The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-22
ENTHUSIASTIC GREEKS.
They App'eud the Governments
Attitude Toward Crete,
TIE eGs Ks CAMP DoMBARDTD
CuloYei vasso's the Greek Commander,
tguores the uomand of the Foreign Adj
IN rails, and Is Tired Upon-Dotans ofthe
Battle Of Fort vuukoiiss.

fgunres the uomand of the Foreign ADJ
IN rails, and Is rired Upon-Dotaiis ofthe
BATTLE Of Fort voukclisa.
Athens. Feb. 22.-Cver 10 coo peraon1
partic,ulted in dowoustra ion yes
terday afternoon on Univeisi v .4uI.
in favor of the union of Cre,e with |
Greece. The greatest enthusiasm pre-
vailed. An address was adopted de-
clarlng that the king and people were
ready for any sacrifices of blood and
treasure to bring the present Crctan
policy to a successful issue. The crowd
then marched to the palace, and a
deputation presented the address to
the king Tremendous cheering follow
ed His majesty, King Georges Crown
Prince Constantine, Duke Of Sparta
and other members OF the royal ram
lily occupied places on the balcony
The king addressed the crowd as fol-
lows
''You are executing the true mandate
of the Hellenic people. / thank you Tor
this imposing display of your feelings
May God protect our beloved country
and strengthen our common efforts.
Long live the Hellenic nation"
A dispatch from Canea says that
British torpedo boats have captured
and brought to Canea the small Greek
steamer Laurium, which was carrying
victuals and tents for the insurgents
The forts fired two rounds of blank
cartridges on Saturday at the Greek
gunboat Peneus. a Turkish frigate
also discharged blank shots at the
Creeks The Greek gunboat Peneus
quickly replied to the blank shots fred
. by the Turkish frigate. The frigate
then withdrew from the scene Of oper-
ations.
King George ordered Colonel Vassos
/ to offer safe conduct to Canea for all
Turkish garrisons besieged by Christ
fans. Colonel Vassos made the offer
| to the VouSolies garrison. The. troops
\ at the garrison refused to leave with
out arms, and the fortifications, there
/ fore, was bombarded.
But for the large supplies of provis-
/ ions which the powers allowed to be
/ landed for the Greeks and the insur
gents at Pelatania and AlSrotiri their
! position would have been desperate
! They can now afford to ignore the
| threat Of the foreign admirals to stop
/ further supplies if hoshlities are re-
/ sumed.
! The foreign admlrals on Saturday
I NJ
mander Of the Greek forces on the ISL
and of Crete, of their intention to at
tack his troops with four men-of-war
anchored off his camp, Aghioi Theo-
| doroi, in case of a Greek attack on
Canea. A fusiEa6e having continued
since yesterday morning, despite the
warnings of the foreign admirals, the
united squadrons bombarded the in
l-Surgent camp outside Of Canea
The queen of Greece recently sent a
message to the car requesting his sup
port for the national cause of Greece.
The king also wired the czar, stating
that he would declare war on Turkey,
and himself lead the army before he
| would Weld to European coercion.
Princess Marie OF Greece also tele-
graphed her fiancee, Grand Duke
| George of Russia, that the action OF
the powers against Greece was in
famous.
The Greek government has decided
to send a part of the fleet on a cruise
along the Sporades Islands, while an
other portion OF the fleet viii proceed
to Ambracia to prevent the barks at
tackiug the Greek frontier from Pre-
vesa. Troops from all parts of Greece
are hurrying to the Turkish frontier.
The call for naval volunteers has been
more than amply ed. The pol
icy Of Greece VIII be defensive by land,
but aggressive by sea.
Smart firing was heard yesterday in
the hills to the eastward. The reply of
The Turks was feeble and 1t was OBJ
vious that thC- must abandon their
positions If pressed. Their gun prac-
tIue from the redoubt on the outer
lines was ludicrous. The chief Cretan
position was a hau'ct on a ridge Of
mills, 1903 yards fom the flagship.
AZ i;-y ,slerday afternoon signals
", made to H. M. S. Dryad H. NJ S.
I-at.jer and II. M. S. Revenge, to-
GetEer with one Italian, one German
and one Russian ship, to open fire on
the Cretan position where the Greek
flag was hoisted some days ago. The
British ships fired 40 and the foreign
80 shells at the village and ruined the
house held by the Cretans. The flag
was soon lowered and the order cease
firing sounded after ten minutes
Thereupon the flag was rehoisted. The
rocks around We're crowded with Gre
tans. The Turks, encouraged by the
fleets, now opened a lively fusillade
while the Cretans were removing the
wounded. The Cretans had not replied
during the whole performance. 1t waf
a somewhat melancholy and degrading
spectacle.
The night that Fort Voukolies fell
Colonel Vassos learned that the Turk.
ish garrison from Canea was advanc.
ing to succor the defeated Turks. He
dispatched a body of insurgents tC
meet them, and speedily followed him
. self with his troops. In the plain of
Liyadia 1900 Turks and $500 Cretans
with three guns, engaged in battle
The Cretan Insurgents and the Greel
troops deployed, and after 80 minutes
lighting swept the plain, forcing tn,
Turks to take refuge in Canea. Col
onel Vassos burned the fortified bar
racks at Livadia and the Aghia block
house In obedience to the orders o
Z the king Of Greece Colonel Vassos re
called the troops to Platania
The Cretans suffered heavily by thei
own fault. They disregarded an orde
TO withhold musketry fire until thu
work Of the artillery had been com
a pleted They wasted $4,000 cartridges
and lost 30 men maintaining a furiou
and foolish fire. advancing to within
100 yards of the reduuJts. while tn,
' Turks fired splendidly, wasting few
bullets. The Cretans had to send t,
. Platania for more ammunition, whicl
+ arrived on Thursday night, with fou
. guns The Cret ans at this time sur
3 rounding the fort disobeyed orders an,
dispersed in search Of food, the Turk
prohting by the position evacuated b,