The herald., 1897-04-05

n the best form of government the pow
ers can confer upon the islanders.
The Daily Mail will publish tomorrow
dispatch from Rome saying that pri-
vate kilograms received there confirm
1.-THE report that Col. vassos has been pro-
noted by King George to the rank Of
general. :.
The correspondent of the Daily Mail at
Larissa says it is the general belief there
that IL no advance is made by the Greek
troops on Elassona by Tuesday next, the
whole affair will end in fizzle.
According to the Athens correspondet
of the Daily Mail. the conviction is IN
creasing there as the national fete draws
near that nothing of Importance viii oc-
chr. The decorations and iuuminations
of all the public buildings and of many
private residences have been arranged
for. In consequence of diminution OF
the prison guards. in order to send the
men to the frontier, hundred convicts
have escaped from the prison at Chalirr.
Most of them are murderers or long
service criminals.
The Daily Mails Copenhagen corre-
spondent will say tomorrow: The con-
SITUATIONS between the members OF the
Danish royal family have resulted in
resolution to uphold the present dynas-
ty in Greece. The Dowager czarina will
remain here until the end of the month.
A special cipher telegraphic service has
been established between Copenhagen
and ST. Petersburg. 1t is believed that
the dowager czarina has succeeded in in
ducing the czar to support King George
as far as is consonant with the interest
of Russia.
DOWN ON vAssos.
LONDON. April 4.-The Times will to-
morrow publish the following dispatch
from its Athens correspondent; Ihe
crisis of the situation is the presence Oh
Col Vassos and his army in Crete. Inc
powers insist on withdrawal, but neither
King George nor the government cares
to comply. 1t is believed, however, that
the difficulty may be surmounted IN the
following way: The first step would be
the withdrawal of the Turkish FORCES
from Crete This would not only re-
move the suspicious of the Cretans, but
would make it possoble for Col. Nassos
army to return from Crete with GER
tain amount Of prestige. The prior re-
tirenent of the Turkish army would be
more offensive to the sultans amour
propre than the simultaneous with
drawal of both armies ,inasmuch as ne
has entrusted Crete to the powers, ana
the arrangement to be reached would
NE one concerning him and them exclu-
sively.
The order for the recall OF the Greek
army from the frontier would immedl-
ately follow. Greece having thus aban-
doned her contumacious attitude, the
powers might entrust her with man.
date to occupy Crete in the name OF the
eultan. as when Austria received man
date from Europe to occupy Bosnia ana
Herzegovina. Thus legally empowered,
Greece could send an army under COM
mander to Crete to occupy the interior
of the island, while the international
occupation support might continue un-
til these measures had been taken Tor the
reparation or possibly the emigration OF
the Mohammedan refugees. Eventually
the Greek occupancy would become gen.
eral, the powers having in the meantime
decided upon the form of new consti-
tuition, with such guarantees as might
be demanded by Europe for the protec-
ton of the Mohammedan minority,
which would be readily accorded by
Greece.
THE LATEST HITCH.
LONDON April 4.-The Daily Chron
icle will print the following tomorrow
from its Athens correspondent; AT IL
o'clock this Sunday morning word
reaches us here that a hitch has oc-
curred. France has agreed to the
blockade of the Gulf of Athens. The
admirals were discussing the details to-
day, and suddenly the whole matter 1s
again adjourned for several days, until
Mons Hanotaux produces his mysterl-
Gus plan. The French minister has as
sured King George that there is no I'M
mediate prospect of a blockade, and he
has begged him not to take action. NO
body here has the slightest notion OF
what the hitch is.
MOSLEM LAMENTATION.
LONDON, April A dispatch to the
standard from Canea will say tomor-
row: All Saturday night Canea re-
sounded with the lamentations of Mos
lem women. Nineteen bodies were pur-
led today. Today Sunday forty men,
who were among the wounded, have
succumbed The Christian dead had
their noses and ears clipped by the Mos
lens.
Col. Crefell has had an interview with
the insurgent chiefs in the vicinity OF
Gambia. He was extremely we'll re-
ceiyed and left amid cheers for Europe
and autonomy. Fighting continues
daily in the outskirts of Gambia.
Yesterday the Greeks attempted to
land a force on the south Of the island,
but were prevented.
RUSSIAN THREATS.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 1.-The
uournal de st. Petersburg (semi- Officially
nays: The aggressive and progressive
attitude that Greece maintains with
such deplorable obstinacy compels the
blockade of the gulf of Athens Greece.
'by keeping Col. Vassos in Crete, is ex-
posing the Cretans to all the disadvan-
tages of a blockade there. She frus-
trates the restoration of peace; she pre-
vents the powers from learning the real
wishes of the inhabitants of Crete, which
can only be certained by the powers
after the removal of the influence of an
interested pressure.
The reports of the cOnsuls in Crete
and of the adnirals of the International