The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-08
BRAVE ANSWER OF GREECE
FIRM BUT DIGNIFIED RESPONSE no
ULTIMATUH or THE POWERS.
Treachery of the Turk Pointed Out
Greeks willing to Abide by Decision of
the People of Crete-WilI Not Under FIX
listing circumstances Take Her Troops
from the Island-Reply of the Porte.

the feopie OF Crete-Wlll NOT Under fN-
listing circumstances Take Her Troops
from the Island-Repiy of the Porte.
London, March IA dispatch from
Athens gives the following summary of
the reply to the ultimatum of the pow
ers which Greece will hand to the diplo-
mats tomorrow when the time expires
in which a reply can be made:
1t will recall that Greece in 1896 in
Difference to the wish of the powers
used her influence with the Cretans to
induce them to accept reforms offered
by Turkey. 1t will point out that the
continued unsettled state of the island
is proof of the futility of the measures
of reform.
With regard to the autonomy of the
the Cretans to decide whether they will
accept it or not 1t will declare that
the evacuation of Crete by Greece is
impossible because peace, to restore
which Greek troops and Warships were
sent to the island, remains seriously
disturbed.
Constantinople. March THE diplo-
mats here have received the answer of
the porte to the collective note pre-
sented on Tuesday last, setting forth
the desires of the powers regarding the
granting of autonomy to Crete under
the suzerainty of Turkey. The porte
assents to the terms of the powers. 1t
says it hopes that there will be defin-
ite understanding between itself and
the powers respecting the details of the
autonomy to~be granted.
While a number of Greek engineers
We're engaged in repairing the main
road near Melun, on the Greek from
tier presumably for the purpose of fa-
cilitating the passage of troops, they
were stopped by a body of Turkish
troops. A rumor reached here to-day
that a serious encounter between Turks
and Greeks had taken place on the
frontier, but it has been impossible to
confirm the story. 1T is thought very
probable that the report originated in
the stoppage by Turkish troops of the
work of the Greek engineers near
Melun.
Canea, March lit is believed here
that the reply of Greece to the demands
of the powers will be positive refusal
to obey and that a bloody struggle is
therefore inevitable unless the powers
recede from their position. 1t is known
l,ot T11~ Al y
the Greek army of occupation, has re-
ceived instructions from King George
to hold all the positions in the island
now occupied by the Greek troops and
to prepare to resist to the bitter end
any attempt on the part of anybody to
dislodge him. Information reaches
here that the Greek troops are enthu-
siastic over the determination of their
king not to- endure their withdrawal
from the island and it is believed it
would take a far stronger force than
their own to dislodge them from the
strategic positions they occupy. The
events of the next few days are anx-
iously awaited.
Last night the insurgents besieging
the block house at Malaxa made an at
tempt to blow the place up with dyna-
mite, but were frustrated by the vig-
lance of the Moslem defenders. For
several hours after the failure of the at
tempt there was a lively fusilade, but
the result is not known here.
London, March king George of
Greece has sent to Sir Charles Dixie a
telegram expressing his heartfelt
thanks to Sir Charles and the hundred
members of the house of commons who
signed the message of sympathy sent
recently to the king. In his message
King George says:
"In our struggle for humanity, faith
and liberty nothing, could be dearer to