The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-13
ALLHAVEEXCUSES
Proposals For the Enforcement
Of the Mandate of the
Powers
Meets With Various Objections.
Seven Different PROPOSE
tiOns Made.
Nearly All of Which Are Not
Approved in Some Quarter.
French Plan.

PARIS. March l3.-The fellow,
semi official announcement has ueoii
made:
The powers, while united in princi-
pie, have not yet been able to reach a
solution of the Cretan question.
The program drawn up by the admir-
als i'll Cretan waters Is as follows:
First-A blockade of the island of
Crete.
Second-A blockade of the Piraus
and some of the other Greek ports.
Third-The seizure by detachment
of the feet of the telegraph offices at
Syria.
Fourth-Any Greek warships encoun.
tered are to be taken to the island of
Milo and kept there.
Fifth-Any Greek warships firing on
any foreign warships are to be sunk,
and the act tofslje considered causus
belli.
Sixth-Any Greek torpedo boat near
ing foreign warship is to be fired at.
Seventh AS the blockade of Greece
will require all the crews of the foreign
warships, each power is to send to
Crete battalion of infantry not less
than 600 men in number.
Each of the foreign admirals tele-
graphed copy Of these proposals to his
government.
Germany Immediately telegraphed to
the powers that she would accept the
seventh in principle but she had not
battalion available.
Obiections to Most Plans
Austria wired the powers that she
would accept the whole of the proposals
of the admirals, but as Emperor Fran
els Joseph was at Cape Martin, she
must have time to consult with his
majesty.
Italy telegraphed her acceptance of
all the proposals, but it was added they
must be submitted to the cabinet coun.
Gil, which would be done within three
days.
Russia, Great Britain and France
were silent for a time, and then Great
Britain proposed that gendarmerie be
organized in Crete by utilizing the
Greek troops, not using the Greek flag.
and not using the Greek officers in this
connection.
Russia eventually answered that as
the powers had presented their ultima.
tum to Greece, and as Greece had re.
piled by Offering to withdraw her fleet,
the answer was conciliatory and partly
satisfactory. Therefore, Russia pro-
posed further collective note demand.
ing the withdrawal of the Greek troops
from Crete. France seconded the re.
quest of Russia.
During the pour parlors a general
agreement was suggested in that each
of the powers should advance certain
sum for the pay Of the gendarmerie,
and for the expense of organizing the
autonomous government of Crete. This
was Immediately objected to by Ger.
many, Oh the ground that she was not
willing to spend a pfennig for the pur.
pose.
The French Proposal.
France proposed to the British for.
eign office that the powers proceed i'm.
mediately to organize the gendarmerie,
naming governor Of Crete from Hol-
land, Belgium Or perhaps from Switzer-
land. Several names were suggested
and considered. Great Britain points
out, the semi.official announcement
conc udes. that the members of the
previous Cretan gendarmerie ran away
and mutinied, and that the Greek
troops are the best available for this
purpose. Consequently this PROPOSE
ton will be q modus vivendi, by which
the situation will be solved, as there is
NO doubt the Greeks will accept it.
HE NIGHT ABDICATE.