New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-10
vrCE-CONSUL LEAVES CRETE
,rpA1, CANEvARo INSISTS THAT HIS
E ORDER BE oBEYED AT ONCE.


GREAT uNEAsINEss IN cANEA-HosTiLirihs
,rrwrrN GREECE AND TURKEY coNslp-
-,rn rNEvrrABLE-wILL CoERCIvE
MEASURES BE DELAYED BY THE
powERs?-RUss1As BITTER
FEELING TOWARD
GREECE.
. March 9-Admiral Canevaro, COM
.ho united feet of the Powers, has given
80 the Greeks here, including the Greek
no''N, 81 thar they must leave the island at
pnce. VI. r,,, ,ha staff
Co,sulate and a number of Greek news
-onorters embarked upon vessel this al
-, "a return to Greece. the Admiral INSIST
Ao.,,s order that they leave the island must
be obeyed .,, bave
7, ,s expected that the Greeks who VIII nave
=. ,sove the island under the order or Ad'ii''"'
-o-ova-o will be taken TO Cerigo. the sou'he'"-
,rost Of the Ionian Islands.
Na.or Bor. the British officer who was reoen"s
.-,oir-ed TO the command Of the interna''oh"'
rsndarmerie here. has refused to disoahu ''i7
80 &; the bidding Of the international c"His
- He declares that he will not aDahuoh HIS
-. unless he is ordered by the sultan 10 u' ~
~. sishanding Of the international gehua' i"o' ''o
-...sos rouch uneasiness, as 1t Will leave the c'S
:. .bs mercy OF the unpaid muuhous MoS'e'''
eendarmes. roo, 20.
.or the insurgents changing theH poS'"o"'
'As 80 ,bair fears tha; they would again be
,o,oharded by the foreign Warsnlps' Dui'"e
so,,,,,p the Turkish positions were at one
frSr
.-srins made preparations to fire upon the
Christians This was averted oy the ia''e' re-
,-,-g According to a Turkish report, six Mos
lens were killed and eight wounded IN 'he hsh''
~ s,orv # the massacre Of Mussulmans at
...,o ,,u not down though il has been emphat-
Inou, denied several times. 1t was repeated
sgsr to-day with tho addition that the consuis
=. ua-aklion had been convinced by witnesses
.,s, AOO Moslems were killed in the villages IN
.ha vicinity Of sitia II first stated that
oOOO Nussulmans had been massacred in Sitia-
Aav,ces received from Retlmo on the north
coast some thirty miles southeast Of here, sho"
,ha, the pillaging Of the houses and shops OF
-ba Christians there is still going on. The VICE
co,suls stationed at Retimo have asked the
consuls here that protection be afforded the
Christians
"
+he robhe-,es Of houses owned by Christians
-ro a-a absent from the city This pilagtng
,s not the work of the Moslem inhabitants, but
,s done bv Turkish soldiers. Protests have oeen
made 10 the acting Governor. but no satsfac-
ton was obtained. he saying that the roooerles
carnor be helped as the Turkish soldiers nave
10 pillage TO live.
Tewfk Pacha the military Governor has
sent 70 Heraklion for another battalion OF
troops whicn will make the condition OF aHairS
worse than ever.
Athens March 9-The reply Of the Greek Cow
ernment TO the ultimatum Of the Powers having
beer delivered 20 the foreign representatives,
here preparations for hostilities between Ireece
and Turkey. which are apparently ineVl'aple'
are being hurried forward with all possible
speed Crown Prince Constantn is ABOUT 10
start for the Turkish frontier 70 assume COM
ynand Of the Greek troops there. and several
Greek transports have landed great quantities
OF war material and large numbers OF horses
and mules al Volo. Thessaly.
II is reported that Greek bands have destroyed
g ,rrber of bridges on the railway between
Nonastir. the present headquarters Of the TURK
.sh Army, and Salonica.
Vienna. March 9.-The Greek reply TO the
Identical note Of the six Great Powers has been
received al the Ministry of Foreign Anairs'
where q has been most carefully considered. II
.snot deemed az all satisfs ctory. II is evasve.
Greece apparently being desrous Of lodging the
very points upon which he identical note was
based
st. Petersburg. March GA firm resolve is
manifested in Government quarters TO adhere
.xedly 10 the policy Of coercion toward Greece
should the Greek policy necessitate such
course II is stated here that the admirals com
nanding the foreign fleets In Cretan waters
have decided in addition to bockading the
Iiraeus and the coast Of Crete. 10 fire upon any
Greek torpedo-boat that approaches the foreign
Earshps.
London March 9-The communications which
Lord Salisbury telegraphed TO the Powers last
evening concerning the reply OF Greece have re-
suited in the concurrence Of France and Italy
with Great Britain that coercve measures
toward Greece should be delayed and negotia-
lions continued at Athe Ems. A telegram received
a. the Foreign Office from Rome states that the
Italian Government considers the Greek note OF
TOO negative a character 10 justify the Powers
in taking immediate action
Dispatches from official sources in Berlin say
that certain measure of blockade OF Greece
must be observed, though 1t may not be immedi-
ately enforced The form Of blockade which
Germany favOrs is something similar 10 that pm
into operation in 1856 which was pre-eminenty
apeaceful blockade Under the German plan. as
outlined in the Berlin dispatches. a fortnight
should elapse before any action IS taken AZ The
expiration Of that time pacific form Of blockade
should be put into operation, under which any
Greek or other vessel that may be arrested wiz
not be confscaied but will be released when the
blockade is raised.
The latest dispatches from Athens say tha; the
fever Of excitement is abating, and the city Is be
coming queter The Greek Government have
reason 10 believe that the moderate tone O
Vfeeces note TO the Powers VIII be approved bj
ne Governments al Paris and London and oblig'
the Powers 20 pause Germany ana Russia, II
TIE opinion of the Greek Government. will mo-