Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-09
TELL HIM THEY WILL REBEL ANY
ATTEMPT AT INTERFERENCE.
Intend to Attack the Fort at Kissamo
still Looks warlike on the
Frontier-Is the European
Concert Approaching
Dissolution.


| tional fleet had hitherto been hostile to
| them, they would repel forcibly any at
tempt OF the warships to interfere with
| their designs at kissamo. 1t is expected,
| therefore, that the Cretans will direct their
guns upon the warshps if the latter open
| 1lre The Austrian admiral will proceed to
hlsSamo Tomorrow. Ii has been decided to
| remove the few Mohammedan families still
there and TO blow up the two blockhouses
IN the vicinity of the fort, in order to pre-
vent the Cretans from occupying them
| A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from
Arta says 1t is reported there that the
Turks are concentrating a large body of
troops between Philippiades and Joannina
and have seized all the flour mills and grain
stores. All the irregulars have left Arta and
| are marching northward in three bands
The Rome correspondent of the Daily
News learns that the powers will begin the
blockade of Greece simultaneously with a
new proclamation to the Cretans. Every
thing indicates that Greece is firmly de-
termined to resist. The Greek government
| is negotiating with the well known Polish
sportsman and ex-aide-de-camp of King
Humbert. Colonel Jaraczewski to go to
Athens to command the Italian volunteers
| 800 of whom are already in Greece. Several
hundred more are about to start for Laris-
sa. Prince Odescalcihi is assisting the ex-
petitions.
The correspondent of the Times at
Elassona will say tomorrow: Accom-
panied by a staff officer, / have visited the
| frontier posts at Maluna Pass which COM
| mands a splendid view of the two plains of
Elassona and Larissa. 1t is near the top
OF the mountain. The Turkish ard Greek
blockhouses are about thirty yards apart
We We're received by the officers of the
Greek post; s,, They were agreeable and
a mot rtpllx,
anxious for war. AT Euzonoi, they were
singing . and dancing around the block
house. The soldiers make fairly service
able appearances, but do not give the i'm
preston of absolute'ignorance or fear and
courage characteristic to the Turkish
The Daily Chronicle will publish to-mor-
row an extract from a letter written by an
claring that 1000 persons have perished by
Moslem massacres in Tokat and that fresh
outrages probably as devilish are expected
moved, and, it is believed. is going to Err
zeroum All along the Syrian coast have
prevent the Armenians from escaping.
Those at Zeitoun are ready to rise, and,
says the Chronicles correspondent, war
A dispatch to the Times from Constanti-
nople says that the porte this afternoon
communicated to the American ambassa-
dor the contents of three circulars dis
patched to the Ottoman representatives
abroad.
The first. dated April S. notified the pow
ers that the porte was willing to with
draw the Turkish garrison from Crete i'm
| mediately If the Greeks previously with
drew and the powers guaranteed to pacify
the Island It demanded also that Greece
should evacuate Crete forthwith. The Sec
ond Is dated April and protests. in antici-
patton. against the appointment by the
powers of European governor of the ISL
and. The third. dated April {. protests
against the inquisition of disarming the
Cretan Mohammedans while the Christians
q n rot in hni~
The Athens correspondent of the Times
will say tomorrow:
The opinion of the Greek newspapers
Is virtually unanimous as to the recent
declaration OF the powers. 1t is that the
european concert, after conspicuous
failure as to Crete; is gradually tending to
Itself with mere admoniIion.
There Is an evident Discrimination on the
part OF some of the powers to carry out
fnS of purpose in the European federation.
which is showing signs of decrepitude The
similarity of language between the declar-
alton and the recent warning of the Jour-
mai De ST. Petersburg has been noticed
here and this latest step of the powers is
attributed to the Russian initiative
Count Muravioff, the Russian foreign
minister: has already become the bette noirs
of the Greeks. His, uniformly hostile at
titude has produced great Indignation
Well informed persons here believe Count
Muravioff. who inherits the traditions of
an autocrat family. is resolved to play a
leave an impression upon the history of
his time.
"One of the opposition journals processes
to know that a proposal has been COM
municated to Greece through one of its
representatives abroad that if Greece will
submit TO the powers in the Cretan affair
she Will receive as recompense the ter
ritCry included within the frontier lines
traced by the Berlin conference of 1Ssl,
tGsether With with portion of Macedonia, in
Answering a question in the house of
commons to-day relative to the date of
Turkish troops. the parliamentary secres re-
tary for the foreign Office George ~ Cur
zon. said that France had asked the powers
the island by the Turks: but. he added. 1t
was impossible to announce the exact date
Several of the powers. he continued were
of the opinion that the Greek troops must
first be Withdrawn.
The Earl of Kimberly. leader of the Lib |
eral party in the house of lords. speaking |
at a Liberal banquet this evening in Lon
don, urged the withdrawal of the Turkish |
troops as the first step in the pacifcation !
of Crete. He said that the only true and |
sound policy was to come to prompt un-
for the island Personally he would like
to Crete under the government of |
made UP their mind to adopt that course |
they would not meet with any serious OBJ |
lection from bad uTSe 6n its best to
the policy of the government but had been |
Invariably disappointed. and now felt itself |
relieved of all further responsibility.
Rome April S.-ConSiderable uproar at |
tended the Interpolation of the government |
by Signor Imbriani. the socialist leader, in |
the chamber of deputies to-day. who re- |
ferred to the "odious policy of leading free |
italy to commit inconceivabe acts OF vio- |
lerce against Greece and to tample upon |
the laws of nations.
Continuing, Sgnor Imbriani asserted that |
Italy was playing the role of u vassal to the |
dreibund. and he eulogiZed the conduct of |
Greece In so doing the socialist deputy |
vigorously attacked the acts of Italy and |
the concert of the powers for which he was |
of the chamber and was loudly cheered by |
his followers.
Constantinople April s-An extraordi- |
nary council of ministers of the empire was |
held at the palace to-day. 1t is understood |
that as a result of ii the Turkish govern |
with thirty-two battalions OF Redifs from
Anatola making total of 33.0O0.
Canea. April S.-The Mussulmans of Sit |
la are suffering from want of water. the |
wells of the town not sufficing to supply |
their needs and the insurgents driving them |
water outside, in spite of the protection
afforded by the foreign warships.
The barracks occupied by the Italian
marines doing duty shore at Gambia |
have been burned to the ground.
detachment of COO additional Russian
British troops have arrived here.
Elassona. April s-The troops are very
much disappointed at the fact that the
Greeks have not attacked them and the
conversation of the soldiers and subaltern
officers shows their temper to be such that |
in the event of an outbreak of hostilities |
and the repulsion of the Greeks. no Turk
ish general dare act otherwise than invade