Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-03-10
RUSSIA DETERMINED TO PUSH IT TO
THE FARTHEsT LIMIT.
GREEK REPLY UNSATISFACTORY
THE POWERS WILL NOT TOLERATE
GREEN TROOPS IN COREA.
No Immediate Action Looked For
Great Anxiety in Athens-Greek
Consul and Newspaper Cor
respondents Expelled
From Crete.

St Petersburg. March 9.-The government
expresses its determination 10 adhere To
its decision to push the coercion of Greece
to the farthest limit, if necessary. ana it
earnestly hopes that the other powers Will
display equal firmness. Beside the block
ade of the island of Crete and the P!ravus,
it is understood that the foreign admirdli
have decided to fire upon any Greek tor
pedo boat approaching the warsnips.
London. March 9.-It was learned in Off
ciaI quarters this afternoon that there is
inS the slightest chance that the powers
Tfll tolerate the presence of Greek trocrs
in Canea. AS soon as the powers have had
time 10 exchange views on the subject.
Greece will be notified of .he measures
which have been decided upon for the i'm
mediate enforcement of their decision The
negotiations will not last long, tor 1t is
known that Germany and Russia are press
ing for immediate action.
In the house of commons to-day. Sir
William Vernon Harcourt asked the gov
ernment for promise that the British
force should no. be used against Greece
before parliament had been consulted. Mr..
Balfour declined to pledge the government
to the course suggested by Sir William. He
said the ministers wished parliament to
feel that they were acting with full sense
of their responsibility, and in behalf OF
Cretan liberty and European peace.
Sir Charles Dixie invited Mr.. Balfour to
agree to make statement on Thursday
next with respect to the plans of the pow
ers in view Of the nature of the Creek re-
ply. To this MIR. Balfour answered he did
not think the negotiations would DE far
enough advanced to make such a state
ment practicable on Thursday.
II was stated this afternoon in official
circles that the renewal of fighting between
the insurgents and Turks in the island OF
Crete will have the effect of making the
powers Immediately take action in expeiling
the Greeks from that island, and landing
foreign troops
asked TO be recalled, as he fears his life is
in danger.
DR.. Temple, archbishop of Canterbury.
has sent dispatch to the metropolitan of
Athens, in which he says the established
church of England is praying earnestly to
Almighty God to give the Cretans liberty,
justice and peace
The reserves continue to arrive from the
provinces, and the greatest interest is dis
played in the full text of the Greek reply
to the powers, which was not published in
Athens papers until this evening. 1t is gem
The Ephemeris, the government organ,
asserts that orders have been sent to Com
modore Sachtouris to nairtain the position
of the Greek fleets in Cretan waters, even
though the powers threaten to use force.
and that Prince George himself has visited
Platania to instruct Colonel Vassos to re-
main where he is in the interior of the ISL
and. This. however. conflicts with a re,
the Hydra. has already left Crete.
Canea, March 9--There was renewed
fighting last evening between the Turkish
troops and the Cretan insurgents around
the camp of the latter on the heights of
Akrotsy near here, the position which was
bombarded by the warships Of the powers
ment is not known, but the Greek flag was
no longer visible this morning above the
Insurgents positions In addition to order
ing the Greek vice consul to leave the
island, Admiral Canevaro. the Italian Of
ficer, who, by reason of seniority, Is in
command of the combined forces fleet. mas
ordered the Greek newspaper correspond
ents and all the other Greeks to leave Crete
Immediately.
The Greek vice consul and his staff and
all the Greek newspaper correspondents.
in obedience to Admiral Cavenaro, embark
ed here for Greece this afternoon.
chronicle sass The kernel OF the the sitns
ton is the fact, inexplicibIe to everyone
here. that Russia is pursuing Greece with
terrible vindictiyenesS. .
Athens, March 9.-There is intense ankle
ty here relative to action the powers will
decide to adopt in the face of the reply of
evacuation OF Crete by the Greek troops
and the withdrawal of the Greek fleet from
Cretan waters, Greece being willing to give
troops should be allowed to remain and be
used by the powers to restore order. In
any case, IL Is not DeIlSNeu lndt tUe pTO.
posed blockade of the Greek coasts will be-
gin before the end of the week.
The government has formally protested
to the powers against the expulsion of the
Greek consul from Crete.
The Turkish garrison has repulsed an at
tack upon Pierapetra by 1000 Christians.
who occupied strategic points near the
town.
The Greek torpedo fleet, under command
of Prince George. has been ordered to Join
the Eastern squadron of the Greek fleet.
All the Greek subjects at Retino have
been ordered to leave for Greece, md u
man-of-war has been placed at their DIS
posal. These measures are tpcompIe-
that war has been declared.
At a meeting of the captains of the for
eign warships on board II. NJ. S. Bar,ieUr,
to discuss the question OF shelling +he Io-
sition OF the insurgents Mt Akrot,ri. the
Russian commander firmly declined 10 FIRE
without first giving notice. Akro.iri IL sur
rounded by rich monaSJeriss, and it Is be-
lieved the Bashi Bazouks began their fir-
ing with view to pilllse.