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Flesherton Advance, 20 May 1897, p. 6

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â- W'WKJ ' w»pp>« ;,C.^.J*IL!W THE VERY LATEST PROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. latareattng Item* About Our Own Country, ami Britain, tn* Unltod SUtM, and All Part* of th« aiotM. Caad*nMd and A*«ortcd lor Gatx Raadlng. CANATXA. fltrs. Boyd, wife of the late Governor of New UrujuttwicJc, died at' St. John, un Friday. Tlic first wheel forged at the Perth car wh€«l wotka waa tariied out ou Friday. Over 1.200 Galiciaa immigrants ar- rived at Wiiuiipetr on AVedmwday. It ia priiposed to reduice (he Mouated PoU<ie force to about 500 lueii. The estate of the late .Joseph Rirhard- aon. of Stratford, is valu«id at JIOO.OOO. Cornwall will felel)rate the jubilee ly ai-iiizens' detnooistratiou on June 22Da. The Mennonites lu Manitoljii have eoniribuled $350.35 to the India famine fund. SIrathroy lias de<-ideil to imimse a liieos* foe of $50 on vendors of cigar- ettes. The Hudson Bay expedition will start, r'cord n« to pnsent expeitatiom*. a'uiut he 20th Inst. The a.anual Caiwtdian lawn tennis cbaJUpionHhip malchee will be held at Kiagara-onrtJhiv-Lalte on July 13. The Secata has passed the bill to make the 24th of May, a iierpetual holi- day in liunor of the Queen. Ex- President Grorer Cleveland will iiext minlh prweed to the Thirty-one Mile Lake up I he Gal i.aeau, for a couple rf weeks' fishin4;. The Muotreai Police Oommissioners iMve passed a by-law to regulate the â- peed of bicycles. £i^bt miles an hour ia the limit named. Branlfurd has purchased property on the baolf of the (rrund River for a new public Park in curnxmemoration of h«T Majesty's Diamund Jubilee. One officer and six men will be ohosca from the volunteer militia of ManiLotw to accumpauy the Canadian military coulingsnt to Kngland '~ June. Harold Fetherstooliauah, the seven- year-old son of Mr. F. B. Fetherston- naugh, was killed om the street rail way track on tpadlna avenue, Toronto, on Friday evening. Mxs. Ann Sturdy, ex-Mulrorn of the Bouae of Kefuge at Hamillun, has lie- gua an a^tiun againtit ex-Mayor Tuck tt for 95,000 damages for alleged slaur C' The Govvrament have det:ided to in crease the pay of civil servants by merit only, and to abandon the statu- tory lucreMe of $50 a year hitherto in force. Ail tibe oijTumstauces connected with tibe death Of Joicuih Haloquis, night waluhtnao of the Star Brew ins Com- pany at Montr*al, point to deliberate murder. TiM Chiaese reeidasts of Ottawa are moving scainst lb« levying of aspe cial Lax of ten dollars un ihoix laun- dries, and iat«nd to rafutle pajriug in ord«r t« make a test ca«e. iift«r this all the smploye** in the Ora-nd Trunk sttopa throughout the i^stemi will work five houra a week nu<re tiban they hare b«an doing during; tine past two or three yeara. Oapi. Laririn of .St. CatharLnca has been awarded the contract for the Iro- quois section of t tut St. Lawrence Oin- al deepening. The amount involved is lo the neighborhood of a million dol- ilars. The Malary of Principal Merchant of the London CoUeginle institute Ujiis bean raised from 92,000 to 92,200 per (tnoum. The sllendance at the Insti- tute has nearly doubled sinoe his ap- pointin«nt. A Mormon wedding ceremony was Kerforined in Lhe Latter Day Saints' cthapel, Toronto, on Wednesday night hy Afioatle Kvans, of London. The con- tmct I ng parties w«re Anson wTuur- lon and Miss Amelia Biaden. The Dominion Jtoidgc Company and tlhe Detroit Bridge Ouin^iauy have been riven tiie contract to reconstruot the yictoria Bridge at Montreal. Mr. Wm Oibeon. M.P.. will <io the maeonrv