The record-union., 1897-03-27

| CANEA. March 26.-Fighting has
been going on all day around Tiska-
laria, Nerokeuru and Daxan. The
Greeks in the blockhouse at Malaxa
are said to have fred on the Turkish
Turkish Admiral, landed this afternoon
with quantity of munitions of war.
The fighting between the Christians
and the Turks continued until mid
night
| During the evening the insurgents
| burned Mussulman dwellings and prop
erty of Pervola, and this morning
burned and abandoned the fort at Ko-
ratidi.
| Skirmishing is proceeding about the
village of Tsikalaria, outside of Suda.
| The insurgents are estimated to have
lost 200 men in fighting around Malaxa.
UNION OR DEATH
| ATHENS, March 26.-The lombard
ment of Malaxa has produced a pain
full impression here. The newspapers
are filled with indignant protests.
The Cretan delegates in Athens have
published a pamphlet in English pro-
testing against autonomy, and declar-
| ing that they prefer the Ottoman yoke.
| just as they did after the failure of
! the insurrection in 1886. The pamphlet
| closes with the declaration: THE
! Cretans will die, if necessary, for the
sake of the cause of union with
| Greece"
| M. Skouzes, the Greek Minister of
Foreign Affairs, sent the following
communication to the Powers on March
31st:
Il have the honor to acknowledge
your note Of the 18th instant wherein
you inform me that Crete will be plac-
ed in state of blockade from to-day.
A notice of that fact has been given
to the shipping interests which it con-
Germs. Nevertheless, as, owing to the
blockade. it will be impossible to i'm
port cereals into Crete, whereas the
population of the island has always
obtained it's provisions from the out
side it is my duty, having regard to
the ties which bind the Greek nation
to the Cretan population, to bring
these considerations to your notice,
foreseeing. as l do, consequences which
may arise and which may not corre-
spond with the sentiments of humanity
which animate the Governments of the
Powers. SKOUZES.'
MORE TURKISH TROOPS NEEDED.
LONDON, March pa dispatch to
the Times from Salonica says: Ed
hem Pasha commander of the Turkish
army on the Macedonian frontier. re-
viewed 20 600 infantry at Elossona yes
terday It is still asserted that he
complains of the insufficency of the
troops, and will be recalled at his own
request. He considers that at least
200. 900 Turkish troops are needed to
meet the emergency. The health of
his forces is fairly good but there have
been outbreaks of smallpox and many
cases of dysentery.
CHRISTIANS FORCED TO FIGHT.
LONDON, March ga dispatch to
the Times" from Athens says that the
royal decree appointing the Crown
Prince Constantine to the command of
the army on the Thessaly frontier was
published yesterday Friday)
dispatch from the chronicles"
correspondent says that the Grown
Prince will start to assume his COM
mand this Saturday evening at I
O'Clock, going by sea to Volo and thence
by railway The Crown Princess will
accompany
where she will inspect the arrange
ments made by the Red Cross Society.
She will remain there two days and
then return to Athens. In order to
avoid popular demonstrations, this
proclamation has not been published at
Athens.
A dispatch to the Times" from
Canea says there it no doubt that the
Christians have attacked the Turks
because driven to desperation by the
blockade A similar protest against
European partiality for the Turks is
probable along the whole insurgent
line. Throughout the island the Mo-
hammedaEs think they may do what
they like now, because they have
European backing. In all directions
they are pillaging and burning the
property of Christians.
The Times correspondent at Sa-
lonica says that a Turkish merchant
marine has arrived there with torpe-
does, which are being laid across the
harbor
The Athens correspondent of the
Chronicle" says: 1t is madness for
the powers to suppose that Greece, in
order to f6 rm a neutral zone, will with
draw 60 600 eager troops to a region
without barracks, stores or military
base of any kind, and there rest calmly
while the powers work out their pleas
ure in Crete.
SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS APPRE-
HENDED
ST. PETERSBURG, March 26.-The
members CT the diplomatic corps here
greatly apprehend serious complica-
tions in Macedonia, which will leopard
ize the peace of Europe.
Although it is recognized that the
chief danger lies in that direction. the
proposal CT Great Britain to establish
neutral zone on the Greek frontier is
regarded as inefficacious and imprac-
ticable.
1t is urged here that it would be pref
erable to accelerate the pacifcation of
Crete by Immediately blockading the
coast of Greece, thus nipping in the bud
the development of complications in
Macedonia.