The San Francisco call., 1897-03-11

THE Fl RELIEF OF K4ND4MOS.
MosLer1s Grateful to England for Her
Ready AsStstdnce.
LONDON, ENG, March lO-The Daily
News will tomorrow publish dispatch
from Canea saying that the Mussulmans
who have been besieged at Kandamos and
who have arrived at Canea were conveyed
thither on board the Italian transport
Trinicia, and that another vessel is ex-
pected 10 arrive shortly with more refu-
gees. The force which relieved the be-
leagured inhabitants at Kandamos re-
leased eleven soldiers who were i'm prisoned
in the bockhouse. The arrival of the
transport with her load of refugees has
created great i'm preston in Canea. One
of the chief Beys says it is impossible to
express the gratitude of the Moslems
toward Great Britain.
The News correspondent relates the
story OF the rescue of the beleaguered in
habitants at Kandamos. His account says
the utmost credit is due to Sir A. Biliotti,
the British Consul at Canea, who man
aged the entire affair personally. With
out his aid the people could not have
escaped.
The place was surrounded BY 1000
Cretans, who kept up continuous
tusillade. which some times was replied to
by slight fire. Consul Biiotti entered
the town and remained until nigh tfall,
when, having become convinced of the
absolute necessity of employing force of
Europeans to effect the release of the be-
leaguered ones, he returned to Selino,
from which place he started on his return
to Kaudamos with force of $50 British,
100 French, 100 Austrians. $50 Russians
and 55 Italians, with four guns. This
force was commanded by the captain of
the British warship Rodney.
Upon arriving at Kandamos the troops
remained on the outskirts while the Con-
sui entered the town to arrange for the
sortie. Some delay occurred, owing to a
lack of beasts of burden. The Cretans had
ceased their firing and consented that the
Moslem soldiers should retain their arms,
but when the latter emerged and q start
was made for Selino scene of the widest
confusion and one of great danger took
place.
The horde of Cretan insurgents sur
rounded the refugees and everywhere a
gap occurred in the escort would dash in
lCd1 ING WCdpOHo NOM lu0 DdSuI-
BaZouks and snatch the bundles which
many of the women and children carried.
1t was with the utmost difficulty that the
Moslems were prevented from firing on
the insurgents and thus bringing about a
horrible slaughter. During the confusion
one girl was kidnapped by the Cretans.
The insurgents followed the refugees.
pressing in upon their column as far as
Spaniako, where there is gorge, which
wa. blocked by the escort after the refu-
gees had passed. This prevented the Gre
tans from advancing further. The en-
barcation on board the Trinicia began at
5 o'clock in the evening and ended at
o'clock.
After sunset the Cretans at Selino began
to make hostile demonstrations against
the Moslems. With view TO putting a
stop to their manifestation the warships
! fired several rife shots into the air and
also fired one of their guns.
The Governor of Kandamos says that
] when the people in the town were relieved
by Europeans there was only seven boxes
of rife cartridges left and that the gun
ammunition had become completely ex-
hausted. There was neither bread nor
rice in the town, but there was a plentiful
| supply of meat. Had there been a suf-
| fcient amount Of bread and ammunition