The record-union., 1897-03-19
to the Turkish military authorities Of

GREEKS WILL NOT EVACUATE.
CANEA, March 1S.-The Admirals of
the foreign fleets in these waters have
telegraphed to their respective Embas-
sailors at Constantinople notifying them
of the blockade of the Island of Crete.
Warships will be sent to Tourt Island.
and give the Mayors of the chief ports
copies Of the proclamation of autonomy
and the announcement of the blockade.
| 1t is understood that the Admirals will
compel the Greek warship Pinior to
leave Greek waters tomorrow.
Colonel Vassos is gathering great
quantities of provisions together at his
new camp at Sphakia, situated in one
of the mountainous and inaccessible
portions Of the island. The Greek COM
| mander is showing no signs of any in
tention of evacuating the island, and
consequently it is believed he has re-
ceived orders to remain in occupation in
spite of the opposition of the Powers.
BLOCKADE TO BEGIN SUNDAY.
ROME, March 1S.-A dispatch from
Cauea announces that the blockade of
| Crete will begin Sunday morning, and
notification to this effect will be ad-
dressed to the Governments of Athens
and Constantinople.
| The limits Of the blockade will be be-
tween longitude 23:4 and $3.50 east, and
| latitude 25:4S and 34:25 north. The
| blockade will be general against deck
vessels, but other ships will be allowed
to land goods provided they are not
destined for the Greek troops or for the
interior of the island.
L H. H. l. n
request to be addressed to the Greek Of
ficials to recall her ships from Cretan
waters. If she does not comply force
will be used Sunday morning to compel
them to withdraw.
| ATHENS, March 1S-In the Boule
this afternoon Mr.. Skouzes, the Greek
Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced
that the foreign Admirals had pro-
| claimed a blockade of Crete to begin
next Sunday morning at o'clock.
| Under it's terms no Greek vessel Will
be allowed to enter Cretan ports. The
vessels of other nations must obtain
permission from the Admirals.
| CANEA, March 1S.-The foreign
troops which are to constitute the oc
cupying force of the Powers have been
| located as follows: The French will
occupy Sitia and Spinalonga, the
British Gambia, the Russians Retimo,
the Germans Canea and Suda Bay.
The Russian commander already has
notified the Governor of Retimo of his
intention to land 800 troops.
| ONSTANTINOPLE, March 49,
Four torpedo boats and four Destroy
ers have started to pass the Dardan
Giles.
! RUSSIA'S CONTINGENT FOR
| CRETE.
| ONSTANTINOPLE, March IS
Officials of the Russian Embassy here
have notified the Turkish Government
| that a Russian transport having on
| board troops intended to form the con-
tingent of Russia for the occupation of
the Island of Crete will shortly pass
through the Dardanelles. The Embas
sizes of the other Powers have not rails
ed any objection to this, although by
| treaty the straits are closed to the
warships of England.
| Large numbers of the Greek army re-
| serve men and other volunteers are
leaving for Athens.
GLADSTONE ARRAIGNS THE
| POWERS.
| LONDON, March 1S.-There will be
published tomorrow by John Murray
sixteen-page pamphlet in the form
of letter from ". E. Gladstone, dat
ed Canea, March 18th, to the Duke of
| Westminster. 1t furnishes remarka BILE
evidence of Gladstone's mental activi-
| ty.
The letter begins: "My ambition is
| for rest and peace alone, but every
grain of sand is part of the seashore,
and, connected as l have been for near
| ly half a century with the Eastern
question, that inclination does not suf-
| flee to Justify silence"
The letter then proceeds to review
| the incidents in the East from the be-
ginning of the Armenian massacres
and unsparingly arraigns the Powers.
Referring to his attempt in 1880 to es-
tablish a concert of Europe, Mr.. Glad
stone says:
I'VE soon discovered that several
| Powers of the concert came to have a
| significance totally at variance with
that which we have attached to it, and
included toy demonstrations which
| might be made under conditions that
they should not pass into reality. AT
| present the Powers have no common
purpose to bring them together. What
| is worse than all, this pretended and
! Intellectual cooperation of the Govern
! nents shuts out the people. 1t is
from that mission we are now suffer-
| ing. 1t is time to speak with freedom.
At this moment two great States are
| under the Government of two young
men, one wholly without knowledge and
! experience, and the other having only
such knowledge and experience in truth
| limited enough as to have excited as
! constituent and CONSERVATION when as
inkling of them was given to the world.
These, so far as their sentiments are
known, are using their power in the
concert to fight steadily against free
dom. Why are we to have our Govern
ments pinned to their aprons? On the
heels of this concert which we have
pledged for two years and with all it's
pretensons of power, it has worsened
| and has not bettered the situation.
Surely it is time to shake off the incu-
bus. Why should not Crete be autono-
nous, united with Greece? Yet it is
undetached in theory from Turkey as
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Greece, by
her bold action, has conferred a great
service in Europe and has made it i'm
possible to falter with the question as
we have faltered with the bloodstained
! question of Armenia. She has eXtri-
| Gated it from the mesheS of diplomacy
and has placed it on the order of the
| day for a definite solution. / remember
nc case in which so small State has
conferred so great a benefit"