Evening star., 1897-02-06
Thirty Persons Killed in the Recent
Massacre.
QUARTER OF THE TOWN BURNED
Fires Still Raging in Spite Of Ef-
forts of the Sailors.
CAUSE OF THE TROU BILE

CANEA Island OF Crete, February 5.
Deleyed in transmission)-The day has
passed quietly. although the fires are still
raging in spite OF the efforts Of the sail
ors and marines of the foreign warships.
The Christians are still embarking.
Altogether thirty persons have been kill
ed. quarter of the town has been burned
and enormous damage generally has been
done.
LONDON. February Ga dispatch to the
Daily News from Athens says:
The situation at Canea has reached d
crisis of bloc d and fire. The Turkish troops
have Joined hands with the native Mussul-
man cutthroats- The consul has sent tele-
grams 10 the effect that the situation is
hopeless AT Retimo 3,Go Mussumans as
ser1bled in front of the government house
and threatened to slaughter the entire
Christian population unless all of the arm
ed Christians outside of the town would
consent to disperse. The attempts to ex-
clude the Mussulmans from the strategic
portGTs of the town were abandoned upon
the advice of the bishop and the Chris
tians finally consented to retire. This con-
cess1on on the part Of the Christians, how
ever, does not prevent the Mussulmans
from continuing to besiege Christian viii
lages."
After recounting the scenes in the Gre
clan legislative chamber the correspondent.
of the Daily News says:
The chamber adjourned in the midst Of
cheers and cries of Long live the Union of
Greece and Crete
L=ad:ng members on both sides of the
chamber in their speeches during the
course of the debate declared that both
Greece and Crete had manifested sufficient
patience and long suffering, and that fur
ther action would be of the nature of a.
crime agalnst the sacred rights of the na-
tlon, as well as against humanity itself"
The Rome correspondent of the Daily
News announces that Italian volunteers
have started for Greece for the purpose of
Joinln& IN the insurrection on the Island of
crete The government has ordered the
admiral commanding the Italian suua dron
al smyrna TO send reinforcements to Canea
II Is also announced that the Italian
cruiser Elena has already transferred 700
refugees from the Island of Crete to Gre
clan ports These refugees Announce that
'heS nave witnessed the most horrible
scenes during the recent massacres in the
vicinity of Canea
A dispatch to the Times from Athens
gives an account of the situation there
II says:
Capt. kriezes. the kings aid-de-camn
idS peeh appointed TO the command of the
nyura- ordered TO proceed at once to
Crete. and the greatest activity preva,Is
II the naval circles at Pirae,ls''
Cause of the Trouble
AdEices from Crete are to the effect that
the trouble at Canea originated in the m
Iounied report that the Mussulmans had
Killed tWenty-seyen Christian senttnels at
AKfostri- When this report was received
the vail ordered the troops to proceed to
the defense or the Christian villages. The
utops were attacked and it Is reported
lLdt twenty persons were killed Several
Niilases were destroyed by fire. The Mus
sulrnans. II is claimed, instituted the at
tacks upon the Christians ard began the
dlsch4rge Of firearms. Finally it was oh
served the soldiers themselves fired from
lne rdmparts on the heads of the Chris
tlans. The Mussulmans set fire to the
quarters occupied by the Christians and the
names we-c visible from the warshins of
the powers anchored in the harbor. The
ne mes appeared to be spreading in the
OH eel tion of the palace of the archbishon
and the Greek schools.
Inc commanders of the Italian and
french gunboats attempted to stop rho
hFhting and landed small detachments of
soidlers Tor the purpose CT protecting the
telegraph Offices.
Ihe Christians at Halepa sought refuge
al Lhe once CT the foreign consuls and on
be ara the SunbOats. The vaii and the com
suis Oh the powers were near Halepa when
TIE outbreak commenced, but they were
u'aote TO enter Canea until aishtrau.