The record-union., 1897-02-24
THE GREEKS ARE
STILL DEFIANT.
The Legislative Chamber Declines TO AC-
Cept a Resolution
Protesting Against the Bombsrdment
In Crete.
Exhorts the Government to Adopt an
Active Policy - Desultory Firing
Going on Between Insurgents
Stationed Along the Nights
Suda and tine Turkish Outposts.

ATHENS. Feb. 23.-The Legislative
Chamber held lively session to-day.
declining TO accept resolution protest
ing against the bonn mbardment, and eX-
horting the Government to adopt an
active policy.
Prime Minister Delyannis said that
ii was not dignified to frame vain pro-
tests and invited a vote of confidence.
The members OF the opposition there
upon announced that they would alb
stain from voting. The vote was
adopted-115 to 10.
FIRING CONTINUES.
CANEA, Feb. 23.-Desultory firing is
going on between the insurgents sta
pioned along the nights of Suda and
the Turkish oUtposts. The Turkish
men-of-war threw few shells in the
direction of the insurgents. No dam
age was done.
The fO1eign Admirals asked for a.
safe conduct for the purpose of ena-
bling them to visit the camp of the
insurgents and verify the results of the
bombarding, as they were skeptical
concerning the experience of persons
purporting 10 have been wounded. The
Greek Commodore refused to comply,
on the ground that he was unable to
guarantee their safety.
CHRISTIANS AT MERCY OF TURKS
LONDON, Feb. 23.-A dispatch to
the Daily Mail" from Athens says:
The Greek army is leaving Platonia.
fearing the capture of their guns by
THE foreign marines.
The Canea correspondent of the
Times" visited the scene of the bonn
bordment and ascertained that three
Were killed and twelve wounded as u
result of the cannOnade. Says the
Canea correspondent: The encourag-
ing effect of the bombardment on the
Turks is already visible. BOAh yester-
day and to-day the Turkish cannon
were busiIy engaged in firing on the
Greek outposts at Platonia and the
the Christians at AkrOtiri. The fire
of ae, Turks was not returned, through
fear Of incurWng a repetition of the
bomhat dn1ant. The Turks, through
the Greek Commodore, filed "a formal
protest against the bombardment to
the foreign Admirals, solemnly assert
ing that the Turks were the aggressors
in Sundays firing.
The Christians are now at the mercy
of the Turks. since they do not dare
reply to the fire, for fear of being bonn
barded.
ARMISTTCE FOR A WEEK.
LONDON. Feb. 23.-The Parliament
ary Secretary for the Foreign Office,
George n. Curzon. read dispatches in
the House of Commons to-day from the
British Consul at Canea, confirming the
announcement made that an armistice
of one week had been arranged between
the Mussulmans and Christians at Sc
limos, Island Of Crete at the instance
of the British. Italian and Russian Con-
suls. Mr. CurzOn added that the Con-
sui had done his best to calm the Chris
tians, intimating to them that the So
luton of the Cretan troubles depended
on the great powers.
Thoug it appears he made a great
impression, the dispatches from the
Consul further stated that the armis-
tice would not suffice to save the 1000
Mussulmans al Candamons and the
5000 at Spaniaco and Selinos from cer-
tain death should a Greek war vessel
appear there.
From an interview which the Consul
had with the insurgent chiefs, the Gov
ernment gathered that the Christian
outbreak at Selinos was due entirely
to the belief that the Christians had
been massacred at Canea, and to the
encoura cement received from the pres
ence of Greek warships and soldiers.
Both Christians and MuSSulmanSj de-
clared that order would be restored il
300 foreign troops We're landed.
Sir Ellis Ashmead-B Bartlett, Conserva-
tive, asked if the Government would
send the 300 troops required. To this
Mr.. Curzon replied that he could not
say whether the Government would or
would not.
TURKS BEING REINFORCED.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 23.-It is
announced here that the Cretan diff
culties have been settled upon the basis
of autonomy for the island, the Porte
nominating the Governor for Crete, un-
der the assent and with the approval OF
the powers. Assuming that Greece will
oppose such arrangement, large qua.uti-
ties of munitions of war are being halr-
ried to the Greek frontier and Turkish
troops are rapidly being reinforced.