Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-11
THE RUMORS OF WAR.
Turkey Threatens 10 Land Troops on
Crete 10 Restore Order.
A GREEK FLEET LEAVES ATHENS.
King George Enthusiastically Cheered
by His subj cls-GatheriBg
Of Narships.

the Island OF Crete is attracting no
little attention here. Since the massa-
ere OF Scio in 1922, none of the Greek
islands has given the Turkish govern
ment 30 much trouble ~ Crete. Alter
many insurrections Creio got a con.
stitution in 1866, but this did not stop
the insurrectioD, because the Turkish
,ubJects were constantly violating ii
and the Turkieh tflieers falling to en-
force It. In the meantime the Chris.
tians on the island have been continu.
ally longing for annexation to Greece
ana they made frantic application
Tor this to the powers at the Berlin
conference In 1877. But Premier
Disraeli of England was not disposed
TO weaken Turkey al that time and to
this eDd did Of consider the subject
seriously. So the mutual pickering
between Turkish authorities and the
Christians has continued, varied by
occasional little wars aud massacres.
II was supposed some monthB ago that
the Turks would enforce the censtitu.
ton, but they have not up to the
present time.
Greece continues to send warships to
the leland anu the powers have landed
armies there and are sending mole
war; hips into Medite RI lnpan weler.
A dispatch to the Times from Com
BlantiBople says that the Porte has
wired to the Turkish ambassadors In
the different countries to protest
strongly to the powers In the mater
OF the result or the intervention in
Creian affairs and to specially call
attention to the present attitude OF
Greece. The Constantinople CORES.
popuent OF the STANDARD on the same
subject says that the sultan In his note
oulle upon the powers 10 stop the Greek
encouragement OF Cretan rev Jlulio nisls
aud announces that unless this is done
the Turkish government Will be com.
PEELED to 5000 troOps TO restore order.
The above dispatches caused much
interest among the members of the
diplomatic corps here. The resident
representative Of the great powers
regard the Turkish situation hs much
more serious than 1t was first believed,
DeoGuse OF the possible revolt OF the
young Turk party which Is composed
uf the hest elsments Of the Mussuimap
population. They are opposed to the
present absolutist monarchy.
A Chronicle dispatch from Athens
gives additional details of the depsr.
ture OF Prince George ami the toFpedo
houlla for the island OF Crete. Accord.
ing to the Athens correspondent OF the
Chronicle thousands witnessed the
scene. There was continuous waiv-
ing OF handkercnieis ard LOUD cries OF
"LGDg live the union OF Greece and
Crete.o
nj aats nj
the first floor window OF the palace, AZ
Prince George lett the building. The
king accompanied the prince in q car
fisge to the port OF debarkation. They
were scarcely able to get through the
crowd owing TO the presence al
thousands OF persons on the streets. a
great ovation was given the king
as he returned TO the palace.
Prince George, the second son OF
Georgius, king OF Greece, who has
sailed for Crete in command OF the
torpedo notilla, is twenty-seven years
OF age. He visited the United States
about sixyears ago.
Queen Olga devotee her large fortune
to her children and To the relief OF the
poor.
The Greeks have no respect for
royalty, as such, and know nothing Of
aristocfpcy, but they love and revere
their geuerous-beRrted queen and
have adopted all her children.
A dispatch to the Times from Athens
says that the statement in the House
vi Commons by Mr.. George N. Cur
son, parliamentary secretary for the
foreign flee, to the effect that order
had been Resisted In Crete caused q
painful surprise in Greece. Gao n
tpecimen of The sort OF order that has
been restored" says the correspondent
Ut the Times at Athens, "Prlnce
George Berovitcb, governor general Of
Crete, is stil protected at the Greek
consulate by armed Christians, Monte
negro yen d'Arms and force OF Greek
marines from the Greek ironclad
Hydra"
fhe Berlin Correspondent OF the
Daily News says that an Athens teie-
gram bss been received announcing
That 1000 refugees are now In misei-
able condition on the island Of Mitos
us the result OF the exodus from Crete,
So great is the demand for trnnsporia'
ton that transport steamers havs been
unable to provide sufiie sccommo'
uatione.
According to the Daily News the
newspaper 1tCti aSCusoo NAuseu'-
mRh Of throwing bombs into the
Christian quarters and tho Turkish
Boldiers OF pehvading woman and
children.
1t appears from correapoudants 10
Crete that little preparation has been
made for d revolt in tho Northwestern
bart OF the island where IL was found
20 difficult to resist the Turks last
Bpring. For there the troops can be
readily provisiOned ami reinforced
from Turkish men-of-war In the
Aegean and Crotan seas.
But through tue Lovka Or range,
which iuu In the center anu south OF
Crete separating the bay of Suda from
the port Of Sphakia Notifications have
been established without any oPposi-
lion on the part OF the Turkish sol
uiars who are living on the fat OF the
land in half dozen small towns In
the vicinity OF Galatea with the main
btdy conhis,ing OF about . 900 In
fantry billeted upon the inhaUItant= Of
Canen.
BULGARIA MAY JOIN GRREoE.
ATHENS, Fen. 1.-The dispatch Of
the torpedo tloiiiia Commanded by
Prince George, Tor the Island OF Crete,
has caused the grrntest enth usinsu
among the populace, especially as It ID
iIated that the prince has orders Il