New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-23
ALL EUROPE STIRRED UP.
RESULTS OF THE COMMANDMENT OF
THE CRETAN INSURGENTS.
ALL STOCKS EXCEPT AMERICANS co powy-pE-
BATES IN THE COMMONS AND THE REICH
srAG-wEAKNEss OF THE EUROPEAN
CONCERT SIIOwN-COERCION OF
GREECE UNPOPULAR IN
ENGLAND.


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London. Feb 22.-The bombardment of the in
surgent position before Canea lasted only a few
minutes, but this was long enough to send down
all stocks except American. to-day. to bring on
debates in the House of Commons and the Reich
stag and to cause intense excitement In Athens
All English and Continental securities were fiat
and heavily depressed, because the Cretan ques-
ton is evidently fast becoming unmanageable:
and the weakness Of European concert is proved
by the vacillation Of the Powers in first forbid
ding the Greeks to land troops and then allowing
them to do It: next in threatening to blockade
the island and then permitting the army to be
provisioned and finally in bombarding the in
surgent camp and then suffering the Turks to
fire upon the Greeks and Cretans while they were
removing their own wounded.
The Inference from these bewiderng incon-
sistencies is that the Powers do not know their
own minds are divided in councils and are al
lowing Turkey and Greece to drift into war; from
which Europe cannot be ultimately excluded.
While European stocks go down. American Sc
curties stiffen and harden. for the duliest STOCK
onerator or investor knows that European war
would raise the prices of food products ana IN
crease the business of the transatlantic railways
While the German Emperor has insisted mat
the Greeks mus, be punished, Lord Salisburys
plan Tor q European sc'ticiheh' VI W.
ouestion Is more likely to be adopted by the
Powers; but It will be awkward and weilhish
unavoidable to enforce 1t. because 1t Involves
the immediate withdrawal OF the Greeks from
the island. and they are not in the humor to re-
treat.
The debate In the Reichstag served to Indicate
that the Powers are seeking to save the dignity
of Turkey by proposing some scheme or autoho-
my for Crete which will open the way Tor us
annexation 10 Greece after decent interval
The discussion in the House or COMMONS oii
Mr.. Labouchere's motion was much more seri-
ous Although the Governments majority was
11S II enabled Sir William Harcourt to taunt
the Government with joining the Turks ana
fighting for them and to assert that the only
possible object Of the bombardment OF the IN
surgent camp the maintenance or the SUI
tan's dominion Neither Mr. Balfour nor MT
Goschen could do much more than urge the mel
ancholy necessity of performing police WORK IN
Canea in defence OF European peace The coer-
cIon Of Greece cannot be anything else than
profoundly dstasteful policy TO Englishmen'
The Turks insist that they will act for them-
selves unless Europe promptly settles the ques-
ton by compelling the Greeks TO Withdraw irpii
the island which they now refuse to do WHAT
ever the Turks themselves may do. some or the
Powers are almost certain TO be divided into
hostile camps The stock exchanges OF Europe
are the real barometers which Indicate no"
serious the situation is. l. ~ r.