The herald., 1897-03-20
NO BLOCKADE is IN FORCE
Col. Vassos Not Ordered to
Leave Crete
TIMID TURKISH CONSULs
Authorized by the Porte to Seek Safety
at Home
No Indication Is Given by the Pow,rs OF In
tention to Aban Ion Their Sunday
Action Program
Associated Press Special wire

Associated Press Special Wire
LONDON, March ia dispatch to
the Daily News from Canea says that
the note communicated to Colonel Vas
Sos by the French and Italian officers
yesterday did not order him to leave the
island, but merely informed him of the
blockade and requested him not to pre-
vent the distribution of the admirals'
proclamation.
CONSULS MAY GO.
BERLIN, March 19-According to a
dispatch received here from Larlssa the
Turkish consuis in the city having point
ed out to the Turkish government the
threatening attitude of the Greeks. have
been authorized by the porte, If they
consider 1t advisable, to vacate their
posts and return to Constantinople.
FRIGHTENED CHRISTIANS.
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 19-The
Servian minister here has called the Sc
rious attention of the Turkish govern
ment to the situation of affairs exist
ing In the province of Kossovo, where, 1t
is asserted. the Christians are panic
stricken In consequence of the mobiliz-
ing Of the Turkish reserves and Bashi-
Bazouks. The minister also drew the
porte's attention TO the recent attack
upon Servian and Austrian consuls In
a cafe at Uskuk (situated about 100 miles
northwest of Salonika), and referred to
the correct attitude observed by Servia
during the present crisis. expressing the
hope that the porte would put stop to
the existing situation, a continuation of
which. it is added. may have serious con-
sequences. Turkish officials in Epirus
are forcibly preventing the Greek ra-
hays (persons not Mohammedans who
pay the taxi who are Ottoman subjects,
from leaving Epirus to join the Greek
forces.
IN THE COMMONS
LONDON. March 19.-The marquis of
Salisbury in the house of lords today
warmly complained of the speech of
the Earl of Kimberly the Liberal leader
in that house. made recently before the
meeting of the National Liberal fedora
tion at Norwich.
According to the premier. Lord Kim
berly misrepreeented his remarks by de-
claring that he Lord Salisbury has
referred him to the speeches of NJ
Meline, the French premier. and Nj.
Hanotaux, the French minister of for
eign affairs. for an explanation of the
policy which the government of Great
Britain had followed in regard to the
1Ttldn QutStfOH Ddi-Spuiy Sdiu ilC
considered Lord Kimberly's action in
the matter to be something of-an out
rage. Lord Kimberly had not asked him
for personal statement of the policy
which the government intended to pur
sue, burt he questioned him as to what
policy the powers intended to adopt with
regard TO Crete, and he has re piled that
the only fact not formally known to the
house was that the admirals lad been
Instructed to blockade the island of
Crete, adding that beyond that an adj
mirable statement Of the policy of the
powers would be found In the speeches
of the French statesmen mentioned
Lord Kimberly, in reply, disclaimed
having Intentionally misrepresented
Lord Salisbury.
IN THE REICHSTAG
BERLIN, March 19.-The debate on
the naval estimates was continued in
the rsichstag today. Prince Henry of
Prussia was present in the royal box.
The secretary of the imperial treasury.
Count Posadowsky, said he believed the
finarcial situation justified the house in
granting the governments demands, all
of which. he said, had been proved to be
necessary.
Herr Won Holman explained the
grounds of the opposition of the Imperi-
alist party to naval grants. Referring to
the prospective demand for the navy, he
said Hitherto the government has
been playing hide-andseek with the