Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-25
CANEA Is BOMBARDED
GREEK CHRISTIANS ATTACK THE
TURKS.
Garrison Puts ResieEers to Flight
After Both Sides Suffer Heavy Loss
Prince Berovitch Seeks Safety in
Austria.
Shot and Shell Euchanzed.

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There has been hot fighting in Crete.
More Greek troops have, embarked at
Piraeus for the rebellious island. Greek
forces, under the command Of Prince
Nicolas, have started for Thessaly, and
a Greek war ship has fred ON Turk
ish transport conveying soldiers of the
Sultan to the Canadian shores. Moreover,
the foreign consuls have been compelled
to abandon Canea and to take refuge on
the cruisers in the harbor.
This, in a few words, records the hap
penings of one of the most sensational
Sundays in the history of modern Europe.
The most startling development of the
highly sensational day was the abandon
ment Of Crete by it's Governor. Prince
Berovitch, without asking the consent of
the Sultan, abandoned Canea early in the
morning, and he is reported to have taken
an Austrian Lloyd steamer for Trieste.
While there are some excuses for this
startling act of the Prince, it must be
said that it shows n cowardly lack of
courage at the time when directing hand
was most needed in the Sultan's turbu-
lent province. There are some who be-
lieve that Austria has had hand in the
affair and that the Vienna government
prompted the departure of Berovitch. In
the meantime Turkey now has no direct
Ing hand in Crete, and anarchy, chaos
and rebellion rule in the island.
Foreign Consuls Seek Refuge.
The day opened ominously enough with
bombardment of .Canea by the Chris
tians. From the heights surrounding the
town cannon shot and canister were pour
ed into the fated city, creating the wild
est excitement and alarm. The foreign
consuls found it necessary to flee the
city. Representatives of Greece, Russia,
Austria and France deemed it wise to
abandon their c9psulates and to seek shell
ter in the war slips of their respective ma
tons.
Meanwhile the batteries of the Turkish
fortress replied with vigor to the volieys
of the Christians. Shrieking shell and
whistlng bullet answered each other with
venomous rapidity, but the uncovered po-
sition of the Christian fighters left them
easy victims to the craftsmanship of the
protected Turks. The Cretans were final
ly disodged, after q stubborn and fierce
resistance, and the forces of Abdul Hamid
occupied the Alkrotiri Hills
Dispatches failed to give the mortality
on either side, but it is believed that the
combatants suffered severely. 1t Is evil
dent the military conduct of affairs ut
Canea is not satisfactory to the Porte, as
the military governor there has been re-
moved from his post. There is consider
able anxiety regarding his successor, as
the selection by the Sultan will to a GER
tain extent give an indication of his future
policy.
At Heraklion the situation Is most seri-
GUS. The Christians, fearing massacre
at the hands of the enraged Turks, are
seeking shelter on the war ships, and
soon none but Mohammedans will be left
in that town. At Halepa the conditions
are just as distressing. There was fight
ing there all day. the victims OF the saw
age struggle numbering scores.
Greeks at the British Consulate.
When the Greek consul left Canea with
his staff he boarded the Greek iron
clad, Hydra, after placing the refugees
at the consulate under the protection of
the British consul, who told them to board
the Greek war ships. Up to the present
time, however, the refugees remain at
the British consulate. The closing of the
Greek consular office seems to indicate a
definite rupture of the relations between
Greece and Turkey. The Russian and
French admirals have received identical
instructions enioining upon them the
adoption of energetic measures.
This is probably in accordance with the
English proposals which the ambassadors
at Constantinople agreed upon, namely,
the Joint naval occupation of Canea, Re-
timo and Heraklon, the removal of the
Greek fleet and the prohibition of the dis
patching of the Turkish re-enforcements
to the Island of Crete.