THE EASTERN CRISIS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9704, 17 April 1897, Page 8

THE EASTERN CRISIS.

GREEK WAR VOTE.

THE POPULACE DISPIRITED.

MORE FROSTIER FIGHTING.

ATTITUDE OF RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

Press Association—By Telesrrap-—Copyright Athens, April 14. The Turks have reinforced Kissamos, in Crete. The Austrian warships are preventing the insurgents making further attacks.

Forty Turks werekilled in the fight at Baltino. April 15. M. Delyannis asked the Chamber to pass a war vote of 23,000,000 drachms or £920,000. He stated that the situation on the frontier was due to the singular conduct of Turkey in massing troops. He expressed a hope that the Powers would consent to a peaceful solution of the difficulty, failing which the Greek army would soon be ready to fufil its mission. The Chamber ' will vote three months' supplies. The Chamber of Deputies passed the war vote of £920,000 asked for by M. Delyannis. April 16. The National League forces are surprised at the strength of the Turks, and depressed at their failure to arouse Macedonia. The Athens newspapers denounce the Government for abandoning the League. Constantinople, April 14. The Porte insist that Greek regular troops were concerned in an attack at Metsovo, on the Turkish frontier, but the assertion is denied by Greece. April 15.

The Sultan is constantly telegraphing to the Czar and the Emperor of Germany, who are reported to favour an advance on the Greek frontier.

The Turks prevented 150 Greek regulars surprising a Turkish blockhouse on the frontier at Damai. The Greeks explained that they had lost their way.

The Turks are willing to evacuate Akrosiri, in Crete, on condition that they are replaced by British troops. April 16.

Edhein Pasha informed the Sultan that the Greek National League forces are rendering his position on the Tureo-Grecian frontier untenable, and requested authority to cross the Greek frontier. The Ministers have approved this step, and the Sultan is considering it. The Porte has protested to the Powers that it is unfair that she should be prevented from reaping the advantage if compelled to attack Greece. London, April 14.

Speaking at tho Eighty Club, Sir W. V. Harcourt said the Powers were dictating the policy adopted by Great Britain.

The Times' correspondent at Elassona states that the Turks drove the Greek irregulars, who raided Turkish territory at Kraina, back across the frontier, Irilling fifty of their number. April 15.

Tlie Times' correspondent at Athens telegraphs that the main body of the National Leaguers entered Thessaly to avoid being surrounded by the Turks. Small detached bands of forces are concealed in the. mountains near Grevena. The populace of Athens are dispirited. The King of Greece has had an audience with Gousio, the chief organiser of the League. The Czar and the Emperors of Germany and Austria favour a blockade of Greek ports by the Allied fleets, but Great Britain, France and Italy hesitate to join the movement.

Washington, April 14.

The United States Government declined to recognise the blockade of Crete.