The herald., 1897-03-29
Asks for Guards for the
missionaries
ARMENIAN OUTBREAK FEARED
PRECAUTIoN TAKEN TO GUARD
AGAINST THEM
a New Blockade Proposition In
cludes the Ports of Both Tur-
key and Greece
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 2S.-Ow'
ing to fears of further disturbance by
the villayet of Sival, United States Min
lister Terrell has asked the porte to re-
sumo the military guards at the resi-.
2dences of the American missionaries
There is feeling of uneasiness here be-
cause of the rumor that the Armenians
who participated in the attack on the
Imperial Ottoman bank have returned
to the city.
The fact that the authorities have ma
terially increased the military precau-
tions against outbreaks indicates that
they share in the feelings of apprehen-
sion.
REACHES VOLO. :
ATHENS, March 2S.-The Crown
Prince Constantine has arrived at Volo.
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
conference today, and it is stated drew
up terms of collective note to the Greek
government. requesting that the Greek
tfOOpo NC IcCdlltQ tllc 1IOnllcl.
1t is understood that similar note will
be presented to the porte. and If either
power refuses, it's 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.
GREEK SCHEMING.
LONDON, March 2S.-The Daily
Graphic understands that the British
proposal to Greece and Turkey to with
draw their armies from the frontier
actually originated at Athens. The
Turks now occupy all the passes in the
mountains and the best strategetical po-
sition. According to the Daily Graphic
the Greeks proposed a simultaneous
withdrawal in order to be able to cap
ture these positions by rush attack,
after making a feint of compliance.
A dispatch to the Times from Vienna
states that owing to the keen anxiety
felt at st. Petersburg as to what may
occur in the near future at Constanti-
nople or in the vicinity, the czar has or
dered the concentration OF 100000 trOvl,-
in the four governments of South Rus
sia. The Russian volunteer fleet is now
available to transport the troops where
ever required.
A dispatch to the Times from Athens
says that when it became known on
Saturday afternoon that 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, large crowd gathered en-
Constitution square, adjoining the pal
ace.
AS the evening approached the crowd
increased to a multitude and the streets
adjoining were filled with an excited
throng, cheering, singing patriotic
songs and firing revolvers.
The populace shouted, For union and
war" and cheered continually for the
crown prince and the army.
The Daily Mails correspondent says
today that Admiral Canaviro, conn
manding the international fleet in Gre
tan waters, has wired to the Italian
government to send Immediately a large
land force which is imperatively nee
cssary to cope with the Cretan insur-
gents.
Admiral Canaviro, it is understood,
asserts that conditions in the interior
of the island are 50 terrible as the re-
suit of famine that even the lepers are
leaving the lazar house; the inhabi-
tants 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
probably would have been shot, but for
the opportune arrival of an American
Journalist and the insurgent leader
Manos, an old oxford man, who is at
the head of a band of young Cretans
whom he personally equipped. Manos
was the first to enter the blockhouse
when the Turks evacuated it 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
Mohammedan uprising in the island
on account of the scarcity of food.
AIDED THE TURKS.
CANEA, March 2s.-During the at
tack on Fort Izzedin, near Apokeven
yesterday, the Italian varships in Suds
bay fired upon the Christians and ir
aid of the Turkish garrison.
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