work. M««srs. M. & N. K. Connolly iiave se- cuiied a contract from the Government of I'ruguiiy for ttw conslruclion of a canal 10 miles long. The contract price â-  io'ooo'ooo " '" nei«W>ourhood of Th* Controllo.r of Customs ha* de- cided that matrices for linotype ma« chines are accessories for printing press- e«, and are dul.iable at ten per <ent fnsteajl of tliirty per c^'nt., as braw maiiufaclures, under the old tariff. OfficiaN of the Michigan Central and Canadian I'ncific Hallways met at Hamilton to perfect the pl.ins for I he joint operation of tha T., H. & H line It n wild the C.P.R. trains will start running Ijctween Toronto and Buffalo on May 30. The officer* of the Cantt<liiin expedi- tion whiali will start shortly to test lhe navigability of Hudson tiay and straits are commivunned lo plant the llrilish llag in the Arctic region fur the purpose of awrting sovereignly rights where BO right* are at present respected. Prof. Rol)«rtson staled to the Com- mittee on Agriculture in Ottawa on Thursday morning that arrungemenU nad been nmde for providing the best ttechaiiical Refrigerators in w^venleen *eamships leaving Montreal this sum- mer »<i taJce th« neri<»lmbla products of lYinada (o the I)irili<ilh market Mr, G W. now, the Ontario Minis- ter of Mucation, in an addre<» th« other day to the students and staff of the Normal and Model schools, at Ottawa, said thnt the Normal school term wuuM in a short time lie ex- tended to at lea^l ten montllm so ihot the teachers might recoivo a pro- per and muchodeiiired training. , The propo-jol to esfahjis.tj a Railway CC!!!'"'*^"" I- l>c:r.g considered by the Dominion fiovernment. Tthe duly of the cofnpii>(sion would be to con.stilute a dbeck U|ioii wildcat .scheniea, to sec that money rai<)ed upon the iwcuring of rail- ways is devoted to the i)Ur|i09e for which it U otAained, and generally to safeguojrd the initerests of the publid and inventorai. The iostirHnoo companies chartered in Canada have decided not to Insure Kirge^ known a» plueflats <5arrying grain. Tte idneflnts engaged in grain carrying hptwoen Prci>»;utc and Mon- t.real have a total carrying capacity of 500.000 l>u<iihel». if the tiineflats are excluded the grain will have to l)e taken to Montreal »>y tlie railways! which, it is claimed, would mean mak- ing the St. I.awrejice route prohibitory nnd would drive th« g'raiia trade to Ituffalo. GREAT BRITAIN. Mrs. George Linnaeus Banks, an Kng- ILsh poet and noveliHt is dead. i llw uiiioerB' eight -hour bill was re- jected in the Briiieh House of Com- mons, y Ixird Rosemead, Sir Hercules Roldn- 8(>n, the former (Jovernor of Cape Colony, arrived in London, on F'riday. Mx. Gladstone is in splendid hiealth. Ht walked lioiue from church o« .Sun- day to Ha warden Ca.stle, a distance of half a mile, in a iKiisterous storna. In thie Imperial House of Commons on Wednesday the Merchants' Shipping bill was read a second time. The ol>- iect of tli« miiasure is to guard against insufficient crew^s as well as unsea- worthiness. Thnnms Wood, who was sentenced on Friday, in London. Kng.. to five years' penal servitude for fraudulently advert i.sin« luans, had previously serv- ed ten year.'* in a Canadian peniten- tiary. At the Transvaal Invesligation C5ooi- mission on Friday, the Duke of Alier- cora staled that the directors of the British Pouth Africa Chartered Com- pany had ni' knowledge whatever of the Jameson raid liefore it took place. "", UNITED STATES. The eAiibltlon of kinetoscope pictures of thiB Cbrbett-Kitzsimmons fight is to be prohiWled in Pueblo, Col. lA large numtier of the jirominent cit- izens of Buffalo intend to celeliirate the Queen's diamond jubilee by a dinner. Joseph (Thome, inventor of the Tiiorne typesetting machine, died in New York, on Monday, aged 72 About twelve hundred plumbers are on strike in Cliicugo against Lhe em- ployment of more than one helper in eacih shop. Mrs. Jotm Uiggs, at tilenha<m, near Matteawan, N.Y., on Tuesday gavebirtih to triplet*, one of which has three eiyes. 