Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-13
WAR IS PREDICTED.
The Greeks Believe They viii Be
Allowed 10 Annex Crete.
aussIA's NOTE 10 THE POWERS
Asking them TO Bring Coercive Meas.
J ures 10 Besr Upon The
(relan X, bells.

NEW YORK, Feb. ia dispatch
10 the Herald from St. Petersburg
says;
Official ASSURANCES have been given
in reply to an anxious Inquiry. that
nothing offensive ia elgniiied by the
naval preparations | u the Black sen.
The Russian government has issued
a note to the other powers with the
object Of inducing them 10 bring
coercive measures to bear upon the
Ctetans, it being their duty thus to
act, as they have taken the power on,
Of Turkeys hands.
This is more to show the Cretsns
that In future they cannot play tricks
upon them as they have been in the
habit OF doing with Turkey, and that
they will not in the future he permitted
10 threaten the peace OF Europe peri.
odicalIy as has been their custom In
the past.
Russia takes the lead In checking
them and naks the other powers 10
Join her.
GEEkhb WANT WAR;
ATHENS, Feb. l2,-The warlike
excitement has increased with the de.
parture of troops Tor tho frontier anu
the eQuippfng OF additional war ves-
sells for service in Cretan waters. No
body Seems to u0ubt that u clash oil
arms will occur between Greece ana
Turkey unless the powers Intervene;
but it Is believed here that Greecs will
be given free hand In Crete, and that
II she succseos iu annexing that
island her right to DO 80 will not be
questioned by the rest OF Europe. ltit
quite certain that King George has mol
sctsd without consulting his friends In
sencing the torpedo flotilln in Cretan
waters with instructions to prevent ai
all hazards the landing OF Turkish
troops in Crete.
The Porte is understood TO have Ep.
pealed to the powers to restrain 6reeoe
in this emergency, but nothing iurihsf
IL known OF tho policy Turkey ~
adopting, though 1t Is reported that
large force OF Turkish troops Is
assembling at saionica Tor en-
barkstlon for Crete, that there
10 great activity in military circles
on the Turkish for,ier, and that
50
beiug prepared for active service.
Adviees received here from Canea
says that Gsorgi Berovitch Pasha, the
Turkish governor of Crete, sought
refuge last night IN the Greek coz.
suinte at CAnea. feeling the anger Of
the MUSEUM and dreRding arrest
1t 10 Understood that Berovitcb PsshG
had previously rendered his Resigns
ton and that the sultan hau refused &c
accept 1t.
In reply to the request from the
Turkish minister bore, Assim Boy,
made yesterday, for an explanation OF
the departure OF the Greask fiotilla for
Crete aad the Issuing vi tno note Il
the powers stating In brief tina
Greece cannot remain inactive In
view OF the present outrHges upoI
Christians in Crete, the governmen
OF Greece says that the measures takei
are due TO u desire not TO discourage
Christians from occupying Halspa a
moment when an attack upon tina
town 10 threatened.
The town OF CsneA is now SAID to b.
tolerably quiet, but from TOUR TO fiv'
Thousand insurgents are near tbor'
awaiting reinioreemeDts. When thu
reiniorcements arrive, 1t Is etated tn'
insurgents will attack Canea In fofcs
1t is known here that the Turkisi
officials IN Crete have reported to thu
Porte shat IL is absolutely impossible
to paciiy the island without a very
large force OF troops and tho ocoupa
lion OF every town, village and moun
tain strong hold ia the country. Tn
hatred which has always existed be
tween the Mussulrnans ana the Chris
tians has been famed into lever hea
by the recent collisions between tn
Insurgents and the Turks,and this feel
lug has bsen still further inteRsihsI
by the proclamation Of the indepen
dence OF Crete from Turkish rule ant
its union with the Kingdom of Greece
Cos filc,s OF more or less seriou
nature are reported from many parts Z