Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-02-18
CANEA Is B0MBAIlDFn
GREEK CHRISTIANS ATTACK r..
TURKS.
Garrison Puts RcsicRers Ia r,,...
After Both sides suffer Heavy Lo..
Prince fserovitch Seeks S.f.,, u
Austria.
Shot and She'll Exch,,..a


There has been hot fighting in Cret.
More Greek troops have embarked -
Piraeus for the rebellious island. Greek
forces, under the command of PrincA
Nicolas, have started for Thessaly. ana,
q Greek war ship has fired on a Turh.
ish transport conveying soldiers of tn
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 few words, records the him.
pepings Of one of the most sensational
Sundays in the history of modern Eurone
The most startling development of the
highly sensational day was the abandon.
ment of Crete by its Governor. Prince
Berovitch, without asking the consent a.
the Sultan, abandoned Canea early in thu.
morning, and he is reported to have taken
all Austrian Lloyd steamer for Trieste
While there are some excuses for this,
startling act of the Prince, it must ha
said that 1t shows n cowardly lack az
courage. ut the time when directing hand
was most needed in the Sultan's turin.
lent province. There are some who no.
lieve that Austria has had hand in thu
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 Coneuls Seek Refu.e.
The day opened ominously enough with
q 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 fee the
city. Representatives of Greece, Russia,
Austria and France deemed it wise TO-
abandon their consulates and to seek shell.
ter in the war ships of their respective ma.
tons.
Meanwhile the batteries OF the Turkish
fortress replied with vigor to the volleys
of the Christians. Shrieking shell and
whistling 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.
~ dislodged, after a stubborn and fierce
resistance, and the forces of Abdul Hamid
occupied the Alkrotiri Hills.
Dispatches failed to give the mortality
on either side, but il is believed that the.
combatants suffered severely. 1t is evil
dent the military conduct of affairs at
Canea is not satisfactory to the Porte, a.
the military governor there has been re-
moved from his post. There is consider
able anxiety regarding his successor, 40
the selection by the Sultan will to q GER
tainrextent give an indication of his future
policy.
At Heraklion the situation is most seri-
| Gus. The Christians fearing a 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 Cnnea with
his stan 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
definite rupture Of the relations between
Greece and Turkey. The Russian and
French admirals have received identical
instructions enjoining upon them the
| adoption of energetic measures.
This is probably in accordance with the
| English proposals which the amba ssadors
| at Constantinople agreed upon. namely,
! the joint naval occupation of Canea, Re
timo and Heraklion. the removal of the
! Greek feet and the prohibition of the dis
f! patching Of the Turkish re-enforcements
| to the Island Of Crete.