The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-20
sFRvlA TO RALLY SOLDIERS.
,r,vrs OF MONTENEGRO's ARMY
OFFICERS REVOKED.

,.,,se Her of secretly siding With
crcece-The German Ambassadors
rruInnd and Premier Salisbury
na,ort,d to Have Had a Heated In
tcr>ieu-RepOrt of the massacre Oh
UosIemx Confirmed.
rondon. Feb IA dispatch from Wen
"a news agency, says that the govern
,,.,+ of servia has decided to mobilize the
sar,.i,n troops and that Prince Nicholas
- montenegro has recalled all the ofll-
~ere Of the Montenegrin army, who are
now absent on leave. c.o..,
In tine House of Commons to-uaSs IeoISS
~ Snrzon under foreign secretary, Sald
/; answer to questions that the porte mao
moi announced any intention 70 sell9
froops to Crete. The general auVlcS sl ol
- n0yyers to Turkey was to ABSTAIN from
vrsciinitate action. Detachments or ma
IImes from the foreign warshlps, MI. UT
2on said, were now occupying SeheS' o.
ria and Retimo, and IT was piopdDlS tlde VIA
~ UOuld soon occupy the other Cretdn
norris In addition to tins, the BRUSH,
Russian and Italian conSuis hau gone ~
Retimo for the purpose OIL preventing ~
Nor outrages there, and TO relieve the
suffering Moslem families.
James Lowther. conserVatlve HleIi,pe55
for the Thanet division OF Kent; asked
what eteps had been taken to relleVe the
NOslems in the interior. -
Mr. Curzon replied that the powers were
doing all that they possibly could 10 re-
lieVe them.
Bres,. Feb. 19.-All of the officers and
men Of the French navy, who are absent
on leave from this station, have been or
dered to rejoin their vessels without ue-
Law. A detachment of men will leave the
naval station at Toulon tomorrow to re-
inforce the crews of the ships forming
the Mediterranean fleet.
Berlin. Feb. 19.-The Neueste Nachrich-
ten. makes a violent attack upon Great
Britain. because of her reported refusal
to ioin Germany and the other acquiescins
movers in the proposal to blockade the Pie
raous The attitude assumed by England,
the paper declares, has been the SUBJECT OF
a heated conversation between Count Won
HatZfeldt. the German ambassador 10
Great Britain, and Lord Salisbury.
The National zeitung says Great
Britain is again pursuing a separate poi
icy in opposition to the common interests
of the poWcrs. Whether England throws
off her disguise and openly sides with
Greece, or pursues her underhand poncy,
the powers in either case ought to follow
their own course, opposing with united
front any attempt to embroil Europe
Constantinople Feb. 19-It is reported
here that Photiades Pasha, the provisional
Il successor to George BeroVitch Pasha, as
Christian governor of Crete, has declined
TO continue to QlSCRdf2e the QQLleS Oh llldl
office. and that Karatheodori Pasha Will
be appointed to the governorship OF the
island.
The Turkish squadron in Cretan waters
will consist nominaily OF nine iron clads
and twenty-five torpedo boats.
A report is in circulation here that Lord
Salisbury and the Marquis di Rudini, the
British and Italian prime ministers, have
recommended that the powers agree to
grant autonomy to Crete upon lines SIM
liar to those upon which autonomy was
n
of the island to be administered under the
rule of Greek prince. Pending the COM
pletion OF the arrangements involved in
th4s plan, the British and Italian premiers
agreement permits the continuation of the
status quo i'm Crete.
The report that Lord Salisbury, the
Bntlsh prime minister, had sent a circu-
lar note to the powers faVoring the grant
ing OF autonomy to Crete with a Prince
on Greece to administer the affairs of the
island is confirmed.
St. Petersburg. Feb. 19-Russia, it is
Saa, Is prepared to bring about the forci-
p,e expulsion of the Greek torpedo fOtilla
nom Cretan waters, the disarmament of
tne Greek troops in Crete and a blockade
ol IN tne creek coasts If the HELLENIC govern
fqeht persists in its imprudent attitude. {
A Hreece goes TO war with Turkey she will
i be left to fight her battles alone.
Athens, Feb. 19-The proposals of some
Il OF the European powers to take coercive
prohibition of Greek action in Crete have
aroused fierce public resentment through
out the kingdom, and popular demands
that the government resist the action of
l4e powers at any cost are being made in
an quarters. The government, backed by
luS unanimous sentiment of the people,
sun insists that the Greek flotila in Gre
ldn waters shall be allowed to act in ac-
toruahce with the purposes for which the
SesselS Is were sent. If the European squad
2 aOm2 should prevent Greece from acting
%SaWsl the Turks by sea, a revolution In
-h&%Geuonla and Epirus is certain to follow.
~ ne attitude assumed by the liberals in
iH9 bIlush parliament in regard to Crete
- Hdltd with great enthusiasm here.
Gleece mas relied and still relies upon an
E IPHe3NeI OF Tree people everywhere in her
Sl' oytrI.l' ana TINS feeling of confidence in the
S,Snpdthy OF Europe generally goes far
mars explaining the defiant course she
std5o, Iae Greek cruiser spezia, with full
aU.ati aSe@ni up, Is lying in the Piraeus
, @'tlHg orders to proceed to Cretan wa
81 sIIii ana adVlces from Macedonia say that
H. a. ol me principal bridges and roads in
Jndt territory are mined in readiness to
uesFoy them in order to prevent an ad-
81 vance OF the Turks
va,.iS, I4e Greek steamer Pan Hellenic. con-
in 'G,5 munitions OF war to the insurgents
~ crete has been stopped and turned
Ky b'eA ny British cruiser. The action OF
i nGiin,ii.lt niltish vessel has created the hercesi
Al ber en- y the course Of debate in the Cham.
yanrpil. deputies last evening, Premier Del
sHi.iils stated that the government was
81 tio, ny 20 discover the reason for the ac-
tion. " the powers in opposing the opera.
81 thcir ~ Greece in Crete. AS a result OF
b1J lnVestigatOns, he said the cabinet
att!IlNGd at certain conclusions, which
c., .tI' ne was not yet able to communi
c,aro 10 me chamber further than TO de,
is. '9dJ Greece would persist in her pol.
1 course OF action In Crete
o. ,HHpatch from Canea states that three
unfot great powers are in favor of 9
if oelWeen Crete and Greece.
ps,ia Leported that King George will ap.
tio|tl 10 lhe Hellenic race for great ma.
mlii,t loani 20 meet the expenses of the
A. I'$ ana naval preparations
~ sta,,l,.l l alish iron clad has prevented the
mtcm5 Junon from embarklng provision,
An C,i.l lor the use OF the Greek troops
tbo 't1t' Inc military preparations or
yt'all on Greece continue
bee" more classes Of the reserves have
re.i Valed out. The king openly favors
1ice To the demands of the powers
en-, "a" a. Feb. le.-The Austrian vice con
r,' ~' i1eraklion confirms the report Of th,
r,lore of 1900 Moslems by the Cretar
itr i,, '. ans az Siua. on tho eastern extrern
he T le island. Col. Nassos. command
d.rs w. Hreek forces in Crete, has given or
ine o nls troops 10 refrain from molest
artorl slNlng oifonse TO civilians al nd mn
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