'Reports from many towns in Soulih- we«t<>rn MicftuBan say an earthqimJte shodk was felt for several seconds Sun- day nigiht. Mrs. Mary O. Dates, who had hanged herself at Biddeford. Me., and whose deatlti, was announced after nine Iwurs of un<^onsciousne«s is reported to have revived. Tliv arbitration treaty htvs been de- feated by the United States Senate. 'The vote stood 43 yeas to 2li na^a, not the. necessary tw<o-tbird<» required by the' oonstituition. Tlhe Rev. Dr. IlAinsford, rector of St. George's F^ittoatiaJ c(hurchi, New York, is suf firing from a severe at tank of gout and lias left for Hot Snringa, Va., wWe he hopes to obtain relief. The Buffalo Commorrial, referring to the defeat pf the uirbitratlon treaty, says the nyei'.tJm of the tireaty by the Senate dusee an ejMSOde that does the it/eipuhilii- nD ore<lW<, and lends uddi- tiunal belief In the degenartM-'y of the Senate . i ^ lAt its eeaalon on Thursday in Chi- cago) the National AM<A'iaition of Rail- way Su/rgepnn dianged its name to the intetrnaliunal AhMOcialion, and elecleld Dr. HutohinKCin, o( Montreal, firsitvice- (trenident, ami Dr. Rivrdan, of Toron- to, cbailrman of the Oommiittee of 'Ar- rangements. Tbti nevt meeting wiill be held in Toronto. (Tommerciai trade rojiort« indicate a generaj steady, bull sloov, increase in the fnovement of trsida, and there is tt more sperul.-il iv«? spirit in the air t-han for some lime past. Jn somo lines prodiu'tion largl^ly t>xcee<ls pres- ent r«juireiiient«. ami prices are con- HC^iuentJy de^tressttl. but Hhere is a gTo-^liially i»icre<i.sing consunyrtive de- mand. Wbpat has been woalk lately, but later it ha« a<lvH,n(>ed. The en- quilry for cotton gooils in dtkll, and a lh«avy riutimt ih htilll on llie niiitlket. llrijit iJotliB are olgaiiii Jownr, aiul miills ore continuing the ouliimt in ex- «xws of current ncBils. Much thssame cjin \m said of iwooillen<4, thoug'Ji there is an inrrenriinfr d<t4Uind; tlyi itrice of wool ill finuiox. .Some furnaces in Pitts- burw and PennHj'flvsnia have Htoj>pnd wortk. Leather auid hi/let» are Ixitb weak in jjrice. GEKERAL It is senii-oiffiirially denied that Prince l[ohen,1olie. the Gerninn Iinj>er- dal tliiincelUiT, has resigned. A tlehjiatch fTHin Accra, Gold Coastv CVolony, |«ivs it is T«jN)rte«l that Chie4 Samory, hit lierto friendily to the Brit- ish, has ca,i>turad Lieut. Ht-ndnrson'a misnion at Wa. \ The Diir ri'Auiiuiile dUvl on Friday at Ziicco, .Si<'ily, from cardiac apapl(\xy, rauBod by the Hhock he exjierienced on bearing of the death of the Diuelirns d'AJivncon in liie Paris fire, i Five of the HarcKlonii Anarchist.>lcon- â- vicled of |)artioi]mting in the hninb outrage, wwi' shot on Tuei«lay morn- ing. They shoutwl "lionK livB Anar- chy" just Ixofoxe the opde» to fire was giv<«n. ' Th«re ih a movement on foot in Australia to himwI twipnly th/)usan<l sh^ep and five lliousand l>u,llo(ik.s to Kngland as n coni riilnition townrdn (lie di.nni-r which the Princeat* of Wales is liromotinl^ for the poo^r of the liondnn slums iluriing jubilee weetk. PBOVKRBtJ AINU THKIR OPP0.SITKS. Proverbâ€" Marry in Jinate, repent at leisure. Oppositeâ€" (Happy ia tlhie wooing that's n<it long a-duing. Proverbâ€" Out of siglhit, oiut of mind. OpposiHeâ€" Absence maJces tihe heart grow fond«r. Proverl)â€" A rollimg