Turk 



-,H>ce : it found itwlf 

 ing to the 



f hostilities by the Hellenes. It accepted 

 the war only fur the protection of it* moat sacred 



>ld craw it* military 



rder to gire the w,.Hd a fre*h proof 



of its pacific intentions if the Hellenic Government 



