The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-29
Fdmln6'S. Horrors in Cr6t6.
Conditions on the Island Caused by Blockade Said to Be
Terrible.

LONDON, March ga dispatch to
the Times from Athens says that when
it became known on Saturday afternoon
that the Crown Prince Constantin
would leave the city in the evening
for the Greek camp at Larissa to take
command Of the Geek armies in the
field, large crowd gathered on Con-
stitution square, adjoining the palace.
AS the evening approached the crowd
increased to a multitude and the square
and streets adjacent were filled with an
excited throng, cheering, singing pat
riotic songs and firing revolvers. The
populace shouted For union and war,
and cheered continually for the crown
prince and the army. After an address
by popular orator, a deputation was
chosen to present an address to the
crown prince.
The demonstrations of the crowd in
creased during the service in the palace
chapel, and thousands gathered in front
of the palace to witness the departure
of Prince Constantin. Great disap-
pointment was expressed when later 1t
became known that the crown prince
had left the palace privately. An i'm
mense throng, including many thou
sands of Cretans, assembled on the
quays at Piraeus, brilliantly illuminat-
ed by lime lights from houses in the
vicinity, to witness the embarkation.
The widest enthusiasm was displayed,
with shouting, cheering, and the in
cessant discharge of firearms.
The Daily Mails Rome correspondent
says today that Admiral Canevaro,
commanding the international fleet in
Cretan waters, has wired to the Italian
government to send Immediately
large land force, which is imperatively
necessary to cope with the Cretan in
surgents. Admiral Canevaro, it is un-
derstood, asserts that conditions in the
interior of the island are SO terrible,
as the result of famine and hardships,
that even the lepers are leaving the
lazar house; the inhabitants are panic
stricken, and the dead lie by the road
side unburied.
A dispatch to the Times from Canea
says that one of the correspondents of
that newspaper, who was present dur
ing the fighting at Malaxa, was cap
tured by the Cretans and held as o
spy. He probably would have been
shot but for the opportune arrival Of
an American journalist and the in
surgent leader, Manos, an old Oxford
man, who is at the head of a band OF
young Cretans, whom he personally
equipped. Manos was the first to enter
the block-house when the Turks evac-
uated it, and he prevailed on the in
surgents to spare the lives of forty
three Turkish prisoners.
1t is reported that the bombardment
by the International fleets on Friday
wrought serious havoc among the
Christians. There is some danger Of a
Mohammedan uprising in the island
on account of the scarcity Of food
The correspondent Of the Times at
Athens says today that a vigorous
movement has been set on foot against
the proposal to establish Crete as a
principality under a Greek prince. The
Ethnike Hetairia has published a mani
festo declaring that this is the most
impracticable solution yet proposed
and conceals a deliberate design to
separate the island from the Greek
race and to subject it to foreign con-
troll The manifesto says: "All the
calamities that. could be involved in