The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-08
THE LATEST Foreign INTELLIGENCE
TOOK ACTION LATE.
Powers Disarm the Bashi Bazouks, Who
Fired on Women and Children

The actual work OF disarming the Bashi
Bazouks began early Sunday morning and
has continued throughout the day. At the
village Of Kalieni they refused to deliver up
their arms and demanded an order from the
governor OF the island and the personal
presence Of Edhem Pasha. The foreign
troops then cordoned the village and the
Austrian colonel, who was in command, ord
cred that the search for arms should begin,
when Edhem Pasha arrived. Then the cord
on closed around the Bashi BaZouks, who
yielded quietly.
The European troops guard the gates OF
the town. The Arab quarter also is guarded
by European pickets. A proclamation has
been issued announcing that all who refuse
10 yield up their arms will be shot. In re-
spouse to this only 100 have as yet surrender
ed their arms.
The insurgents have succeeded in ex-
ploding heavy dynamite cartridges upon the
walls Of the fort ut kissamo.
In spite of the order, OF the admirals the
Turkish authorities refuse to release three
Greeks who were captured at Akrotiri.
The whole trouble to-day grew out of IA
mistake, as a result Of which many people
were killed.
Admiral Canevaro, m Italian admiral, In
command Of the fleets OF the powers. autho-
rized the insurgents and their families to
quit the Akrotiri peninsula and proceed in
land, whore they would be In II better posi-
ton to obtain food supplies than on the
nights of Akrotiri. Conilding in his author
~ization, the insurgents and their families,
driving their cattle, descended from the
heights Of Akrotiri with the intention OF NOV
ing inland
AS soon rs they reached the plains, how
ever, fire was opened upon them at Il range
200 yards by 2 1000 Bashi Bazouks. The Turk
ish force wa largely composed OF refugees
from the garrison Of Selino. which, in spite
Of the promise made TO the representatives
OF the powers, have been rearmed by the
Turkish governor. As soon as the Bashi
Bazouks began firing on the insurgent party
the latter returned the fire and killed many
OF their assailants.
The international forces did not take a step
to prevent this collision, which might have
resulted in the massacre OF large numbers Of
women and children, to say nothing OF the
insurgents, who had moved from a practically
impregnable position down to an exposed
plain, In the belief that the foreign admirals
had guaranteed them n safe passage across
the plains to the hills inland, where the
Bashi Bazouks would not dare TO follow
them. The foreign warships in Suda bay
did not fire a shot TO check the onslaught Of
the Bashi Bazouks, although orders were
sent later to the international forces ashore
to proceed to disarm the Turks.
After the lighting on the plain OF Akrotiri,
n force of British sailors was landed to hold
the Mussulmans in check. The latter are
known to have lost heavily, and already so
killed and wounded AVE been brought in.
All the Mussulmans on reaching the fortified
lines outside the town coming back from the
fight were disarmed by the Italian sailors
and gcndarmes. The disarming Of the
Mussulmans greatly incensed all OF their CO.
r%eligionists in town, and they began assem-
bling in large numbers in the main public
square.