The morning times., 1896-05-31
BRITISH HAND IN CRETE
French Press Declares English
Intrigue Caused The Uprising.
SITUATION VERY SERIOUS
English Opinion Retorts That French
and Russian Consuls Fomented the
Revolt in Interest of France-W hole
Eastern Question Becomes Acute.
Christians Fighting for Autonomy.

Canea, Crete, the scene of serious fighting
between Christians and Turks, has teie
graphcd details of the trouble to the for
eign office, confirming the worst accounts
OF the Fighting in the streets. Though order
has been temporarily restored. The people
of the town and in the country around
about are preparing for further trouble.
The official Turkish COMMUNICATIONS af-
firming that there has been no rising; that
probably nothing has happened beyond the
street aflray. and that all the excitement
has subsidized do not tally with the measures
being taken by the porte for the hurried
dispatch or reinforcementS To Crete from
Saionica and Smyrna.
IT can be said that though the Christian
Inhabitants OF the island are not now
in full revolt against their Turkish rulers,
they are on the eve OF an insurrection as
great as that of 1878, when the porte
was forced to concede, through Mukhtar
Pasha, the then governor, quasi autonomy,
which was afterward found TO be unwork-
able.
WANT UNION WITH GREECE.
Since 1910, when the island was restored
to the Turks, there has been insurrectlnn
after insurrection, all Of which proved
futile. Now the Christians mean to gain,
if possible, complete autonomy, union
with Greece, or have some European power
establish u protectOrate over them. AT
any rate they propose to overthrow the
rule OF Turkey. The disturbances reopen
the whole Eastern question in an acute
form, and the prospect Of a pacific settle
ment is very din. The French press
declares that British intrigue has incited
the Christians to insurrectlOn, dnd that
British agents are supplying the insur-
gents with money and arms with view.
to an ultiInate British occupation OF the
island.
+, The Speaker contends that their charges
are absurd. 1t has theory or its own
| regarding the troubles, which is that the
| Russian and French consuis fomented the
| disorders in order to bring about French
| occupation. The accusations thus banded
| between the English and Continental press
| show the depth OF the jealousles which are
interfering with the suInInoning of a
| European congress. which diplomats
| circles now discuss as the only mode of
| solution that will prevent European war.
ENGLAND WOULD DISSENT.
Unwilling as Prime. Minister Salisbury
| may be 10 accede to the holding OF
| congress that will be likely toinclude Egypt
| In its decisions, the trend OF events tends
| TO make a conference inevitable. Great
| Britain would object to the ceSsiOn of
| Crete TO Greece! as the latter country is
| under Franco Russian Influence and would
| prefer the granting of autonomy and the
| naturalization or the island under u
| European guarantee.
| Recent news from Egypt indicates that
| the government has modified. its inten-
| tions with regard TO the campaign in the
| Soudan. 1t is HOW probable that 10 ad-
| vance will be made beyond Akasheh. This
| change is generally attributed to uneas;-
ness as to the fftitNie OF the Beers and
| the possibility oHsuclf Demands being made
| Brit m mil Str a
| make 1T Gifficuisto support the movement
| along the Nile With substantial British
| force. TIE decision to send Indian troops
| to the rcd sea supports the belief that plans
have been changed.
by reason OF tins ne departure Sir Her
bert Kitchener the present commander, viii
likely control operations throughout. . 10
neither Sir Redvers Butler nor Sir Eveiyr
| Wood will be sent out. The su-called al
| vance seems likely to ceduCe itself to
| gradual elongation OF the frontier line.
NEW CONGO STATE RAILWAY.
The King of the Belgians is expected in
! London early in June, when something
| may be arranged about the plans for tE,
! new Congo State Railway. humber o
| preliminary surveys have already been
sent to London from Brussels, and over an(
above the loan of 10000, 900 francs
which the Belgian chamber has agreed Il
guarantee, n further loan o! 5,000,0eC
francs will be guara nteed after the lin,
has been commenced. 1t is practically
settled that the new railway, which vii
penetrate into the interior, is intended t
he worked largely in conjunction will
English enterprise for the development
of Central Africa.
The advanced radical section in tie
House of Commons. which formally con
stituted itself an independent party be
fore the WhtSuntde recess, has not, il
must be admitted, made much head dwaH
either in the House or in the country IL
the interval. The new party admit tina
they cannot do much to advance their
views ia the House Of Commons atpteSent
and are confining their efforts mainly t,
the constituencies, where their reception
is generally luxe warm. Time seems already
to have Justified the hostile criticisms
of Sir Charles Dixie at the formation ci
the party, when he advised the radicals
not to frame any definite program until
the people at large had some more eX
| perienCp OF the leglsld tive blunderS ol
the government.
ANTISEMITISM IN AMERICA.
Apropus of the growth of anti-Semiti'
feeling in America the Jewish Chronicle
| the leading Hebrew organ in Engl nd. sa v
it desires to speak plainly on painful
| subject. A feeling against the Jews. j
| declares. has found it's way into tie frees
| country in the world by the ostentatiou:
bearing of some OF that race. The az
| gTessve behavior of some Jews with more
| money than refinement reflects upon tht
| whole Jewish community, and is working
| untoldha The paper addSthat Germany
harsh treatment of Mr.. Louis Stern, o
| New York. whose bail OF $4,000 marx!
was forfeited at Munich because of hi!
| failure 70 surrender himself to serve the
sentence OF fourteen days imprisonment
imposed upon him for insulting the deputy
| commissioned of the Spa at kiSSingen II
Thought in non-Jewish circles in America
| to have been due TO Stern'S unwiSe conduct
The instance ought to serve as a warning
for other American Jews to take to heart
| The sale Of the Earl of Durham's eolliere:
| to a company headed by Sir James Jocey
| NJ P, is the largest transaction of the kint
in England in recent years. The collierie
number fourteen and they produce over tw
million tons of coal Il year, and in tn
bargain were incInded the famous LambtoI
9leet of nineteen steamers carrying coal t
| almost all ports in the German ocean, be
| sides a number OF locomotives and l ,5o
| horses.
| CONTROL THE WORLDS COAL TRADE
The exact terms of the sale are Unknown
| but the company paid uiilion sterling t.
| Lord Durham when they took over tn
| property The company, reckoning the col
lieries they already possess and the minin!
property of the Jocey family, will prof
ably have a controlling influence in til
| coal trade of the world.
| Lord Salisbury is entertaining aneunusu
ally distinguished house party at Hatfield
House, his residence in Hertfordshire. Ii
the party are the Prince and Princess o
| Wales and their daughters Princess Vic
| toria and Maud the latter's betrothed
/ Prince Charles of Denmark, and the Duk,
and Sure"