The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-03-12
THE PILLAGING
Of the Houses of Christians ST n Co
ing on in Crete.

Four Hundred MosIems Killed in the VIII
lagos In the Vicinity of sitia-Russia
Determined to Coerce Greece-The
Fight at Akrotiri Is Ended.
ATHENS, March 10.-The reply Of
the Greek government to the ultima
tum of the powers having been de-
livered to the foreign representatives
here, prepare tions for hostilities be-
tween Greece and Turkey, which are
apparently inevitable, are being hur-
ried forward with all possible speed.
LONDON. March lot was learned
in official quarters Tuesday afternoon
that there is not the slightest chance
that the powers will tolerate the pres
ence of the Greek troops in Canea. So
soon as the powers have had time to
| exchange views on the subject Greece
will be notified ofsthe measures which
they have decided must be taken for
the immediate; enforcement of. their
decision. The negotiations will, not
| last long, for it is known that Ger
many and Russia are pressing for i'm
mediate action. @
CANEA, March 10.-Advices from
Retimo, on the coast some 80 miles
southeast of here, show that the pill
Laying of the houses and shops of the
Christians there is still going on. The
vice consuls stationed at RetimO have
asked the consuls here that protection
be affored the Christians.
In Canea itself there has been rob-
berry of houses owned by Christians
who are absent from the city. This
pillaging is not the work of the Mos
lem inha bitants but is done by Turk
ish soldiers. Protests have been made
to the acting governor, but no salts
faction was obtained, he saying that
the robberies can not be helped as the
Turkish soldiers have to pillage to
live.
Tewfk Pasha, the military governor,
has sent to Heraklion for another bat
talon of troops, which will make the
condition of affairs worse than ever.
M. Baraklis, the Greek vice consul,
the staff of the consulate and a number
of Greek newspaper reporters en-
barked upon a vessel Tuesday to re-
turn to Greece, Adm. Canavaro insist
ing that his order that they leave the
island must be obeyed.
Mr.. Boor. the British officer, who
was recently appointed to the com.
mand of the international gendarmerie,
has refused to disband the force at the
command of the international commit.
tee. He declares that he will not
abandon his post until ordered by the
sultan to do so.
The fight at Akrotiri ceased at noon
Tuesday, the insurgents changing
their position, owing to their fears
that they would again be bonn barded
by the foreign warships.
The story of the massacre of Mus
sulmans at Sitia will not down, though
it has been emphatically denied sew.
eral times. 1t was reported again
Tuesday with the addition that the
consuls at Heraklion had been con.
vinced by witnesses that 400 Mosle ms
were killed in the villages in the vicin.
ity of Sitia.
1t was first stated that 2, 600 Mussgl.
mans had been massacred in Sitia
ST. PETERSBURG, March 1O--A firm
resolve is manifested in government
cion toward Greece should the Greek
policy necessitate such a course. 1t is
stated here that admirals commanding
the foreign fleets in Cretan waters
have decided, in addition to blockad.
ing the Pir8us and the coast of Crete,
to fire upon any Greek torpedo boat
that approaches the foreign warships.
LONDON, March TO- "A dispatch from
Vienna to the Central News says that
the Eighty seventh infantry regiment
at Triests has been ordered to be mob,
llized IN readiness to proceed to Crete.
LONDON, March 1O-The Chronicle
Wednesday published a dispatch from
Athens saying that the kernel of the
situation is that Russia is pursuing
Greece with a terrible vindictive.
ness that it is impossible to ex.
PLAIN. 1t is stated, however, that
Russia realizes that millions OF
Greek Christians in the east
yield religious allegiance only to the
Greek patriarch at Constantinaple,
which is a serious bar to Russia's
plans. M. Muravieff, the Russian for.
eign minister. is anxious to remove
this bar by humiliating Greece and
destroying her influence with the
patriarch.
E LONDON, March 1O.-The communica,
lions which Lord Salisbury wired tc
the powers Monday evening concern.
ing the reply of Greece to the collec,
tive note of the powers have resulted
In the concurrence of France and Italy
with Great Britain that coercive meas.
ures toward Greece should be DELAYED
and negotiations continued at Athens
telegram received at the foreign of
ice from Rome states that the Italian
government considers the Greek note
OF too negative character to Justify
the powers in taking immediate ac
ton.
CANEA, March 10.-Advices from Hi
erapetra, on the south coast of the is.
land of Crete, say that Mussulmans in
possession of that town were sum.
moned to surrender by the Christian
insurgents who were investing the
town and that the Mussulmans re-.