stonn gatihers no moss. O,ns)o«iteâ€" A Biitting jheo gatl^ers no (««<th:r8. Proverbâ€" A stitdhi in tim» 8a.vea nine. Oppositeâ€" It's nsver to Ia,te to mend. Pnwerb â€" TJirre'B twonor among thiftTes. Opposite â€" Set a tlijeif to calob a thief. Proverbâ€" DiBcr&tion is th* belter part of valor. % Oppositeâ€" NatbiAg vieih' tlAV*. vienture^ nothii ng WAR FARING THE EM. THE CONFLICT BETWEEN GREECE AND TURKEY. Hani FIchtIng at Vrle*tina-«'rowB rrlnr««ii and the Mob-Tlir Manipede at LnrlMa â€" t'rlltesl roHlllan «r Ike Vreek Kvyal FanilLr. A rmiRE HOURS' BATTLE. The Athens' correspondent of the Loiudon .Standard, under date of Wed- nesday, says:â€" '"ITiere ia great rejoic- ing over the rex'eipt of an official tele- frami from Pbarsaloi sayimg that the urks have Iwen repulsed and the Greeks hodd their positions after a three hours' tint tie. The despatch says Crown Prince Constantine and Prince Nicholas fought courageously in the froiot rank, risking their lives a hundred times, atnd they had an ova- tion from IhjE whole army when the fighting was ovpr. The Governmient has forwarded lo t hem its warmest con- gratulations, assuring thelm. they have celebrated their father's name to-day in th« most admirable manner. The King and the Cabinet have also ad- dressed a manifesto to the troops, con- gratulating th«m upctn their courage and patriotic devotion. "The iiublic is overioyed, and is al- ready forgetting earlier tdunders of the campaign. "A decisive iiattle is exx>ected at Phar.salos to-morrow, Thursday." THE FIGHT DESClUJiED. The Athens corredpondcnt of the Daily Telegraph, under date of Wed- nesday, says:â€" "The following is the official despatch from Major Pallis, Chief of the Staff of the Greek forces in Thessaly, describing the fight at Phnrsalos:â€" "The Turks attacked our advance posts at two o'clock. Since yesterday evening their movements had indicated an intention to cut off our left wing, and to-day they attacked our front. Our advance posts retreated, as tbey were fighting against very much superior nuniliers, and took up a posi- tion in front of our right wing. An artillery duel j'nsued along an exten- sive line. The eneimy's infantry ad- vanced in perfect order at three points, and in large numbers, but lh«y were speedily checked by our uifanlry. The respective looses are as yet unknown. The Crown Priiioe took a very active part in the comlial, and advanced with- in range of Ih â-  Turljiah fire., greatly in- spiring the tni-n. Prince Nichola-s was equally active with the ri*rht wing.and directed the fire of his battery against two Turkish batteries. His coolness greatly encouraged the troops. We (aittintain all our positions intact, and t lie engagement will certainly be con- linued to-morrow (Thursday). We calculate about 15,0t)0 Turks attacked our right wing. They rushed down the hill slopes in vast numlieirs. The ene- my was our superior in both artillery and cavalry, the calibre of their guns was larger, whilei their number was al- most doable ours. We had no cavalry because our only .pquadron has been tiued for scouting, and bad gone to Trikhala." " A FIERCE BLOW, There was a .striking feature in Fri- day's cavalry charge. Col. Mahmoud Hey was fij-ed upon by a (ireek officer, w-bosent four bullets from his revolver in the Jirection of the Turkish officer, Mahmoud Bey then galloped ahead of his men, and with one fierce blow with his sword completely severed the Greek officer's head from his body. IN FAVOUR OF INTERVENTION. A London corre^iondent cables as follows: â- â-  F^nglanfl, ac Mr. Curzon announced in the House of Commons to-duy, is again pressing tlie question of intervention, this