Show DEMORALIZED GREEKS STILL ON THE RUN Will Evacuate Oomokos Without a Struggle PEACE OFFERING TO THE SULTAN ANYTHING TO SECURE A SUSPENSION SUS-PENSION OF HOSTILITIES I When They Have Occupied Domokcs I Is Believed the Turks Will Be Disposed to NegotiateThe Powers Pow-ers in a Bluffing Hood Turkey Threatens to Resist Russias Demands De-mands Active Military Prepara tions Continue at Constantinople London May 12The situation at the scene of hostilities appears to be I that Turkey is i determined to occupy I Domokos before consenting to an armistice I ar-mistice and that Greece is I convinced of the impossibility of holding out against the serious attack which Ed hem Pasha is preparing to deliver I has been decided to evacuate Do mokos and to fall back upon the old frontier This plan will probably be carried out tomorrow if it has not already al-ready been carried out and thus the way will be opened for peace negotiations negotia-tions The powers are in no mood to yield over much to the demands of Turkey The war has had quite an unexpected effect in revealing an amazing military 1 vitality in the sultans dominions which is in no vay t the humor of Russia or the other powers Hence the sultan will be reminded that it was his original misgovernment which led to the war that only the n I fluence of Europe has prevented a general blaze in the Balkans and that it is therefore advisable for him to accept I ac-cept reasonable terms MAY RESIST RUSSIA RUSIA The activity of Turkish military preparations which is in no way i abated by the diplomatic negotiations may possibly be explained by the following fol-lowing statement of a high Turkish official ofcal The Russians are putting a high I price upon the moral support they extended ex-tended to us during tne Armenian troubles but the demands now made I upon us are so exorbitant that their I acceptance would be tantamount to resigning re-signing our title a a free nation The correspondent of the Standard at Constantinople says Edhem Pash has wired to the porte that he is quite certain of being able to capture Do mokos and the Greek army as welt j and Jn response pressing orders have i been flent tx tSB Tufkish staf xtojjoJ beM with the greatest energy ie I ardlesspf diplomacy j General military preparations continue I con-tinue here on the largest scale A disnatch to the Dally Chronicle rom Athens says that the Greeks who I save arrived there from Damia report I a Macedonian rising in the district between be-tween Selfdez and Kossani The Times in Athens evening paper states that 1 here has been a rising In central Macedonia tat 4000 insurgents have I captured the pass forming a part of the principal line of communication or i I I the Turkish army and are advancing j I toward ElaSsona and are preparing to 1 unite forces with the bands under Da I Yet Zermas and other Macedonian The Athens correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says I M Haiti who visited the captured Turkish steamer Geonrios on her arrival ar-rival here informed me that the guy ernment has decided to treat the j decde yes I eel as a prize of war and to utilize her I a a transport ship Mabrouk Fahmy I Ibrahim Roushdi Abdullah Fekri and Ahmed Hamoucl all of whom are oft of-t er of the khedives household denied de-nied that they had any knowledge that there were arms aboard and declared that they believed that the boxes contained con-tained preserves as they were so disguised dis-guised Later however Abdullah admitted ad-mitted that he knew the contents of the boxes but said there was no intention inten-tion to use them against the Greek army They were designed to pacify the disaffected population of the island of Thasos M Ball gave instructions that they be taken to Naupolion as prisoners and be well treated They all testified to the kindness of their captors I accompanied him onboard on-board after they had left He visited the admiral of the American cruiser San Francisco before returning to Athens Ath-ens M Ralli had neither ate nor slept since the day before There has been no real attack by the Greek fleet upon Prevesa hut only a bombardment to facilitate the landing of the ships The Turkish fortresses at Nikopolis and Prevesa fired now on the fleet and now landward proving that I the Greek army was advancing One afternoon Helen Constantinidls entered I the engagement Telegraphic communications commu-nications have been cut between Pre I vesa and Janina and the Turks have I j retired to Palaio Castro I The action of the fleet enabled 3000 volunteers to land on the Louros side and the Greek gunners destroyed several sev-eral convoys bound for Prevesa The corresnondent of the Morning Post at Dokomos under yesterdays says I has been decided to evacuate the position and a large number of troops have already left I is freely asserted that the war is over A dispatch to the Times from Doko mrs dated Wednesday reports the increased I in-creased activity of the foreign legion which has been ordered to proceed to I the left flank of the Greek army near lake Tynias This Is regard as an I indication of the point of danger A MOHAMMEDAN FEAST J The Daily Mail correspondent at I Larissa telegraphs under yesterdays date The feast of Bairam has commenced I com-menced and there will be no military operations except when necessary Ed I hem Pasha has caused sheep to ha I i I killed according to the Turkish custom i cus-tom and has visited the generals in I I I the vicinity The troops fired a feude I i I joiThe Mussulmans and their families are celebrating the feast with enthusiasm enthusi-asm and marking their release from foreign domination each head of a family killing a sheep with his own hand The rich are keeping open house and the Mussulmans are promenading the streets in gala dress The GraecoTurklsh news received today to-day does not change the situation Everything is i depending on the porters action There is no confirmation of the report printed by the Journal of Paris that an armistice has been arrransed but te sience from the seat of war seems toindicate that Edhem Pashas advance on Domokos may have heen I countermanded The sultans position Is a little stronger than King Georges I and therefore it is not surpriing that while the war feeling is so strong he hesitates az taking a step which could be construed Constantinople as a surrender of Ottoman interests In addition ad-dition to this the fact that the Bairim begins today lasting until Sunday offers of-fers another excuse for delay The Athens correspondent of the Daily Mail savs that the government continues send men to the front and is purchasing large quantities of war material The Athens correspondent of the Standard says it will be impossible for Greece to pay an indemnity except from the interest fund that belongs to bondholders |