The record-union., 1897-02-11
Canea Quiet, and Refugees Returning
to Land.
A Torpedo Flotilla, Accompanied by
Prince George of Greece, Leave
Athens for Crete With Orders to
Prevent, by Every Means Posi-
bic, the Landing of Turkish Troops
on the Island.

| CANEA. Feb. lot is officially stat
ed that twenty -three Mussulmans, wo-
men and children, have been massa-
cred at Kisamo and Kastili. westward
! Of Canea. The Greek warships left
| here yesterday for Retimo. No news
/ has been received here of further fight
/ ing on the island
This town is now quiet and refugees
on board the warShips have returned
/ TO land. The behavior of the Turkish
officials is irreproachable. On the other
! hand. the attitude of the Greek war
| ships, suspected of acting in concer'
with the insurgents. causes disquiet.
WILL PREVENT TURKISH TROOPS
LANDING.
| ATHENS, Feb 10.-The torpedo flo-
tilla. accompanied by Prince George of
| Greece. has started for Crete. Great
| enthusiasm is being manifested on the
part of the people. Prince George ad-
mitted that his orders were to prevent
! by every means possible the landing
of any Turkish troops on the island of
| Crete.
! Prince George had a very affecting
/ interview with his family before leav-
| ing for Canea. The Queen spent a con-
! siderable portion of the day in dis
! tributing relief to the Cretan refugees
/ Just previous to his departure Prince
! George visited the King for the pur-
pose of receiving the royal commands.
/ He then proceedd to the Departments
of Marine and Foreign Affairs. An
! immense crowd repeatedly cheered the
| incident the news of the departing of
| the Prince with the torpedo fiotilla
spreading like wiIdfire throughout the
city and creating a profound impress
sion.
REVOLUTION SPREADING.
| ATHENS. Feb. 10.-According to re-
ports received from the island of Crete
during the past twenty-fOur hours the
situation has not changed for the bet
! ter. The revolution is spreading. and
31he Christians are, in most cases. fight
ling under the flag of Greece.
| The commanders of the foreign men,
of-war now lying off Canea persuaded
the commander Of the Greek squadron
to salute the Turkish flag. The Greek
commander was also given to under
stand that the bombardment of Canea
or the landing of troops would under
no circumstances be permitted.
King George and his Ministers are
now in perfect accord on the subject of
has been published to the effect that all
available Greek warships shall be put
into commission and requiring that
several of them be sent to Crete VIII
the least possible delay.
The conservative element in the leg
islative chamber is opposed to the poll
cv of seizing the island in defiance of
the Powers. They argue Greece should
not attempt to annex the island until
she is assured of the upport of some one
of the great Powers. They claim, fur
ther. that Europe is not prepared to
sanction anything that might serve 10
impel the Turkish problem toward So
luton at this time. 1t is possible, they
assert. that the warshipS of other ma
tions will cooperate in establishing
If not maintaining-peace, and that
King George may be served with no.
tice that he must not override the Eu-
ropean guarantee of Turkish reforms
on the island of Crete On the other
hand, the radical element insists that
Crete ehould be annexed to Grsece
without delay, in spite of all opposi-
ton. At any rate, they assert, an ag-
gressive stand may force the Wnole
Turkish situation, under cover of
which Greece can obtain possession of
Crete.
During the uproarous debate yester-
day the radical element urged the Gov
ernment to take a firm stand on the
matter of union with Crete at all costs
SO warm was the discussion over this
question that personal encounters be-
tween the various deputies were only
prevented by the intercession OF
friends The reports to the effect that
the troubles in the island of Crete aro
caused by Greek agitators, and that
the Christians are the aggressors are
Indignantly denied in Government cir
cles. A strange feature about the Gre
tan situation is that the dividing line
between the comba tants is creed only
and not race. Substantially, the whole
population is Greek by race, but, while
the Greeks by religion number 100000,
they live side by side with about 10000
Mussulmans. The latter are almost all
descendants of renegade Greeks, hat
ing the Christians ardently and hated
as cordially by the Christians.
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