, 1896-07-04

ocSCN l lie 0i6th Alitl AlUSSli(il OOn-
sulates. -Four Turks were killed. lhr Con
suls all t~elegraphed for warslipS, AM the
Blush war vessel Hood and ths French
ironclad Neptune and cruiser Cosmao ar
rived ON I e>Jay. 4 Russian corvette
arrived on Wednesday, and an Austrian
cruiser Is on the way. The EritlSh fleet at
Malta Is ready to sill in ease HI ueceSsltv.
and the Greek iIouclads arr also read, to
start n \ moments notice. All tine foreign
Consuls proceeded on board the Hood on er
arrival, The Cen~ulates are crowded viii
refugees. OF whom about 100 remain Al he
British Consulate. There were further DIS
turbanoeo in Cauea ON tuesday, but they
We're not serious. Panic continues. however.
among The population. who remain shuJ up
in then houses, and all business is suspeuaeu.
From aGvices received last week it appeared
that the condition Of Crete was daily growing
more serious. The Illegal postpoue,uent If
the meeting If the General Assembly had
greatly exa~perated the Christians. <
Turkish detachment was being belca.uered
at loXaris. and at least Is Turks had been
killed. In an ear agemeut at Drama. near
the northern coast, the Turks lost ten men.
The SpelioS guHrj-houSe WAS abandoned by
the Turks and burnt down. An attempt by
the Turkish forces to relieve the besipecd
garrison OF Nanos was defeated by the
Cretan insurgents. The successes Of the
insurgents caused a panic among the Turkish
rural population, and over l.J0O ref ace,
fed t. Retimo. The refugees SHRED M
the dormant fauaticism Of the M|ahomedau
population IN tire towns, which Is greatly
in excess If the Christian
Owing to the representations # the
Hellenic Government, supported Nv the
Powers, the Sultan revoked the FiIman
postponing the meeting of the Assembly and
summoned il for the present week.
The outbreak at Canca is ali the more
ineApIjcaIIe a> there of all places not the
slightest nrovocatlon had been offered bv
the Christians during the Anomalous regtne
Of the past SIX years. On the contrary. the
Greek Government aud all Influential Gre an
circles united after the recall Of the post
pOnement of the meeting Of the Assembly
IN bidding the insurgents at Namos to desist
from The siege OF HE garrison and to refrain
from all further aggressive action until after
the meeting Of the Assembly. 1t is said.
however, that Il number of ferocious Ben.
ghazi Arabs who were enlisted for the Vamos
relief expedition commenced the riot, in
whishother Turkish soldiers soon joined.
Turkhm Fa>ha is utterly powotloss to
restrain the Soldiery as he is on bad terms
with the military governor lzzedin.
AbdnIlah Pasha. Vail Of Seutari. is to
become Governor of Crete, General Tewtk
Pasha is being sent to Crete to open an
inquiry into the situation.
In Yamos the beleaguered garrison is said
TO be surrounded by 5000 insurgents. The
Christians assert that u number of their CO.
religioniSts are blockaded by Mahomedans at
Perivolia and Kalyves.
Mass meetings of Cretans were held at
Athens on Tuesday and Wednesday. On
Tuesday they elected a committee, which
appealed to NJ. Delyanni for Greek protec-
ton. On Wednesday a still larger meeting
voted in favour OF opening subscriptions for
the purchase of arms and supplies and Of
sending a memorandum to the Great Powers.
The crowd, though perfectly orderly, WIS
set upon by the police, and dispersed with
much unnecessary brutality.
The German and Austrian papers which
discuss the subject severely condemn the
Ottoman administration in the island, and
lay responsibility on those Powers whose
policy il TO maintain the status quo in the
Ottoman Empire.
1t is interesting to see tho Temps. in an
article on Crete. affirming that, >. as regards
Egypt, no long demonstrations are required
to prove that it has fallen, at least provision.
ally, to the lot of Great Britain And The
Temps, with extreme discretion, hints that
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