The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01
REBELS FIRED UPON
INSURGENTS SHIELDED FOR SEW
ERAL HOURS BY THE FOREIGN
WARSHIPS.
TO RUN THE BLOCKADE.
GREEK STEAMER WILL ATTEMPT
TO REACH THE CRETAN
REBELS.
POWERS TAKEN SHARPLY TO TASK
Their Course Criticized by KIM
berly, the Leader In the House
of Lords.
TO RUN THE BLOCKADE.


CANEA, March 31-The insurgents
by bold stroke occupied the hill on
the south side Of Suda bay last evening.
They We're promptly shelled by the
British, Austrian and Russian war
ships At daybreak today the firing
was resumed and the Cretans were
driven from their positions. AS soon
as the firing ceased they made another
attempt to recover the ground and the
warships promptly resumed the firing,
which was heavy for several hours.
During the cannonade three Turks
were killed and five wounded.
Larenica, Island of Cyprus, March 81.
The Greek steamer Elene has en-
barked number of Cypriote volun-
of Crete. She will try to run the
| blockade of that island
LONDON, March 31-The Canea cor
respondent of the Standard will say
| tomorrow, in describing the lombard
men by the foreign warships, of the
| position taken by the insurgents on the
hill to the south of Suda Bay last even
ing: When the Cretans began the at
| tack, Col Bor proposed to the admir-
ais that they should land mixed force
of 500 men to drive the insurgents from
the pOSlUlOn ln6y occupied DenlnQ a
strong wall along a raVine. The Aus
trian and French admirals were OPP
| posed to taking the offensive, and they
| decided to contine their action to bonn
| harding. BY o'clock in the morning
! the engagement was in full blast. The
| Turkish guns in Fort Izzedin could
! take only a small part in the firing, as
most Of them are directed seward, but
a Turkish frigate shelled the insur-
| gents freely, though with little effect.
An hour later the foreign men-Of-war
signalled their intention to lombard.
| The Greziastichy fired first, then H.
! NJ. S.zArdent and finally the Austrian
gunboat Tiger Each vessel fired in
! it's turn, aiming chiefly at the Greek
flag which was hOisted above the stone
| wall. The Ardent ceased firing at $3.50,
| but the Greziastichy, ranging close in
! shore, by degrees pounded down the
wall, every shot telling. In spite of the
! heavy cannOnade, the Cretans held
their ground stoutly, even throwing
out skirmishers to repel the Turkish
outposts, though they were compelled
to abandon their own principal posi-
tions behind the stone wall.
At 9:45 a. m. H. M. S. CamperdoWn,
the Outermost of the large irOnclads,
began firing six-inch shells. The Gre
tans thereupon retired slightly, but
Continued a heavy fire until 10 o'clock,
when the Camperdown, at a range of
$500 yards, fired her big guns. The
| effect was instantaneous. Three out
OF four of the percussion shells burst
dill ectly in the center of the insurgents
position, and the Cretans fled heller
| SHELTER.
The aim of the gunners was perfect,
while the formidable noise of the enor-
nous shells hurting through the air
was alone enough to brighten any enc
| my. Things were now getting too hot
to last and the insurgent flag was low
cred. The Cretans in full retreat were
FASTENED by the fire Of the GreZiastchy
and the Tiger, which poured m with
extreme accuracy OF aim a succession
of shrapnels.
At 1918 the last shell fell Seeing
that the object of the bombardment
was accomplished the Austrian and
| Russian war ships steamed away for
| blockade service. The Ardent returned
to Suda. The Turkish soldiery rallied
| quickly from the forts, occupied the
| positions lately held by the insurgents,
| hoisted the Ottoman flag with great
manifestations of delight and even adj
| vanced across the open with great cool
ness, though exposed to the continuous
fire of the insurgent sharpshooters who
d remained up to the last moment.
LONDON, March 31.-At the ban
quet given in his honor this evening at
! the National Liberal club, Lord Kim
berly, leader of the Liberal party in
the house Of lords, severely arraigned
! the powers for their systematic pros
crastination in dealing with the Greco
| Cretan affair. He complained that
every action was taken too late to &C
complish the end designed. THE sui
tan" he said, should be required to
| move his troops from the Island Of
Crete instanter, and if he refuses, then
the powers ought to remove them"
ATHENS, March 31-Col Vassos,
commander of the Greek forces in
Crete, has photographed the following
message to King George: "Conrary to
| their promises, the admirals have per-
mitted bands of armed MusSulmans at
| Candamo to pillage and burn houses
outside the town, while every act Of
defense on the part of the Christians
provokes bombardment by the foreign
| warshfps."
Berlin, March 3I.-A dispatch to the
Berliner Tageblatt from ConstantinopIe
today says that five of the powers, not
including Germany, delivered a note 10
the sultan yesterday requesting the inl-
mediate withdrawal of the Turkish
troops from the Thessalian frontier.
London, March 31.-The Daily ChrOn-
icle viii publish a dispatch from it's
Rome correspondent tomorrow saying
that great divergence of opinion is ap-
pearing among the powers with respect
to the details Of the action to be taken
against Greece. The cleavage is so
pronounced that rupture Of the con-
cert is expected, especially in the event
Of war between Turkey and Greece.
The correspondent Of the Daily
| Chronicle at Volo, Greece telegraphs:
"a thousand reservists reached Volo
today. This is extremely important,
and am confident that the National
| society is beginning to move"
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