| Show macedonians of tit the macedonians are on the march and the bugle calls of war have been heard near in the land of the greek the dispatches which tell of the first signs of open hostilities read s though taken from a page of ancient history the american people will extend their beat wishes to king george and his eol liera with the hope thai the first battle will sound the death knell of the turkish emparo and at the same time secure to crete her inde seven aars ago crete en joyed local belt government but the christiana gaining the control of the legislative bodies the sultan took from the cretans their constitutional n sats and bent a to rule over them since that date the christians have been quietly for war and a year ago went into open revolt against turkish rule I 1 for a time the soldiers were able to suppress alie cretan but within the past few month he has assumed formidable proportion dently to arouse the sympathies of the king ol 01 greece rho has told the sultan be must land no mora turkish troops on tho who is now advancing at the head ot bis trompa toward turkish territory prepared to i giva battle to the turks |
