The herald., 1897-03-08

based upon proposal for cooperation
which has been presented by France.
ORDERS TO VASSOS.
p.m.-It is stated that in view OF
contemplated negative reply of Greece
K to the powers, King George has sent or
ders to Col. vassos. commanding the
Greek forces in Crete to hold all the
!, places now occupied by him. The kine
is still here and the date of departure OF
the crown prince for the frontier has not
been fixed. Every effort is being made
to concentrate the Greek troops on the
Turkish frontier before the threatened
Blockade of the Greek coast can be eff
fected.
In official circles the hope is now en-
tertained that the powers will accept
the French proposition.
CRETAN RIGHTS.
1a.m.-Though the exact character OF
tknown. 1T is known that in addition to
the ground of refusal to comply because
of the fear of pillage, incendiarism and
murder in Crete, the note points out
that the Cretans, who alone should be
regarded as entitled to determine their
fate, have declared their unalterable
resolution to be annexed to Greece as
tDe Olly SOlutloi thol " III hAoAiJ PoSAAy
the island.
King George and other members of the
royal family attended requiem mass
in the cathedral today for the officers
and soldiers who have fallen in Crete.
The Plinghenesia publishes telegram
that a band of 120 Macedonians and
Epirites came into collision yesterday
at Krania, six hours march from Gre
vena, with strong Turkish detachment
The Macedonians attacked the Turkish
position toward evening and it is re-
ported they captured it after an all night
fight.
ALL EUROPE AGITATED.
LONDON, March 7.-(Copyright, 1879
Little else is talked about in London, in
Great Britain or on the continent that
the eastern crisis and the possibility of
a war between Greece and Turkey
which may involve the great powers of
Europe The officials of the foreign Of
flee here were busy throughout Satur-
day night and all day Sunday in ex-
changing kilograms with Constantine
pie and other capitals.
French newspapers this morning are
almost unanimous in their assertion that
the Greek reply to the indenticai notes
of the powers will not be formal re-
fusal to abide by their decision, as since
yesterday morning the tone of the COM
municat tions received from Greece by NJ.
Hanatoux, the French minister for for
eign affairs, has been more distinctly
pacific, a solution being frinted at on the
basis of mutual concessions.
The mi-official Fremdenblatt of vi
emma points out this morning that it is
by no means certain that if Greece pro-
vokes war with Turkey that Servia and
Bulgaria will assist her, as they might
find means and concessions from the
sultan to make a peaceful conquest by
wrestling from Greece the ecclesiastical
province.
The Fremdenblatt reiterates that the
powers will not capitulate to Greece. no
matter what pressure is brought to bear
upon them, and that no one of them will
withdraw from the threatened coercion
of Greece. This view of the integrity OF
the convert of the powers is supported
by a Constantinople dispatch which an
nounces that persistent pressure is be-
ing exercised bby the ambassadors of
the bowers on the Turkish government.
The communication addressed by the
ambassadors to the porte on Friday was
in the form of a memorandum, supple
menting the collective note of Thursday
last and pointing out that as the princi-
pie of the proposed autonomy for Crete
implied a progressive reductiGsl of the
Turkish forces inland, the Turkish
troops in the interior should therefore
be concentrated in the towns. The re-
ply of the Turkish government to this
collective note is expected TO be deliver
ed today, and the representative or the
Associated Press at Constantinople
learns that 1t will sta tie in substance that
the porte, in taking cognizance of it,
declares to the powers its resolve to
maintain the integrity of the Ottoman
empire and accepts in principle the es-
tabhshment of an autonomous admins
tration for the island of Crete. but the
porte reserves the right to discuss the
precise definition of autonomy"
The agitation of the lovers of liberty
in favor of Greece is spreading every
where in Great Britain, according to
reports received from many places this
morning. In every dissenting chapel
and in many pulpits of all churches in
London a notice was given out to attend
the demonstration in Hyde Park at 8
o'clock this afternoon. Although the
weather was threatening, about 1500V
people were present. They consisted or
all classes, although workingmen pre-
dominated.
Six platforms had been erected for
the accommodation of the speakers, and
the structures in all cases displayed
Greek flags. Among those who ad-
dressed the gatherings were Lord Co
leridiges Mr. Harold James Reckitt, Lib
eral member of parliament for the Briggs
division of Lincolnshire; Mr.. Richard
McGhee, anti-Parnellite and labor rep
resentative in parliament for the south
division of Louth; Mr.. John Herbert
Lewis, advanced Liberal member OF par
lament for the Flint district; Mr.. Fran
els A. Claiming, advanced Liberal
member of parliament for the east divi-
sion of NorthaMptonshire; Mr.. David
Lloyd George Welsh Nationalist mem
ber of parliament, Carnarvon district;
Sir Henry Marsham Havelock-Allen,
Bart. Liberal Jnionist member of par
lament for the southeast division of
Durham; Mr.. Edward John Challers-
Morton. Liberal member Of parliament
for Devonport; Rev. DR.. John Clifford,
the well known Free Church minister,
several clergymen and London county
councillors and others.
A resolution was adopted atall the
pla atforms, with cheers for King George,
expressing the strongest sympathy with
the Cretans in their heroic struggle
against the intolerable tyrant OF Tur-
key, and congratulating Greece upon
having, by her gallant conduct, effected
q deliverance which the united powers
were unable to achieve.
The resolution further protested
against any attempt to coerce Greece.
and demanding that the marquis of
Salisbury refuse to put the guns OF the
British fleet to use which would be dis
grace and humiliation to Great Britain.
While the Hyde park meeting was in
progress similar program was being
carried out at a mass meeting held in
at James hall and another took place