The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-12
WARL|kE.
Present Feeling
of Greece.
A Clash Between Her and
Turkey is Likely.
In Attempt to Prevent the
Landing of Troops.
Porte Applies to the Powers to Re-
strain the Greeks.
Porte Applies TO the Powers to Re-
strain the Greeks.
The Latter VIII, However, BE Per
mitted to Have Their Own Way.
(copyright. 1881. BY ih. Associated Press,

Copyright. 1881. by the Associated Press.)
ment in this city and in the provinces
continues increasing with the departure
of troops for the frontier and the equip
ing Of additional war vessels for service
in Cretan waters. Nobody seems to doubt
that a clasn at arms will occur between
Greece and Turkey unless the powers in
tervene, but here IL is believed that
Greece will be given o Tree hand in Crete
and that IL she succeeds in annexing that
island to her. right tn do so will not be
questioned by the rest Of Europe.
That the present trouble in Crete has
been brewing for a long time nobody
pretends to deny and il is equally GER
tain that King George has not acted
without consulting with his friends in
sending the torpedo fotilla into Cretan
waters with instructions to prevent at all
hazards the landing of turkish troops
on Crete. The independence of the island
is said to have been proclaimed and the
Cretan revolutionary committee ia openly
shipping men, arms, smmunitions and
supplies to the insurgents.
Beyond the fact that the Porte is known
to have applied the powers TO restrain
Greece in this emergency, nothing seems
to be known of the policy Turkey is
adopting through 1t is reported that a
large force of Turkish troops is assem-
bling at Salonica for embarkation to
Crete, that there is great activity in mill
tsry circles on the Turkish frontier and
that a portion of the Turkish fleet Is be-
ing prepared for active service. Advices
received here from Canea today say that
George Berovitch Pasbs, the Turkish
Governor of Crete, sought refuge yester-
day In the Greek consulate at Canea fear
ing the anger of Mussulmsns and dread
ing arrest. 1t Is understood that he pre-
viousiy resigned which is not accepted.
The wifel of Berovitcb Pashs has been
at the French consulate since Wednesday,
having sought refuge there on the advice
of her husband. The later IL said to have
fallen into disgrace with the Sultan be-
cause he supported the Christians In the
representations they made against Turk
ish oppression.
In answer to tue request which the
Turkish minister here, Assim Bey, made
yesterday, for an explanation OF the de-
psrture of the Greek hotila for Crete
and the Issuing of the note TO the powers
stating in brief, that Greece cannot re
main inactive in view of the present
eHtF#FesF upon Christians in Crete, the
government of Greece has replied that the
measures taken are due TO desire 10
discourage the CHRISTIANS from occupying
Balepa at a moment W ben an attack upon
that town WAS threatened. The town OF
Canea as now saiG TO be tolerably quiet,
but 1t is estimated that from four 10 i've
thousand insurgents are gathered about
that place awaiting achievements. and
arms and ammunition.
1t Is known here that the Turkish off,
cials in Crete have reported to the Porte
that il il absolutely impossible to pscify
the island without landing a very large
force of troops and occupying ever town,
village and mountain stronghold In the
country. The hatred which has always
existed between tho Musseimans and the
Christians has been ienned into fsver
heat by the recent collisions between the
insurgents and the Turks and this feeling
has been still further ombittered and In
tensified by the proclamation of the In
dep ndence of Crete from Turkish rule
and It's union with the Kingdom oi
Greece.
Conflicts of M ore or less serious ma
ture arc reported from many parts oil the
island and HerakIion is said TO have been
:he scene OF another and most grave out
break. The town has been set on tre ai
a number OF different points. The for
eign fleet mas left Canes for Herksilon,
with seems TO confirm the report that II
IL now the center OF the disturbance,
OtQe- reports say that the situation al
Retimo Is almost as serious as at Herka
lion. The Turks nt Ketimo 10 sppesr'
refuse to allow the Christians 10 leave TIE
place until a detachment Of ore hundred
Turkish soldiers and forty Mnssulman'
who are held at kmari as hostages are re
leased. 1he opinion expressed 10 oihois
circles here is that nothing short OF land
log a force Of blue jacsets and marine
from. the foreign fleets will have The