The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-16
GREEcE's STAND FOR CRETE.
She VIII Assent 10 an Autonomous
Administration.

Paris March l5.-The Eolair publishes
a report of an interview with NJ. Dalyan-
mis-, prime minister of Greece, In which
he declares that Greece will now assent
to the establishment of an autonomous
administration in Crete. The premier Is
further quoted as saying that he now be-
lieves that the prospects of the mainte-
nance Of peace are excellent.
st. Petersburg March l5.-It is asserted
here that the admirals commanding the
foreign squadrons, In Cretan waters, with
the exception of the Italian and French
commanders, have received orders from
their respective governments to blockade
Plraeus, a town of Syria, on the Greek is
land of that name, and the port of Volo
In Thessaly.
Rome March 15.--It is announced upon
semi-ofiicial authority that the foreign ad-
mirals In Crete have been ordered to de-
clare a blockade OF the ports OF Crete,
and that the blockade of Greek ports will
follow only in the event of the failure of
the Cretan blockade to effect the purpose
of the powers. The announcement also
says that the Greek fleet win be escorted
outside Cretan waters by the foreign war
ships.
duced In the Boule to-day by Col Metaxs,
minister OF war, permitting the enrolment
of Greek volunteers and a foreign legion.
Since there was a promise of war with
Turkey, the war office has been deluged
with offers of military service from nearly
all the countries of Europe. The Greek
law however forbade the enlist
ment of foreigners, and the
offers were therefore declined.
They have continued to pour In, however,
and the government has finally decided
TO have the law so changed that they may
be accepted.
A dispatch from Canea says that a con-
ference was held there yesterday between
the admirals commanding the foreign war
ships and the chiefs In command of the
insurgents, at which the latter declared
that they desired the union of the island
with Greece.
The dispatch also says that the fighting
at kissamo was kept up all last night, and
the fires. which had started in several
parts of the town by the bombardment Of
the place by the insurgents. are still burn
ing.
Nine hundred volunteers have arrived
here from Alexandria, and 200 have ar
rived at Larissa, from Macedonia.
London. March ia dispatch to the
- @b'liN AAPAi 1dHth say lldl a gun eN-
ploded to-day on board the Russian tur-
ret ship Slsoi Vililxy, killing fifteen men
and wounding an officer and twenty sea
men.
dispatch from Berlin says that the
governments OF Germany and Austria
have declined to take part In the mixed
occupation of Crete by the powers
Russia was the power which requested
| the mixed occupation referred TO. Her
proposal was that each of the powers
send 1900 soldiers to Crete to restore or
der and compel the Greek troops to evac-
uate the island.
dispatch from Vienna says that the
other powers made a proposal to France
and Italy for a mixed occupation of
Crete, each power contributing an equal
number of men sufficient TO bring the to-
tai army Of occupation up to 5000 men,
but that the proposal was rejected by
those governments upon the ground OF
the expense involved. Germany and Aus
tria, the dispatch says. win take a merely
nominal part in the occupation of the
Island