New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-11
rAvED MOSLEM GARRISONS.
crFGE OF KANDAMOS RAISED.
.,rANr WORK OF AN EXPEDITION
FROM THE FOREIGN wARsHIPs.
-,xs,-r. p11IorrTs ExPLoIr-sIX HUNDRED AND
vr-rr-rrvE MEN PROTECT THE MUssuL-
x.xs FROM SEVEN THOUSAND
-er-AN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BROUGHT TO cANEA

vaxs FROM SEVEN THOUSAND
csrrAx OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
BROUGHT TO cANEA
.aoc March 1O-"The Daily News" to-mor-
10 will publish a dispatch from Canea saying
g.. ~. Nussulmans who had been besieged at
v.,san,os and who have arrived at Canea.
-.rs conveyed there on board the Italian trans
-. Tr,nacrja and that another vessel is ex-
..,ed 10 arrive shortly with more refugees
r,s force which relieved the beleagured inhabi
..,.s OF Kandamos also assisted 112 soldiers
.,o were besieged in the Spaniako bockhouse
The dispatch also SAYS that the arrival OF the
rrnacria with her load Of refugees has created
daen impression in Canea- Cne OF the chief
,svs saws it is impossible 10 express the graft
end. felt by the Moslers toward England
~rhe Daily News" correspondent relates the
story Of the rescue Of the beleagured residents
=, Kandamos upon the authority Of the officers
=, the Trinacria the Turkish Governor at Kan
asroos and others His account says the utmost
credit is due 10 Sir A. Biliotti tho British Con-
srl az Canea who managed the entire anar per-
sonslly.
SURROUNDED BY 1000 CRETANS,
without him. the correspondent says. the be-
.eged people could never have escaped In the
e,st instance he went alone TO Kandamos after
.or,erring with the Cretan leaders. VINO ex-
dressed doubt Of their ability TO control the'r
,olowers The place was surrounded by ',0oO
cretans who kept UP continuous fusillade
which sometimes replied 10 by light nre
Consul Biiotti entered the town and remained
until nightfall. when, having become convinced
I'm. absolute necessity Of employing a force Of
Europeans TO effect the release Of the beleagured
onss he returned to selino from which place he
kaTAr do
With force of go British. 100 French 100 Aus
trians. $50 Russians and 80 Italians. with four
guns. This force was commanded by the cap
tain Of the British warshp Rodney On arriving
a, Kandamos the troops remained upon the out
skirts. while the Consul entered the town to ar
ranre for the sortie. Some delay occurred. ow-
ing IN a lack Of beasts Of burden. The Cretans
had ceased their firing and consented that the
Nosem soldiers should retain their arms. but
when the latter emerged and a start was made
3or Selino a scene Of the widest confusion and
one Of great danger took place. The horde OF
Cretan insurgents surrounded the refugees and
wherever a gap occurred in the escort would dash
.n and tear their weapons from the Bashi Ba-
zouks and snatch the bundles which many Of
the women and children carried.
II was with the utmost difficulty that the Mos
lens were prevented from firing upon the insur-
gents and thus bringing about horrible slaugh
ter During the confusion girl kid
mapped by the Cretans. The insurgents fol-
lowed the refugees. pressing IN upon their COL
umn far as Spanako. where there is gorge.
which was blocked by the escort after the ref
pgees had passed. This prevented fhe Cretans
from advancing further.
The embarkation on board the Trinacria began
a. o'clock in the evening and ended at o'clock.
After sunset the Cretans at Seino began to
make hostile demonstrations toward the Mos
lens and several shots were fired by them and
several houses were buyned With view to put
ting stop 10 these manifestations the warships
fred several rife shots in the air and also fired
one Of their guns.
AMMUNITION ALMOST EXHAUSTED.
The Governor Of Kandarnos says that when the
people IN the town were relieved by the Euro
peans there were only seven boxes Of rife car
trdges left and that the gun ammunition was
completely exhausted Thirteen persons had
been killed and twenty nine wounded since
March g. There neither bread nor rice in
the town but there was a plentiful supply OF
meat Had there been a sufficient amount OF
bread and ammunition, the Governor declares
The inhabitants of the town and the garrison
would have been able TO resist the insurgents for
. year
eria the arms which they had were removed to
the Rodney.
The correspondent says the refugees are rap
idly debarking at Canea. and that the Trina
cr.a will return 70 Seino for more. The Govern
rent is supplying tents for the poorest. A few
have houses here. but majority Of them are
utterly ruined, and many have been made in
~alds On the passage Of the Trinacria from
Eeino to Canes a child born board.
The captain Of the warshlp Rodney has report
ID that the chiefs Of the insurgents who sur
rounded KandamOs attempted TO compel their
followers keep the promise given that the
Moslern soldiers should retain their arms but
were not always able 10 do SO The rabble at
selino, the report says. far more trouble
some and despite the fact that the sailors had
been on the march for twelve hours they were
compelled TO remain under arms all night IN
order 70 keep the insurgents out of the town
and to protect the eubarking refugees They
were obliged several occasions TO fire upon
the insurgents so menacing were their actions
When the report left Selno Il was feared that
regular attack would be made upon that
place
ADMIRALS CONFER WITH INSURGENTS
''rhe Daily News" tomorrow will publish
olspatch from Canea saying that the British
French and Italap admirals landed tlis after
noon and held conference with the insurgent
leaders al Akrotri. They expressed regret that
,hey allowed the Turkish warships and troops to
IRE upon the insurgents during the previous
Jays lighting, believing then that the insurgents
were the aggressors. Since then. they said, they
nae learned that 1t was the Bashi- Bazouks who
Provoked the conflict
IN the course OF the interview the dispatch
ess " was learned that the Cretans had not
lived the Admlrars warning previous 10 the
~eie unaware. also. Of the promise Of autonomy
90 M erete or the offer Of the surgeons which
paI,.inu,hlcations were intrusted 10 Commander
A'eaneck, OF the Greek warship HYDRA
me News" in commenting ON this disnatch