time with success. It is beginning lo be recognized in St. Peteivlmig, Berlin and Vienna that tiut |M>liii>al friendship of hjigland and France has become a genuine factor in the situatiou, and its influence is al- rea<ly felt. "It is no secret th;it F>nglaiid is in tavour of stopping war iuiiiie<liately at any cost, and of restoring the status quo ante belluni in every respect. FraniM? practically endortte-s the i)»licy of Lord Siilisbury. "Th« inijKrespion grcrwB stronger in all quarters that the submiasion of GTvece to Turkey and the (nnverHwiJI soon lie furtha'oming. Tt is not nxjwct- ed to take tihe fbnn of suing for{>eiu-e or mediation, the latter least of all, for Greek feeling is more bitter against the c»nc6rt bf Eurojw than against Tur- key. Kin^f George wiould prefer to ne- gotiate diTertly wltih the Sultan rath«\r tihan through the |iow»>,rH. Indeetd. he declared recently th;U he would never under any cin'unistancBS seek the in- tervention of Kiirojw. '"It is not unlikely tha.t the end of tUe hostilitiep \\M\ tji^lon the form of a br!iBf sf mist ice. U'hih giiined, nodiody Itelieves that fighting wHl ever t)e re- sumed.' 'llnsteatl of hibjilng foj- Turkish suc- cefti, offii-ini Euit)ii€> U niwv enrnestly desirous ttuit the Greeiks sJioiUd gain sriiiie sflvitntagti in the fie)<L The in- lerfcHlts of Euro|ieain peiu-o were con- Kiderfd liest served by Turkish viic- tories of the out.sel of the war. Now the sltunlion is ileversed. The Sultan is nnlurally convincjiil that liH is in- vincible, and dnily becomes mope de- fiant FIERCE FIGHTING. Tlie 'J'urkisdi aimy is bivouacked ini the eighty villiiges surrounding Phar- .salo') captured from the Greek.s. Tih« liatlle began at nine o'clock in the morning. After ^diirmislhes between the advance posts of the opposing forces t^lie Greek/ artillery opened fire with great precision. ,Uut the Turk.'* pushed forward expo.sing themselves to the enemy's fire with the greatest .sangfroid. 'Phe l»reeik» then made a fatal error in leaving the command- ing ^lositions which they occupied and retiring upon the plain, which was commanded on all points by our bat- teries, whicJi were brought into action so soon as the Greeks left the hills. The scene which followed was l)oth in- teresting and cruel. The Greeks from all parts of the plain ,were converging towards a stone bridge cro.ssing the river, whiah ^vas the only mean.s of get- ting over. The masa of humanity at this point wius k'onstantly growing when the Turkish artillery began. The Turks obtained the exact range of the enemy, and Khell after sfhell fell and exploded in the midst of the fugitives. The havoc created by the shrapnel shots was terrible. Gradually, how- ever, through this decrimating fire, a greater part of the Greeks traversed The river. The Turks, who were then covering til*- plain like hees, met with a strong resistance while attacking Vaslli, wliiere the Greelcs, from hidden posi- tions, opened a furious fire. But the Turfcs a<ivan<;ed with marvellous te- merity, and captured the village, not t>y gunshots, but by purely the moral elfex;t of the fear which their .splendid insouciance in the advance inspired in the enemy. Owing to the fact that it was not in- tended to commence the decisive en- gagement, until Friday, the Turkish division intended to take the enemy in flank only arrived half an hour be- fore the close of the combat, having marched thirty miles. The artillery played a leading part in the fighting, although the Greek guns, while they opened well, ended t>adly, while ours were served even better thaji usual. The Turkish attack upon Valisi was made without any previous plan. The