Show the greeks succeed at Pre vesa K ON THE TIEK was had on liotti sides dispute over winch acan war ATHENS april 39 while the incidents of the day alon the eastern portion of the frontier have noc been not ablo importance the situation iq the go f of arta and in the vicinity of the albanian frontier haye bacomo tavor alile fur the greeks the bombardment ol 01 presena ws resumed at daybreak etith but feeble replies from the turkish batteries at hand pan fi the position of the is and it ia believed ahe town will fill into the hands of the large greek fores in the vicinity which is f jr iho demolition of the re mainier U an order received from con tanti nople at noon today the gulf f atta aa officially cosed to all but abnis C manoa wih men having iru sed under the pro of ahe gidek artillery ia now in his torce is y in of the fore it is reported here that a large body ot estimated at upward ot lojo who lad the greek frontier chih tho avowed intention of on to larisia La risya leave le crossed aal ary now E arub tue greeke edve occupied severa strategic positions arcand D impei in c three armed favri j jived the aroos it is allied that turffa attacked it ia feared a massacre has taken placa at leveda duding the bombardment at a second bitting of the legislative assembly last the house the various measured meas urea proposed by the and then adjourned adjourn Bd sine die tue bession lasted until 2 alia morning FIGHTING POOR april 19 As details come in it becomes more and more apparent that the ugh tini iu pass waa ot the moat stubborn and savage character tha fought like devia and the greeks resisted in the spirit of their the most inexplicable fac in coonel ion with the whole en aa ement la the small number of ailed all the special cor agree as to thia the appear to haw aired as wildly with their rifles at paes as ihly did at arta where the fighting consisted iSted of an artillery duel botteen the batteries on each sides of the river lasting about four hours in the afternoon there they fired only one out of five shots any effect aud their batteries were boon dy the greeks whose wae very rauch super or the turkish at aria are believed to have acen deiy heavy on alie greek eide there was bot a man WHO ane ROW april 19 M te gre k of i areia affairs has sent a reply to ahe note which assim bev the retiring turkish Mi handed to him announcing that in consequence of the attitude of greece diplomatic relations between he king of the hellenes the baltan of turkey and their respective governments were broken off M india answer says in wishing to make greece responsible for the rupture of the diplomatic relations the imperial government appears to lose flight of the fact that greece far irom proceeding to acts of hostility against turkey had to during the last few days from repeal led acts of sion on tha part of the turkish army at several points on the frontier owing to the conflict at the prophet edias on march ash tha royal government govern mert drew ane attention of the imperial government to the attitude of the turkish troops but instead of yielding to the spirit of moderation dictating this step th imperial eov eminent appeared disposed to precipitate thus on friday the turkish army without provocation attempts d to obtain possession of ana which waa mutually agreed to be neutral territory it was all owing to the persistence of tho greeks that anis attempt to violate neutral territory failed the royal government cannot let past in silence this act before it was officially notified of the rupture of diplomatic relations and the kinds minister at constantinople was only notified at an ad sauced hour of the fight the forts at opened anre at 5 in the mornant morn int on the hellenic position at and sack the greek steamer macedon ia in the face cf this fact showing there is little foundation for the assertion of the sublime porte to the effect that greece committed acts of the responsibility for the consequences can in no dav rest with the kings government |