The herald., 1897-03-15
Will Get No Reply From the
Powers
BLOCKADE OF CRETAN PORTS
Will Be Supplemented by the Landing
OF Forces
Greece Shows No Sign of Yielding. but Hast
ems Her Preparations for War.
The Porte Impatient
Associated Press Special Wire

erS yesterday Saturday Is q definite
agreement not to reply to the Greek
note, but to issue orders to the foreign
admirals to establish an immediatU
of Cretan ports which will probably Ge
into full operation tomorrow.
This agreement Is somewhat IN thp
nature of q concession to Russta ana
France. Russia, during the middle u
last week, proposed. with France Eart
onding the proposition. another 3otht
note to Greece insisting ON the With
drawal of the troops. instead OF an ira~
mediate resort by the powers to forcA
Russia's action was inspired. It II
officially STATED, by certain sympathy
for Greece, but so many objections wefa
raised by each power in turn to the sug-
gestion that the course has finally been
agreed upon. It Is thought the simplest
way to carry out the threat made In the
identical note will be the blockadins Of
the Cretan ports, and the landing Of
foreign forces sufficient to insure the
maintenance Of order, leaving furtheS
action as to the fate of Crete to later
negotiations. This was the view OF
Russia at the outset
RUSSIA'S ATT1TUDE
ST. PETERSBURG. March 1.-THE
official st. Petersburg Journal says this
morning: I'VE recently stated the rea>
sons which determined the attitude OF
the imperial government as to the Gre
tan ineurrection. Unfortunately they
do not seem adequately recognized al
Athens. Humanitarian motives actu-
ated the powers more than any other
consideration as has been shown by the
action of the powers toward the HELEN
ic government. The Greek note In re>
ply to the powers endeavers in spite Of
the practical utility of system Of au-
tonomy for Crete, to prove that annex
alton to Greece viii alone end state
of anarchy"
While consenting to recall her ships
Greece persists that the cooperation Of
her troops is necessary TO the pacifica-
tion of the island after which plebiscite
should decide the fate OF Crete.
Such an attitude is unsatisfactoIY
The powers did not, IN the present case
consult the opinion of the Greek gov
ernment. They simply expressed to
Athens in sufficient terms the decision
imposed by circumstances. whsreunto It
was for Greece to conform. In refusing
to hold this decision. Greece gives clear
proof that under pretsxt 6f assuring q
condition of peace and order IN Crete.
she is really pursuing q much less DIS
Interested object, namely. annexathon
by surprise.
The powers are too unanimously re-
solved to maintain peace In the east -
sanction such designs. they find them~
selves compelled. though much agAtNst
their will, to have recourse to vigonDus
MEASURES which they shrink NON
adopting in regard to the Greeks; Al
the same time they will have m the re-
serves at their disposal sure means Of
pacifying Crete without the co-opera~
ton of the Greek troops.
It is hoped that Greece, seeing that
the powers are firmly resolved not to
shrink from any measure OF coercion
necessary will give way, thus exorcis-
ing the danger with which her presene
political attitude threatens Europe.
GREECE WILL NOT YIELD.
ATHENS, March 14.-6 p. m.-Everyr
thing remains in statu quo pending tne
action of the powers, but the minister
Of war is hastendng in every possible
way the military preparations. pre-
cisely as If war was already declared
Great uneasiness is caused BY tho
strained situation on the frontier.
Graver advices are being reported from
Larissa. A dispatch states that 1S.0OD
troops have been concentrated neaR
Elassonna. The Turks have formed tive
Irregular battalions to guard the Thes-
salian passes. through which insurgene
bands could enter Macedonia. The
Turkish forces at Epirus were rein.
forced yesterday.
Among the Greek trSops on the fron.
tier there is an increasing desire to try
conclusions with the Turks A declara~
ton Of war is awaited with impatience
in military circles at Larissa- Tho
Greek correspondents who were expell-
ed from Canea have arrived at Syria
They assert that Captain Amorrettt ures
ed them to leave because the Mussut
mans threatened to dynamite the Greck
consulate, where the correspondents
were staying. The Mussulmans firmly
believed that the Greek corresponding
were responsible for the burning Of thu
governors palace and the murder Of Coh
Suleiman Bey.
THE POWERS JEALOUSY.
LONDON, March 14.-That Greece
seems to realize the willingness OF tho
powers to give way is outlined in rumor-
ed proposals and suggestions reaching
London today from Athens. It is state4
that member OF the Greek governmenf
declared this morning that Greece would
accept for Greece a regime simAar -
that of Bosnia, while maintaining tho
integrity Of the Ottoman empire, and e
/ is said he suggested that France should
take the initiative in proposing this 90
luton, remarking: Until France doeo
this she will have to watch carefully tho
action OF Great Britain. which q IN
pairing to land considerable foroe 0
Crete. /. &
1T il to the interested Vrnncs to1,ol1