Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-29
POWERS WANT TROOPS WITH.
DRAWN FROM THE FRONTIER.
HAVE AGREED TO DEMAND IT.
REFUSAL IS TO BE MET WITH A
BLOCKADE OF PORTS.
More Troops Needed to Bring Order
Out of Anarchy i'm the Island of
Crete-Conditions in the In-
terror Said to BE
Terrible.

Athens. March S-The Crown Prince
Constantine has arrived at VoIo. During
the passage of the canal Egripos. Prince
George went on board and bade his brother
a touching adieu-
The ministers of the powers held a con-
ference to-day and. it is stated. drew up
the terms of a collective note to the Greek
government requesting that the Greek
troops be recalled from the frontier. 1t is
understood that similar Eote will be pre-
sented TO the porte. and that n either
power refuses, its principal ports will be
blockaded.
A meeting of the Cretan delegates will be
held shortly at Athens TO draft a reply to
the admirals' proclamation of autonomy.
London. March "a dispatch to the
Times from Athens says that when it be-
came known on Saturday afternoon that
the Crown Prince Constantine would leave
the city in the evening for the Greek camp
at Larissa, to take command of the Greek
armies In the field. a large crowd gathered
on Constitution square, adjoining the pal
ace. As the evening approached the crowd
increased to multitude. and the streets
adjoining were filed with an excited
throng. cheering. singing patriotic songs
and firing revolvers. The populace shouted
for union and war and cheered continual
ly for the crown prince and the army. Aft
er an address by a popular orator. dep
uIation was chosen to present an address
to the crown prince. The demonstrations
of the crowd increased during the service
in the palace chapel and thousands gath
cred in front of the palace to witness the
departure of Prince Constantine.
Great disappointment was expressed
when later il became known that the
crown prince had left the palace privately
An immense throng assembled on the
quays at Piraeus. brilliantly Illuminated
by lirne lights from houses in the vicinity,
to witness the embarkation. The widest
enthusiasm was displayed, with shouting.
cheering and the incessant discharge Of
firearms.
The Daily Nails correspondent says to-
day that Admiral Canavero. commanding
the international fleet in Cretan waters,
has wired to the Italian government to
send Immediately large land force, which
is imperatively necessary to cope with the
Cretan insurgents. Admiral Canayero. IL is
understood. asserts that conditions in the
interior of the island are so terrible. as the
result of famine and hardship. that even
the lepers are leaving the lazar house; the
inhabitants are panic stricken. and the
dead lie by the roadside unburied
A dispatch to the Times from Canea
says that one of the correspondents OF
that newspaper, who was present during
the fighting at Malaxa, was captured by
the Cretans and held as a spy. He prob
ably would have been shot but for the op-
perfume arrival of an American journalist
and the insurgent leader Manos, an old
Oxford man, who is at the head of a band
OI young CretanS WnOm ne personally
equipped. Manos was the first to enter the
blockhouse when the Turks evacuated 1t
and he prevailed on the insurgents to spare
the lives of forty-three Turkish prisoners.
1t Is reported that the bombardment by
the international fleets on Friday wrought
serious havoc among the Christians.
There Is some danger of a Mohammedan
uprising in the island on account of the
scarcity of food.
The correspondent of the Times at Athens
says to-day that a vigorous movement has
been set on foot against the proposal tn
establish Crete as principality under a
Greek prince. The Ethnike Hetairia has
published a manifesto declaring that this
Is the most impracticabe solution yet pro-
posed. and conceals a deliberate design to
separate the island from the Greek race
and to subject 1t to foreign control The
manifesto says: "An the caIamities that
could be involved in the defeat of the
Greek army would be prefera BILE to the in
ternational commissions which the accept
ance of such a project would entail"
dispatch to the Times from Vienna says
Petersburg as to what may occur in the
near future at Constantinople, or n the
vicinity. the cZar has ordered the concen-
tration of 100000 troops in the four gov
ernments of South Russia The Russian
volunteer fleet is now available to trans
port troops whenever required.
The Daily Graphic understands that the
withdraw their armies from the frontier
actually originates at Athens. The Turks
now occupy all the passes In the mount
aims and the best strategical positions. Ac-
cording to the Daily Graphic. the Greeks
proposed simultaneous withdrawal in or
by rush attack after making feint OF
compliance.