The herald., 1897-04-04
Cretan Christians Killed
by Turks
THE TREAcHERoUS cANEvARo
FAILS TO GIVE PROMISED PRO
TECTIoN
British Troops Landed Too Late to
Assist Refugees, but They
Kill Some Turks
Associated Press Special Wire.

AsSoCidteu ETesS oDeCldi WHc.
CANEA. Crete, April 3.--Admiral Ca
nevaro. the Italian admiral in command
of the fleets of the powers, yesterday
authorized the insurgents and their fam
lilies to quit the Akrotlri peninsula and
proceed inland. where they would be in
a better position to obtain food supplies
than in the heights of Akrotiri Confid-
ing In this authorization, the insurgents
and their families, descended from the
heights of Akrotiri, with the intention
of moving inland. AS soonas they reach
ed the plain, however. fire was opened
upon them at range of 200 yards by 1000
bazouks. b.
The Turkish force was largely COM
posed of refugees from the garrison at
Selini, who. in spite of the promise made
to the representatives of the powers,
have been rearmed by the Turkish gov
ernor. As soon as the bashi-bazouks be-
gan firing on the insurgents. the latter
returned the fire and killed some of their
assailants.
The international forces did not take a
step to prevent the collision, which might
have resulted in the massacre OF large
numbers of women and children, to say
nothing of the insurgents. who had
moved from practically impregnable
position down to an exposed plain, firm
in the belief that the. foreign admirals
had guaranteed them a safe passage
across the plains to the hills inland,
where the bashi-bazouks would not dare
to follow them. The foreign warShips in
iSuda bay did not fire shot to check the
assault, although it was impossible for
the officers to be ignorant of the fact that
fighting was IN progress around the band
which had left the Businesses of Akro-
tiri, to all intents and purposes under the
guarantee of the great powers of Eu-
rope. Finally when it was no longer pos
sibie to resist the attack of the bashi-
.bazouks ordisrs were sent to the inter-
national forces ashore to proceed to the
disarmament of the Turks. These in
structions. however, were sent too late
to be of avail.
After the fighting a force of British
sailors was landed to hold the Mussul-
mans in check. The latter are l1lown to
have lost heavily, and already fifty killed
and wounded have been brought here.
All the Mussulmans, on reaching the
fortified lines outside the town, coming
back from the fight. were disarmed by
the Italian sailors and gendarmes. The
disarming of the Mussulmans greatly
town and they began assembling in
large numbers in the main public square.
TURKISH TROOPS
ELASSONA, Macedonia. April S.-A
war correspondent representing the As
ISOLATED Press has arrived at the Turkish
headquarters. The Turks are in splen-
did condition and intensely eager for a
fight. Edheim Pasha, commander of
the Turkish troops, has stopped the dis
patch of any further reinforcements.
as he regards the forces under his COM
mand as ample to deal with the Greeks.
He could concentrate over $4,000 men on
the Greek frontier in the vicinity OF Ell
assona within five hours. Everything
is ready so that all the forces could ad-
vance within an hour after the receipt
of instructions to do so.
There having been many stories circu-
lated regarding the scarcity of food in
the Turkish camps and the alleged bad
quality Of the provisions supplied to the
sultan's soldiers, the correspondent
made it point to personally examine
these supplies. He found them to be
plentiful and OF excellent quality. After
the test of the food the correspondent
has no hesitation in saying that the ra-
tions supplied here are superior to those
which were shipped to the Egyptian
troops which took part in the expedi-
ton to DOngOla last year.