The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-02-12

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consider the subject seriously. So th'
r:utual pickering between the Turkish
authorities and the Christians has con
tinued, varied by occasional little war:
| and masSacreS.
FILIBUSTERING.
London, Feo. IA dispatch to tbs
| Times from -stilens says that the centra
| Cretan committee is preparing TO sup
port the Cfe;ans with arms, ammunition
ami supplies on d great scale. The f1rs'
| installment, il is added, sailed on Wed
nesday with 600 armed Cretans. The
! same dispatch states that the departure
OF the Greek torpedo flotilla for the Is
! land or Crete was due to the announce
ment that The Turkish torpedo boats had
left the Dardanelles and that Turkish
| troops mad embarked at Salonika 70,
Crete The dispatch concludes with the
remark: Il. IS possible that direct
collision will occur between the Greek
| and the Turkish forces"
PATRIARCH RESIGNS.
New York, Feb. ia dispatch to the
| Herald from Constantinople says: The
| Greek patriarch, Anthymos VII, has re-
| signed, protesting against the iiiesallty
| Of a synod in session. Monsignor Con-
| sin, the metropolitan Of Ephesus, has
been proclaimed patriarch locum tenens.
According to a consular report the sltua-
ton in Canea is most critical, IN spite OF
every effort at pacification.
FOREIGN WARSHIPS OFF CANEA.
Canea, Feb. 1l.-A band of Moham-
medan families which had been permltt-
ed TO leave here under agreement with the
1 rls,,rr 10 l. l1lls<l I
| lion, escorted by troops, were attacked
by Christians and suffered considerable
less.
The warships here at present are: The
British first class, battle ship Harfeur.
10. 800 tons: four 29-ton guns and ten
47-inch 5quick-tiring guns and twenty
eight smaller guns, with a crew OF QUO
men. r' D'T -2sd-'
The Births first-class battleship Re-
venge, <I4le0 tons; four 67-ton guns, ten
6-inch auiek-firihg guns and thirty-eight
smaller guns; 730 men.
The British third-class cruiser Scout,
l $50 tons; four 5-inch and eleven smaller
guns; 147 men.
The French second-claSs cruiser Su-
chet, 3,43O tons; four 6.2-inch quick-tir-
ing guns, four 3.9-inch guns and two
smaller guns; 246 men.
The French third-class cruiser Wat
tignies, 1910 tons; five 3.9-inch quick
firing guns and thirteen smaller guns; $50
men.
The French third-class cruiser Forbin,
,S48 tons; four 5.5-inch quick-firing and
twelve smaller guns; 100 men.
The Russian turret ship Emperor Mich
olas |, first-cIass, 440 tons; two 12-inch
52-ton guns, four 9-inch 1Ston guns;
eight e-inch guns and twenty-four small
er guns; 604 men.
The Russian armored gunboat Groz-
jastchy, 1,492 tons; one 9-inch gun, one
6-inch gun and eight smaller guns; $50
men.
1t will thus be seen that the British
have $3.50 tons Of warships in Cre.an
waters. with 1.4S3 men. The French
have 6,5SS tons and GIG men and the Rus
slams have 9932 tons, with 720 men.
The French and Russians combined
have 16,520 tons of fighting vessels here
and 1886 men to handle them, leaving
Great Britain the advantage of $3.50
tons and sI47 nleas r. z----
In addition TO the warships of the ports
mentioned, the Austrian armored cruiser
Kaiserin Maria Theresa, of 5,270 tons,
with two 9.4-inch guns, eight 5.9-inch
quick-firing and twenty-five smaller
guns, with 45O men, is at anchor here.
THE COMBAT DEEPENS.
London. Feb. ia dispatch to the
Times from Canea says that the latest
telegram from Sitia reports thirteen vii
lagos now in flames Christians are
killing the Mohammedan inhabitants.
Those who have succeeded in escaping
from the scene of the massacres are
hockins to Sitia, which is still in the
possessions OF the Turks. 1t is feared
that this news will produce a dangerous
reaction at HerakliOn. II is probable
that the persistence OF the MOhamme-
dams in preventing the depaGure of
Christians and foreigners va make
necessary active measures on ele part
of the commanders Of the foreign feet.
An Italian officer OF the new gen
d'armerie has gone 10 Kisami to inves-
tigate the reports of the atrocities there.
The Italian battieship Francesca Nor
rosini has arrived at the Canea harbor
A dispatch 10 the Times from Constan-
tinople says that special cabinet coun-
Gil is now sitting al Yildiz palace for the
purpose Of discussing the situation in
Crete.
A dispatch TO the Times from Vienna
says that II is stated that Austria will
remonstrate with Greece against the dis
patch Of the torpedo f1otilla 70 Canea un-
der the command of Prince George. The
papers this morning are full OF long tel
esrams from European capitals. and
editorials dealing with the gravity OF the
situation in Crete and expressing fears
Of - war between Turkey and Greece.
A dispatch 10 the Chronicle from Rome
says that the report that the Russian
fleet on the Black Sea is approaching the
Bosphorus has been confirmed.
A Daily News dispatch from Heraklion
says that in the request OF the foreign
commanders. the Turkish officials there
promised 10 allow a free exit 10 the
Christians. but MusSulman mob closed
the town gates. As the town is enclosed
by walls, the Christians are cut off with
out hope unless the town should BE- bonn
barded in which case the situation would
be equally critical. for Christians as vel.
as Turks.
A dispatch 10 the Chronicle from Vi
enna says that the powers, after confer
ring with each other all day, decided to
! reinforce the sQuadvons in the Greek
waters and apparently agreed 10 prevent
the union Of Crete and Greece Of any
thing likely 10 lead 10 a rupture between
Greece and Turkey.
The Daily News correspondent at Rome
| also says:
= have learned that although the pow
erS have admOnishei Greece against pre-
cipitating a war. they have given her 10
/ understand that Il she succeeds IN occu-
pying Crete they VIII not object 10 the
! accomplished fact
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