The Portland daily press., 1897-02-16
NOTICE SERVED ON GREECE
That the Powers will Use Force to Pre-
vent Trouble.

That the Powers Will Use FOrce TO ERE
vent Trouble.
Athens, February 15.-The representa-
tiyes of the Powers accredited to Greece
held two meetings yesterday. 1t was
agreed that the Powers, through their
ministers to Athens, should protest
against Greek intervention in Crete. and
upon M. Delaynnis, the Greek premier.
and intimated to him that the Powers
had determined to take decisive steps,
even resorting to arms to prevent Greece
from taking further hostile action in
Crete. M. Boures, advised the Immediate
recall of the Greek fotilla from Crete,
and at the same time promised that the
Powers would take into consideration
the claims of Greece In Crete nnd the
question of union of Crete with Greece.
| /; Premier Delyannis asked to BIZ allowed
time In which to reply to the representa-
tions made by Nj. Bouree, which request
was granted.
The military reserve forces are respond
ing with great unanimity to the govern
.nent's summons and are focking to the
military deports in large numbers The
military bureaus report that the lists OF
reserves will be made up within two days.
Salisbury Decidedly Unsympathetic.
London, February 15.-The matter Of
the disorders in Crete aud the indepen-
dent action taken by Greece il sending
a torpedo hotilla and transport ships
with troops to that island came to ths
House of Lords today, when Lord Sails
bury declared that reforms for the island
of Crete had been arranged and vera
being put into effeoS when Greece In
tervened. W.
The powers, the Premier said, were
unanimous in regarding the action OF
Greece as ill-advised, to say the least and
had lost on time in expressing this opin-
| ion in language of the most earnest and
uumistakaDie character to the Greek
government.
The government of Great Britain, Lord
Salisbury declared, remained In accord
with the other powers, and thera was
no ground for thinking they would de.
part from the policy which they had
hitherto pursued.
Greece's Defiant Roply.
Berlin, February 15.-It is said here that
| Nj. Delgannis, the Greek premier, has
made reply to M. Bouree, the French
consul, who acted as spokesman for the
poWers. The creek premier, aIUaf anort
review Of the situation, declares without
qualification that it is the purpose OF
Greece to occupy Crete. In visw of
this defiant attitude ofsthe Hellenic king
dom, the German governments will con
slider that it is no longer consonant with
dignity to proceed further in the paths
of diplomacy at Aliens and after having
communicated this conclusion to the
Governments of the other powers, will
INSTRUCT the commander of the German
warship Kaiser in Augusta to proceed to
Canea and join the associated fleets of
thu Cretan coasts in preventing any hos.
tile action on the part of Greece and ope-
rate with them in restoring order in the
island.
Great Britain's Position.
London, February Is. &c Gorge N. Cur
zon, parliamentary secretary for foreign
affairs, announced today that the Powers
were taking every step that was possible
to the end of checking the disorders In
the island of Crete. Mr.. Curzon said
that the British naval officers had been
had been instructed to take no isolated
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