Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-12

TO DC solved. A correspondent Of a t.ordoo
neWspaper, alludtng TO the SugRestIon th.,
tne admirals, or at least one Of then
snouio si, uhoertate the temporary administra.
tlun. points out that he would be in nrss
ence OF complete chaos. and would me,
hhoW by what Administrative system 10 ruIc
the island. 1t must be borne in mind tbst
tne Mohammedan population OF the into.
~. nave abandoned their homestesds which
nave been appropriated by the Christian.
EVeh IN the coast districts which are under
tne protection Of the foreign contipocn,s
the houses OF those Cretane who 1ed ~
baee n'e az inc beginning Of the crisis have
Oeeh taken possession OF by other. MI ~
NAMED behind The task Of re-estsiiIsi,t ~ ,e
normal condition of affairs and intr,d,,ninss,
aulohonly must be one OF formidable di,nonee
slohS, ,I Already there are rumors of diyided
that nn,t'ig ai,'uig tne diplomats, some holding
ths r,motnlhs should be left undone to endow
tIo Nretahs with the government which ba "
pD.un promised them, others thinkiny ,ha3
a t u,sn Intervention should be as restricteJ
cortaia poSs'oIe Inc only thing that seems TO he
tSeltdih Us that now the Greek tronns ~
pceh Withdrawn from the island tbero -, ne
10 "'e 10 pe a speedy decision OF ono TIA
avoided. '"'S'u'ei Is 10 be
one OF the oldest of insurroc,,or ,,.,....
70 history since the days Of the Iacnuar,o IN
france has Just been practically s,,n,,rossa,
III braHil by the capture of Can,dos ,h,
stronghold of the rebels In the state n, uohia
inc leader of the fanatics /" a. tba rot,aI.
we're called, was madman named Antonio
CouSeiheiro, formerly Substantial citI,,
vi ba,ia, VINO, cra2ed by an awful donestsr
aoaseuy IN which he was the principaI a,,to,,
cal ,.,,,, I'm ms nls nome and naugurated a mysti-
cal CUT among the ignorant and suners,jiio,,.
peasants In the romantic interior NJ tbap
s'utt' COUselhelrO posed as a Messiah. bo
surrounded himself with the proner nm,,,bat
vi ulsciples, whom he called his twelve
spoSa., ana set out upon his crusade To
reform society. At first his n,ovnnaptS
attracted little attention from tho ,,n,.or,
neht' Dut when his followers had reached
tue respectable number of l20O0 Cannticai
Siu an destructive maraudel's military pxpe.
u'tIon was sent oUt against them and vas
slBhaIy defeated. The head of tho rom,
hdhder or the defeated soldiers sturk nm a
pLhe' thehcetorward became the standard of
.ne lahatlCs. ConseIheirO may have been
,ldu @ Dut that there was method in his mad
ness Is SHOWN by the fact that since Novern
Der last he had kept at bay a force of % onn
solulers OF the Brazilian Federal army.
sts
a correspondent of the London Times
writing from Athens about the popular in.
dignation against the Ethnike Hetairia. saws
that the irritation exhibited toward the So |
ciety must be attributed not so much to tho |
energy which it displayed in preventing a
peaceful arrangement of the Cretan question |
or to the i'll starred invasion of Macedonia ms |
to the failure which has attended its systen, |
Vi warfare by means of irregular bands and |
the conduct of its recruits subseuuentlv to
the opening OF the campaign. From the he. |
SInhlhs, the correspondent says the Klephts |
ana lrreEulafs constituted the most serious
nhhculty with which the military command |
ers mad to deal. They spread indscipline |
through the army, they exhausted the com
missarat. and in the hour of battle tbev
lought or fled at their own sweet will Still |
worse, they plundered and harred the Thes- |
sallan population, which found them not |
much more pleasant to deal with than the
Turks. According to all accounts the he
havior OF the irregulars after the retreat
from Domoko rivaled that of the escaped |
convicts, and the plundering of Lamia was
mainly their work. Colonel Smolenski as
soon as ne came into control drove all the
lrregulars out Of his camp.
The decision OF the Parliament of Cape
Colony, South Africa, by unanimous vote
to contribute money toward the maintenance
OF the Imperial navy is a remarkable demon
straton Of the growing tendency Of the
British colonies to closer union with the
mother country. Cape Colony was not asked
1t seems, to take upon itself the permanent
burden or contributing to the British navy
but, like Australia. volunteers to do So The
cape Is an important strategic point in the
scheme of defense of the empire, being es-
sential to the power that wishes to hold
India. The Suez canal may be closed in
time of war, but the route around the Cape
remains, and it is a great advantage to have
1t held by a friendly population. Should
Germany gain a footing in the Transvaal
and enlist the Dutch against the English
throughout South Africa, the English tenure
of the Cape would be insecure Hence ths
fury excited by Emperor Williams dispatch
to President Kruger.