The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-07


the interior of the island of Crete to the
coast towns. The sultan was also noti-
fed that 1t had been decided by the pow
ers to abolish the international genuar-
merle in Crete.
London, March 6--Large numbers of
men are presenting themselves at the
Creek consulate at London, Liverpool and
Manchester, offering themselves to the
constus for service in the Greek army in
Crete.
Athens, March 6.-The feverish activity
which has characterized the movements of
the military and naval authorities here for
several days past continues unabated. Pre-
parations to dispatch troops and NUM-
tions of war to Thessaly are being hur-
red forward with all possible haste.
The Greek barbette ships Psaria and He
pesa, which sailed from the Piraeus
day or two ago under sealed orders, to-
gether with the cruiser Navarchos, the
corvettes Admiral Miaulis and Basileus
Georgios and the gun boats Anso and Pa
ralos, will form a squadron, which has
been ordered to cruise in the Sporades.
Another squadron, composed of eight gun
boats will cruise in the Gulf of Arta.
A Turkish gunboat, believed to be the
Euphrates, has been wrecked on the coast
of Epirus. The fate of her crew Is not
reported.
Canea, March 6--Col. Vassos has inti-
mated to the admirals Of the foreign
fleets that he will secure the liberation
of all the Mussulmans captured by the
insurgents. on condition that the prison.
ers abandon their arms and take no fur
ther part in the fighting.
no foratQn adn1iralg have IL is he
leved, taken another step in behalf of
the Turks and fuel has, thereby, been
added to the indignation of the Chris
tians. Orders have been issued for the
British warships Rodney and Camper
down, a Russian warshfp and the French
warship Chanzy, to land 800 men to escort
Sir Alfred Billiotti, the British consul
here, to Kandamos, whittier he proceeds
with the ostensible object of rescuing be-
sieged Moslems.
The consul Is on board the Rodney. II
is thought that the real object in landing
the foreign force is to compel the insur-
gents to raise the seige of Kandamos IL
necessary.
Kandamos Is among the mountains, sew
en- miles inland. 1t is reliably stated that
there are 1900 Mussulmans in the town and
that their situation is very grave. The
insurgents guns are destroying the fort
works, which the Turks are CALAMITY de-
Tending. A number of the combatants on
both sides have been killed, including
some of the leaders Five hundred foreign
sailors and marines have been landed and
will start at once for the town.
New York. March GA cable dispatch
was received by D. N. Botassi, the Greek
consul general in New York. this morn
| ing from NJ. Skouses the minister of for.
eign affairs, saying that Greece had called
| out the reserves of the classes of 1866, 1867
1868, 1862 1870, 1871, 1872 and 1879, and ordered
| them to join their respective regiments al
| once. The consul Is instructed to give i'm
mediate information to all of the consul'
of Greece in the United States and ex
poets them to do their duty. All of the
| Greek citizens of this and other cities viii
| be notified of this order to-day There ar,
| 10000 Greeks in this country, of whom
| about one-fourth are subject to conscrip
| ton. Failure to obey this mandate car
ries punishment of two years imprison
/ ment and a fine.