The record-union., 1897-04-03
Destroy All They Find, Lest the Insur-
gents Should Get Them.
Come to the Aid of Turks Who Had
Attacked the Greek Lines, and
With Cannon From the Vessels
Force the Insurgents to Retreat,
Allowing the Turks, After the En-
gagement is Over, to Burn the
Town.

| lOWns
| LONDON, April 2-The Daily
| Chronicles Canea correspondent will
say tomorrow:
Here are some of the deeds to which
England is setting her hand to-day.
During the week an expedition of Brit
| ish marines, accompanied by cannon,
went to Tripete in Spakia, and exam
| ined houses in search of provisions. They
destroyed all they found, lest the insur-
gents should get them. A day or so
later another expedition of British ma
rines was sent to village near Solino,
with the object Of finding flour and
grain. Later two warships, one a Brit
ish vessel, dispatched boats fitted with
cannon to the Columbia River, with in
structionS to seize the small mercantile
craft. The peasants refused to sur
| render them. The European force
| threatened to destroy the village,
whereupon the boats were given up. A
British detachment was sent to Kas-
lelli, where it proceeded to destroy the
| Cretan houses. Chains were thrown
around them and fastened to ships,
which pulled till the houses collapsed.
Another instance of British measures
was where company of Bashi Ba-
Zouks attacked the Greek lines at Vigla,
the Turkish ships supporting the attack
with cannon. After the engagement was
we'll under way the European fleet, in
Guiding the British vessels, opened fire
upon the small force of Cretans who
| We're compelled to retreat. The Turks
| then entered the village and began to
| burn the houses, the church and the
monastery.
| The Athens correspondent of the
Daily News will say tomorrow: A
telegram from Canea says that the
Christians who returned to their houses
near the magazine, having observed
noises of a peculiar character in the
night time, began to suspect that the
Turks were undermining their dwellings
in order 70 blow up the Christian quar-
ter of the city when they (the Christ
ians) should withdraw
The Times" Vienna correspondent
says: The official journal of Progress, -
published at Sofia, throws some light
on the possible formation of a Balkan
| confederation. 1t says that a conven-
ton between Bulgaria, Servia and
| Greece, and perhaps Roumania, seems
to be demanded by existing circum-
stances and well understood interests.
! The confederation of the Christian
States in the Balkans under the auspices
of Russia is the main object which the
statesmen of the Balkans most have in
view
| The Times" will print tomorrow the
| following from it's Athens correspon-
dent:
| Widely varying rumors have been cur
rent Of late with regard to the joint ac-
ton of Greece and Bulgaria in the event
! of war. The attitude of Bulgaria is
being watched with close attention. The
/ impression seems to prevail in certain
quarters that Bulgaria might be dis
posed to share Greeces projected enter
! prise with reference to Macedonia.
sympathetic kilograms have been ex-
! changed between the students at the
| University of Sofia and the University
OF Athens, and friendly articles in the
| Journal which represents the views
| OF M. Stolloff, the Bulgarian Premier,
! and his colleagues are reproduced and
commented upon favorably by the off,
cial proia.
The truth is that Bulgaria does not
intend to depart from her present eau
tious policy. For the time at least
she Will maintain an expectant atti-
tude. If the Greeks invade Macedonia
and reach point where Bulgarian in
terests become involved, she will then
take action, possibly by first appealing
to Macedonia as a faithful vassal. and
not as the enemy of Turkey. Should
Turkey be defeated by Greece. then
both Bulgaria and Servia would proba-
bly, advance, despite the restraining
efforts of the Powers.
! such a move might not be ostensibly
directed against Turkey, although the
/ latter may well ask to be saved from
friends ike these. The result of the re-
! cent conferences between Prince Fer
/ dlnand ana King Alexander at Sofia
are already becoming apparent in a
rapproachment between two Govern
ments, in which Montenegro would be
included. Such an alliance is already
openly advocated by the ministerial
journal, Mir" Hopes that have been
entertained at Athens regarding the
corporation of Bulgaria are therefore
abandoned. There is reason To believe
that the rejection of the proposal made
by Bulgaria to Greece during the win
ter is now bitterly regretted blythe King
and M. Delyannis. Bulgaria proposed
that Greece should join her in pressing
the Porte and the Powers for scheme
of reform in Macedonia She was NOV
ed by desire to take the Macedonian
question out of the hands of the revo-
iutionary societies, which are a con-
slant source of embarrassment to both
Governments, but the traditional Greek
repugnance of the institution of re-
forms by Turkey proved a fatal obsta-
Gle to the entente
The Daily Nails correspondent at
Arta will say tomorrow: The corps of
Franc Tierus, organized by the Greek
National Society. is acting in this emer-
gency as body of missionaries as
well as body of soldiers They are
going about among the troops urging
that it would be blot upon the nation
al honor to withdraw now, and arguing
that by an invasion of the territory op-
posite Arta, Greece would only claim
what the Berlin treaty recognized as
lhers. The missionaries are firmly con-