The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-29

Rsqpls - France ana Hagland
eanEing Strong Pressure,
aREIE MUST Be EVACUATED.
Ia ltS ish Troeps and 0tl6r Restored.
egths Pafh COnHsspss Bstpssn
lisBayy asa iIaaetan1 Pltlsbls con.
aislsa gths Inhabltants- Svsmsn ana
Chilassa saatFtSr reed,

dillen o. M Inha6it -Nv0nen ana
Childs,n saasss Sr reed.
tal,oosS. March ~ The conferences
when IN MARQUIS a Salisbury had N
Elt4l Friday, With 81. Hapotaux, the
nheh minister fol foreign attalTS, y
al most important, not only
retocepea 90 the eastern situation.
o barring upon tie general re-
iAtlngss bstWeen Great Britain aud,
anea 4 was a0tieed that a. Hanp-.
iSiE greeted EoFl salisbury cordially,
when ID arrived ana that their parting
IN even more cordial, indicating that
IN cpntSEence was satisfactory e both
lplie What actually passed q not
Known. but the Figaro believes that
t.drd SaiisburY atgEested that the Il
isnd q Crete n occupied 81 two pow.
one q item being Great Britain
ard tbS other FFlnee OF Russla.
Other French newspapers and the
fltlsh press Believes that the eonter-
2eic are a sign Of improved relations
ana are especially significant AZ follow
Ing the visits % Queen Victoria and
ne Prince Of Wales TO Preaideut
tG1Fe The British premier. Whose
health 4 much shaken. Is expected 10
S5lRip on the Rivera until after Eas.
Turks Mast E.Sayo Crate.
III spite Of the warllke preparations,
TIE prospect In the 1evant has certain
YGot become darker during the past
week and thsre are indications that the
TiifiIah troops from Crsle. The situa.
ton u Canea q powerful argument n
tay1f % the withdrawal OF the Turks
T16YfAre helng driven In from che ollt-
4 lY4l poBt and che newspapers to-day
fa King a what uss ore the Turks u
The foreign forcea are compelled TO do
iaif work, as in the case OF the for
eisn occupation Of 9ERlaxa fort, com.
handing SudA and Cameo, from which
the Turks were driven.
The reason for the Cretan resistance
to the decision Of the powers appears to
te the Vaguene89 OF The So.ealled au-
fonomr scheme. Many competent
judges who are on the scene declare
tint tn Cretans would submit u they
uHd6 TODD the details showing the
Eealaty o. the auT0nomy scheme. This
- the view q the ambassadors at
G1hstantin0ple; who have autographed
% their respective governments, urging
that the deEails De now determined up
on and that q practical scheme OF gov.
eminent Be presented TO the Cretans.
ma also Declaring that the pr0longing
ot The condition Of unceFtalnty inspires
great anxiety and leaves the door open
% events calculated seriously to en-
danger the situation. such ~ YeSteF-
days. affair 81 AialaxA.
lathe InttrtoF Of Crete.
q s stated from RIssamo that the
cretan leaders there want annexation
% GFeese, under the impression that
autonomy win not repay them for the
l6ssea Of their property, while Greece
would pay them, an indemnity IN null.
This idea shows that the money CUES
ti0h lies at the root Of the whole come
spllcatlGn.
IA the meanwhile. ndYlces from the
intoFioR ot Crete indicate that the in-
lhItants are already feeling the pluch
81 famine. A special correspondent
who has lust visited the camp Of Colo
mel VaasoB. the commander OF the
Z Greek arTny.Of Occupatlonv describes the
Journey He says that In the mountains
( at piace called SdloEaFamE0, he heard
weird voices across deep, irtpassa6le
favine, issuing apparently from the
bowels Ot the earth, and adds:
We stopped, and through our Held
glasses saw emaeiated women and
children emergtnB from q cave high up
n the mountains They were the wives
ana children Of Christians, in refuge
from the Turks and living upon roofs.
When We reached Colonel yassoG camp
at AlItiano NE saw scores Of fnmish-
ing people, Once Rich, who came beg
cling for food. Several OF them had not
eaten: for three or four days and hun-
dtedS Of others were in the same con-
? dlti5n. The distress WIS heattTendtng
ana disease has now supeEyeDed.
4 Gtrmany's withdraWaI.
II mas been hinted In various quar-.
ters that Germany has virtually With
drawn from the powers and one OF the
french newspapers even asserted that
Emperor William aims At Turkish
sCFFeeiE war with the object Of recovering
q, the conclusion o. peace. the ZVlOSO,
4 90 francs which Greece owes TO her
German creditors A Aeml.Ofilcial de-
NAL Of this statement was issued In
Berlin to-day. emphatIcally regulating
any such intention
Every EnRlIShmaU reVolts at the
thought OF his magnificent tleet forcing
q starvation upon men and women E0ad-
ed Into rebellion 4snlnAt Iufklsn ""
eanny, while The foreign office has l:l
fnntDnifortable feeling that all the gold
laced admir4is Of Europe cannot over
ride English las. aud that the first
British gun turned on a British. or, for
that matter. IN American ship, deliV-
erlug food to the blocIEaded Cretans,Nyill
expose the British admiral TO liability
for heavy damages and possible
charges OF murder. All this makes for
4 peace
On the other hand. the approaching
departure Of the Crown Prince Of
y Greece 10 take command OF the Greek
tFu0pI on the frontier makes straight
for war and All outbreak 10 Macedonia
az Turkish masSacrea and unlimited
plnrRer, with what terrible results none
can tioresee. All correspondents ~ !Ath-
ems agrsp that the further coercion Of
GteSce means certain war on the frou-
tist