men were ordered to capture the place, and they advanced quietly, shooting as tliough hunting. The Greeks maintain- ed a withering fire. I saw a Turk wounded in the leg advancing to the attack on all fours. â- )iiring the doij- the Turks captured a mountain liattery and eig'hteen' iEul<«, a great quantity of ammuni- tion nnd provisions, and the personal effe<."t8 of the Greek Princes. Crown Prince Constantine and his brother. Prince Nicholas. SLAUGHTERING THE GREEKS. The Greeks, in retiring a^^roes the plain towards the town, suffered ter- riible loss from the murderous fire of the TurkJAih artillery. Thiring the re- treat the Greeks had to cross the river by a single bridge, i As the GreeJt troops were massed at that point, the Turkish artillery, getting the exact rajige, wrough<t fearful havoc among the enemy. J^ervertheless, the Greeks fought (iesperutely until nightfall. Eighty of t^e surrounding village-i were also occupied by the Tuirka. wiTio cap- tured araountain battery and If mules. a. great quantity of auiinunilion and pcrovisions, and the person.il effects of the Greek princes^ Crown Prince Con- stantine and Prince Nicholas. i IT LOOKS JJKE TROUBLE. NATAL ARMY RkSERVE MUST BE IN READINESS. Tke Baers Palral lhe Barder-Thc> are Onlrred loKrperlHaitplclaai MovraieuU -A t'nil la ArrlkanilrrHâ€" The Boer far- Ilanieni Kepralnlkr Allm'tlnimlcnitlaB Uw. A sjiecial despatch received in Lon- don from Cajve Town says that the army reserve of the Colony of Natal has been notified to bold itself in read- iness for active service. It Is further announced that the au- thorities of the Tranevaal have in- structed their field-cornets thoroughly to patrol the native border. and report instantly any sus])icious movements. Finally the de-^iatch says that a cir- cular from the Transvaal has been dis- tributed in Cape Colony and in the Orange Free State, calling upon the Afrikanders for help, it says:- "We do nut want your money or moral sup- IJort. We want you to come and help Ui" A despatch from Pretoria says: â€" The Volksraad held a protracted secret ses- sion on Wednesday to discuss the ans- wer to be nuulu lo the despatches of Mr. Chamberlain, British Secretary of State for the Colonies, which demand- ed a repeal of the Transvaal immigra- tion law. On Thursday the Volksraad repealed the law, not because it was a breach of tb« London convention, but because it wa<i distasteful to neighlKiuring •States. Mr. Coster, the Transvaal State At- torney, 1ms tendered his resignation in disapproval of Uie repeal. The position taken by Mr. Chamber- lain on the subject of the Transvaal alien immigrants law. No. 30, of IH'JIi, K-as staled in liis despatch to Lord Uosemead, the British High Commis- sioner at the Cape, under date of Ue- ceml)«vr 15th, 1896. He said to lx>rd Itosetuead:â€" "Inform the Government; of the South African Republic that her Majesty's (iovermuent cannot, in view of article 14 of the London conven- tion, admit that the Government of the South African Re4>ublic has a right of expelling or restricting foreigners who are not shown to have failed to conform to the lawis of the Republic, and that her Majesty's Government re- serves the right of rejectintf tu pro- ceedings unUer the Act which may umouul to a breacih of the convention." "Inform the Government of the South African Republic that her Ma- jesty's GovemiiK^nl is advised that the alien imoiigration law infringes article It of the London conveniion, in-{ a.snHuth as by it new and burdenaome , oonditions, in li»^l cases protmbly im-| |)08sible to fulfil, are imposed <in per- 1 .sons who undivr the convention are at | full lit>eTty to enter and reside in the | BATTLE OFJflARSALOS. AGAIN THE TURKISH TROOPS DRIVE THE GREEKS BACK. â- eld Their Own Whea the Man Went Dawa on WedaMdar, bnl Ther Belreated !