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SITUATION IN THE EAST. PEE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. ACTIVITY OF THE TITO IN THESSALY. A Renter's telegram from Constantinople on Tuesday says —At yesterday's meeting of tne Peac" Conference dieschetne for a strategic delimitation of the Turko-Greek frontier drawn cjj by the military attaches was submitted by "'he Ambassadors. The projected frontier me does not include any village in Thessaly, iut gives the mountain crests to Turkey. In he discussion that followed Tewtik Pasha iinoulined that he would submit the scheme c the Council of Ministers to-morrow, and ilso to the Sultan. The meeting subsequently onsidered the Cretan autonomy schema, which orms part of the proposed treaty of peace. l discussion followed on the lines of the "reach proposals. A Reuter's telegram from Constantinople on Saturday (delayed in transmission) says:- The Ambassadors decided on the 10th inst. that, in the event of the Sultan's decision re- garding the question of Thessaly not being :o.iirnumeat&d at the next meeting villi Cewtik Pasha, the representatives of the Powers should decline to discuss the other joints of the peace conditions. The Sultan las taken fresh steps at St. Petersburg and Serlin with a view to inducing Russia and Germany to support the Turkish demana for ilia retrocession of Thessaly. To this end the Ottoman Ambassador at Berlin has been in- structed to solicit an audience of the Emperor •Villi am in order to present to his Majesty t special message from the Sultan appealing :o the German Emperor's friendship to sup- port Turkish rights, for he would be everlast- T.uiy grateful to his Majesty. Similar instruc- aons have been sent to the Ottoman Ambas- sador at St. Petersburg, who accordingly Applied for an audience with the Czar. The Russian Foreign Minister, while favourably ;eceiving the Ambassador's request .dt bound to call his Excellency's attention to the assurance given by the Sultan on the occasion of the declaration of war against Greece, that it was not undertaken with any 'new of conquest. Count Muravieff added nhat the insistence by Turkey upon her demand might lead to complications. The Russian Minister's statement fo-oshadows a reply in similar terms from the Czar and Emperor William, with the result that Turkey will be compelled to vield to the wishes of Europe. In some circles, however, fears have been expressed that in that case disturbances may break out in the Empire. Numerous irrests have recently been made here of Mus- julmans and Softas. during the night it is stated, for having strongly expressed them- telvea against the idea of abandoning Thes- ialv. There have also been many arrests of Armenians suspected of being in collusion with disaffected Mussulmans, but in these jases the prisoners were subsequently released. A Renter's telegram from Lamia on Tues- day gays:—The Turks this evening posted guns on the Othrys heights, ooncealing them behind foliage, and have also placed artillery in the burned convent of Aneselitia. The activity which the Turks have been display- ing for the last two days inspires much dis- trust here. A party of scouts was seen at nightfall in the village of Vrysse. The rain U incessant. GREECE AND THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. A Renter's telegram from Athens on Wednes- day says:—M. Skoloudis, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has made representations to the Ministers of the Powers here concerning the protraction of the peace negotiations, which he points ouit is highly prejudicial to Greece, who is exhausting her resources owing to the neces- sity of maintaining a large army. All business, moreover, is at a complete standstill. Follow- ing upon this communication, the Foreign Ministers have referred the matter to their respective Governments. CRETE AS AN EXCHANGE FOR THESSALY. A Reuter's telegram from Constantinople on Friday says:—The opinion is now entertainea in diplomatic circles that tho Porte may propose the cession of Crete to Greece in exchange for Thessaly, and, if such arrangement were agreed to. would renounce the demand for a war indemnity. This suggestion is favourably entertained by certain politicians as offering the best solution of the difficulty, although strong doubts are expressed whether such proposals would receive the assent of the Powers. In the meantime everything yearns to show that Tirkey means to remain in Thessaly, and it is stated that the communications received from St. Petersburg appear to encourage the Porte in hoping for Russian support, although M. De Nelidoff shows himself in accord with the other Ambassadors tt the meetings of the latter and in the negotia- tions for peace. Nevertheless, the Porte has not IUspendd its military preparations, shirty-two fresh battalions are being held in readiness in Asia to move at a moment's notice, and the authorities are said to be discussing the advisa- bility of calling out another 70 battalions. The strong concentration of troops in the European Drovinoes of the Empire is attributed to an in- lention on the part of the Porte to maintain 'ts demand for the retrocession of Thessaly. Petitions in favour of the retention of the pro. rince by Turkey are being received from Ana- tolia. and a similar petition has come from Trebizonde, but they are all attributed to official inspiration. TZAR AND THE FRONTIER QUESTION. The Berlin correspondent of the "Times" <avs:—I hear that the Czar has repeatedly declared that Greece must get back all the terri- tory that is necessary to her for the atrategio rectification of the frontier. Reports are to hand to-day from various quarters that the real peace between Turkey and Greece is to be pre- ceded by a preliminary treaty, h the ietails are to be settled later. This confirms ay repeated statement that the peace negotia- ions are going on satisfactorily, though slowly. A Reuter's telegram from Athens on Monday ays:—A telegram from Lamia, dated 10 p.m. 9n Sunday, states that negotiations for the ex- change of prisoners will begin to-day. The Turks have 230 prisoners, including several irregulars, and the Greeks have 203, among whom are a major and two other officers cap- iired in the fighting at Nezero. The Turks have roiested against the arregt of two Nizams, and 16 head of the C reek gendarmery has applied » the Crown Prince for instructions. A Reuter's telegram from Constantinople 11 Saturday says:—Formal contradiction is riven by the Porte to reports that placards h?d *een found posted up in Stamboul inciting the Mussulmans to fight the Europeans. The re- port is declared to bo a pure invention, as is d80 the statement that the arrival of the •Jamidieh cavalry regiments is regarded as a hreat to the Ambassadors. AN ENGLISH VOLUNTEER'S STORY. Mr. F. C. Gentry, of Erown's-road. Wal- Ihamstow, one of the English volunteers from ttondon. says that while the English section tere retreating on Larissa a detachment of "reek cavalry from the left wing came np to em, and taking them for Turks charged, veral Greeks being killed. They entered irissa the next morning. About eleven t'block that day the English section were ompelled to fire on the Greek soldiers at the aulway station in order to enable the women nd children to escape by train.

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