Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-30
EUROPEAN SITUATION SEEMS As
WARLIKE AS EVER.
: WAR VIRTUALLY DECLARED.
so THE BRITISH ADMIRAL TELE-
GRAPHS HIS GOVERNMENT.
Colonel Vnssos, the Greek Commander
in Crete, Defies the Powers
Prince Constantine Arrive.
Mt Lnrrissa to Take
Command.

day that everything there indicates that
the situation is becoming more and more
critical. Fifty thousand men are now en-
camped around Elassona. and there are 800
Krupp guns between Elassona and Arta.
within a few days" says the corre-
spondent, "Edhem Pasha. the Turkish COM
mander on the Greek frontier, will have
under his command 10000 men, which will
constitute his army of soldiers. Thirty tor
pedces have been laid across the bay from
Cape Kara. The large supply of ammuni-
tion here and at Constantinopie is being
supplemented by German consignments.'
Replying to various questions In the house
of commons Monday regarding the Cretan
situation, the parliamentary secretary for
the foreign office, Mr.. Curzon. said that the
best answer to them was contained in the
dispatches from the British admiral in Gre
tan waters, which he read. After reciting
the known incidents of the attack and cap
ture of Malaxa, and the evacuation Of the
blcckhouse, which the admiral says were
due to the two cannon, served by the Greek
troops. being operated against it out of
sight of the ships. the dispatches continue:
lowing to repeated attacks of the in
sur etn,s Sso commandinG ON canea the adj
miralS decided that 1t was necessary to
treat the insurgents as an enemy and TO de-
mand troops from their respective gov
| ernments before long as. in order to ef-
ficiently protect the town in their charge,
the further advance of the insurgents must
be stopped.
1.-The greatest alarm prevails in that town
where famine and disease are already
threatening the refugees.
Colonel Vassos, who Is reported to have
received the admiral's ultimatum, replied
by ordering the capture of the block
house.
Under date of Sunday, the British ad-
miral telegraphed:
1.-The Insurgents are following their sue
cesses by developing an attack upon a
strong earth fort held by the Turks behind
Suda Point.
"The general situation in the island is
that Colonel Vassos has declared open war
against the great powers"
While Mr.. CurzOn was reading the ad-
mirals' dispatches the Irish members loudly
cheered every reference to insurgent sue
cesses and laughed and interjected ..ohs"
or Shame" whenever he spoke of re-
pressive measures. which were loudly
cheered on the ministerial side of the
house.
John G. s. MacNeill, anti-Parnellite, in
connection with the statement that Col
| onel Vassos had declared war against the
powers, cried:
Timothy NJ. Healy exclaimed Bravo!
Vassos.''
A dispatch to the Mail from Larissa to-
armed with rifles and ammunition. 1t is no
uncommon sight to see lads of 13 and IA
fully equipped.
The Chronicles Athens correspondent
Mr.. Henry Norman. says to-day that he
has 1t from reliable source that Emperor
William has offered to the sultan the
German officers If the Turkish government
desires to avail itself of them in the diff
iculty with Greece.
The Times correspondent at Rome says
to-day that the view entertained in Italian
official circles as to the outcome of the
Greece-Cretan affair is pessimistic in the
that conflict between the Greeks and the
Turks can be averted by the powers.
The Times publishes to-day dispatch
from its special correspondent at Larissa
the headquarters of the Greek army In
Thessaly. which says that 10000 Greeks
have been stationed at the east end of the
hillsides north of the Vaie of Tempe. From
this point they are watching the Turkish
positions from Platamona to Elassona. The
Vale of Tempe itself is not fortified. as the
Greek line is drawn from ten to twenty
| miles further north. Indeed. the Greek
force has no fortified lines in Thessaly. The
Greeks seem to consider themselves only in
the light of an invading force and not as a
force occupying territory likely to be in
vaded. As result of this, they could not
stop victorious army anywhere north OF
Thermopylae. They are relying too little
upon material defenses.
Athens: March 3o.-All the best judges of
mira ton of the Greek people to accept no
solution of the Cretan difficulty but the
annexation of Crete is increasing stead
| lily. The cry is for no surrender. The
opposition newspapers deuounce the gov
ernment for showing disposition to abate
| the national pretensions. and they charac-
| treason. All feeling of dependency has
vanished and the multitude is eager for
hossilities to begin.
I.arissa. March 29.-Crown Prince Con-
| startine, commander-in-chief of the Greek
army in Thessaly: his wife. the Princess
| Sophia: Prince Nicholas, of Greece, and
| the Princess Marie. of Greece, arrived to-
day. The whole garrison was under arms
to receive the crown prince and his party.
The streets were thronged with people and
| gaily decorated with flags, the windows
Were filled with spectators and many ladies
| threw flowers in the path of the princess.
| The crown prince was welcomed by the su-
perior military and civil authorities. and
| later Prince Constantine, amid the enthusi-
astic acclamation of the crowd present,
reviewed the troops. which We're drawn up
| at the railroad station. while the princess
proceeded to the cathedral, where a ."Te
Deum'' was sung. Thence they went to
| the palace. in front of which two batteries
of artillery and a squadron of cavalry were
| stationed.
| Athens. March 2s.-At a cabinet meeting
| this morning important resolutions We're
| adopted relative to making provision
| against the contingency of coercive meas
| ures upon the part of the powers against
| Greece.
| of French. Italians. Russians and Turks,
| under the command of a French captain,
| has occupied the fortress of Butsunaria,
| which protects the spring supplying Cauea
| with water, the insurgents having at
| tempted to cut off the water supply.
In order to insure the security of the
| occupied towns, the admirals have tele-
graphed to their respective government to
send an additional 600 men each. They
| have decided to occupy Akotoiri.
| More Greeks Going Home.
| New York, March 2s-Two hundred
Greeks are prepared to sail from New York
fo- home next Saturday to enlist in King
| Georges army.
| PERSONAL.