â-  Ibr :\lsht-Thc Pswem .Vow Offer inter- vrnlluu- Lord Sallitltary'it Bpeeeh at llic Primrose Leasne. The correspondent of the Daily Tele- graph at Volo, under date of Wednes- day, says: â€" "The biggest battle of the war began near Velestino this morn- ing. As a I^esult of ii the Turkish fore* of 40,000 men has been repulsed. The Turkish plan was to seize the billa on the north dividing Pharsalos from Val- eetino." THE LOSS ON BOTH SIDES. A qpecial despatch from Athena as- serts that the losses of the Greeks \<a the fighting at Velestino and Pharsa- los were certainly one thousand kilU e<l and wounded, while the Turks lost fully six thousand killed and wounded. WEDNESDAY'S FIGHTING. The London Daily Mail's correspon- dent with the Turkish forces at Phar- salos, lelegraphing Thursday morning, says: " Yesterday's (Wednesday) bat- tle was most sublime as a spectacle, and the most decisive of the entire war. It was not intended at the beginning that the fight should L>e a regular pitched engagement, but on the arrival of Ed- hem Pasha at the outposts a furious tiring began. The weather was cool and the sky somewhat cloudy, after a thunderstorm. The ivillage of Phar- salos could be seen huddled as it were under a line of low-peaked hills. High- er and round about were black hills rising behind others, while between this and the village ran asmall stream known to the ancients as the Kaipeu^ crossed by a bridge. At the railway, between the stream and the village, were Greeks in an excellent position, well defended by earthworks. Their advance line consisled of two brigades and their reserve of two half brigades, altogether about c20,000 men. A» against these weire 00,008 Turks. ' The artillery began the engage- ment the Greek practice being much l>etter tiuiu usual, but after atwnt two hours they began to retire across the river. 'This was a great mistake, lus they were ihus enclosed between the river and the mountains with no room to deploy. The sight was superb. Ia many cases the Greeks fought with the courage of despair. Cireat black mase>eti forming the rear guard to hold the boridge, covered the whole rich green plain, and the enduranca and dash of the Turks were maipii- ficent, too. I reached the battlefield witli a regiment whose men imme- diately began to run forward, danc- ing under fire, and shouting like chil- dren when they saw the enemy. Th« Greeks repulsed them vigorously, an4 followed up the repulse. "The Turks had lormed in a semi- circle of thund<\ring batteries and crackling;- battalion*. ITie division on the extreme right tried lo cut off tba retreat to DouiukuM, while lhe re- . mainder ot the fonv flung itsielf U4>on PharsaU*. The battle was but little like the bottles dr««-ril>ed in books. There wa.s no firing of volleys, no bayonet a«i»<ttult, no rush, no cheering, but only a steady, lei;sUFely advance into oiien in jjejrfect ordter. T'hare was some individual firing, and the s<>ldi»rti shouted, "Allah, Allah," till the constant r«tJetitionsweitle><l into one heavy, monotonous shout, like tba 'hear.hear,' of the House of Com- mons. X saw some mon suddenly flin|f HP theif handu anil fall fiwie down- Ward^ bur the Greek £i;ro in the main was ineffwltive. Befoul five o'olook the la.st villiige north of the rivcir hod be*n taken. Then the village of Va.sill and the eutreiia.iUinent,s near the river wore e.tormed with considerable loss to the Tu^k^<^ and the liulUe cea^sed. At nightfall the flanking division etr- talklitdietl itself lM>hiniil the Gneks, and cut off the l>e«»t line of relreat to AtheiiK."' ao PROTFiTT IHE DYNASTY. A deMlat4:^h fj-om Berlin says it isre- |)orte>d there that the powex» ha.ve de- cideid to land their trows at AtheinA to protect the dynasty, Greece hiiiving deiMineil the proffered mediation, and (I'arkey being willing to neRotiate on eaisy terms if Crete is eratJuated by th» Greeks. LORD SALISBl'RYS VIKWS. At the annual meeting of the l*rim- r(^-ll' League, the Marquis of Salislmry. di.scu.ssing the Greco-Turkish question, said:â€" "lhe main object of the Ku- ropean concert was to prevent a Ku- ropean war," adding that the belief prevailed that all danger of such a war w;is finally HissiiKited, and the peace of Eujrope, apart from the local conflict, had Wen placed on a better liasis, an<l had better hope in its fu- ture, than (vver tiefore. Her Majes- ty's tioverntnent, the Premier also said, would do its liest to end the is concluding reference South African Republic on condition of ^informing to its laws. "You will slat 3 Lluit her Majesty's! â- ^;;;;;,,h;Vr"in"h Government anprec.alevs the repeatedly, ,h,. ^nr, the Marquis of SaListmry assurances of Piesident kruger tliat ; ^aij ._..-,.he t,pe,,ing of the Eastern ho Government of the South African ,,n.,s,i„n „,,., „reiUlv dreaded, but it Republic had no intention of departing, [,as now .ouu- Tike a nightmare. There fnmi the erms of the Loiulon conyen- has been great tenor that any out- tion, and tlwrefore feels confident thai Urt-ak in the .south-east of l-^irope it will not attempt to enfoix-e the; ,ui^hl bad lo a general blaze, but it ia '"J*^' , ..â-  i , . ,, . , . • to U' hoiied thai the daiucer is past. In a. l=tter to Lord Rosemead explain- i,T,nd ih.st we may U^,k datnly on the '-'l?..ii;f_ir,*^'°'f!i .i. ^J."^^!!*!?^ '^If ! larger intere-sts involved. It may l)e „ >. 1 .^.. _ (hat Turkey has exhiliited proofs of ChBinl>erlain said xt\v llrilish Govern- me'itt could not accept tlie alien im- migration law OS an ordinary poliue law witlhin the terms of article 14 of the Limdon convention, which declares that all pei'siiius other than natives cou- fortning tlwmselve.s to the laws of the South African Republic shall have full liberty to enter, travel, or reside in any part of Ihip rppublio. The al'ien Immi- grants law provided thiat »u*5h per- sona would not be at liliei^y to enter or reside in the republic unless they could siio waffimiatively that they had the. menus or ability to wupi»oi"t Ihi-mselves. Mr. Chamberlain argued that as thip. only condition imposed by the convention is that they should con- form to the law.s of the republic, the new law would be ultra vires, and moreover would impo.se a "furtUer condition of a burdensome nature which it might b© difficult for many of thu poorer, though perfectly respect- able iomiigi^nt^ to satisfy." strength which few su.si)et'ted, iind perhijis a better fulure is open to the doininions of the Sultan. "Their (iov- erniuenl may improve or maybe the Kmi'ire will collapse, as many have feared. In either ca.se we are justified in U'lieving that all ch.anges will be conducted under the sanction of peace- ful delilierat ions." IHARSALOS EVACUATED. It was a8<'<rtained at daybreak that the Greeks had evacuated Pharsalos during t'ae night time. 'The majcrrity of the GreeJc forces are retreating on Deuiokos. The baggage and artillery took the Dmiu road, and the Infantty crossed the hills . ON A HYWAY. Has he proposed to you. yetf Noâ€" not diTwtly, bull hie keeps tell- ing uie that hiS entirely sides with '\wi Gret-iks in their annexation scheme*.

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