Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-03
PROTEST BY CONSERVATIVES.
sir Ellis Ashmend Bartlett Wanted
Information Regarding Crete.


LONDON, August BIN the house ~
commons today Sir Ellis Ashmead Rart,att
conservative, asked for information. re.
garding the stage reached in tho n.,o.
negotiations between Greece and rnrLo,,
"hereupon the parliamentary secretary fo,
the foreign Office, Lir Curzon. referred q,
Ellis to the statement on the subioc, ,n,de
py the Marquis of Salisbury in the horse
of lords last evening
or Ellis SAID he wanted an exulan,tion
OF portion of the premicr's statement ra-
re,,eo TO: Ihls caused the foreign office
representative to reply that it was M D.rt
OF ms duty to explain the meaning of
the premier's speech. VI
Sir Ellis and other members of tho bo,..o
theh vigorously protested against being re-
49, 70 statements made in another
place and asked the speaker whether thara
WAS any precedent for such :, nrocoodina
me speaker said there had been a nra-
1851 io s sucn action during the present
~. ioh OF parliament, referring 10 a sim
led r., .ia1sl carry IN the session, which
the opposition. p'-. '"o part oi
,;a me s.atement referred to in the above
;uispalch was made by the British nremie,
IN answer to question NV ord Z ;nh,
.esaraihg the progress of peace nepotia
1ions between Greece and Turkey or5
Salisbury said: A>oio
,.,oo e.; ~ .iie powers are trying to ar
range IS no ordinary agreement between 9
cohqueror and a conquered country The
territory conquered by the Turkish army
was assigned to Greece by interna tionaI
a. a;a eheht' ana, therefore, the powers
voice IN regard to it's dismissal is recoe.
nized by the sultan Aeeoe
g.. me latter is right in demanding secur-
10y against lncursions such as those which
~ oesnt ABOUT the present war, and fol-
that purpose a rectification of the frontie,
on strategic base is a reasonable demand
II is also reasonable to hold that Greek
communities shall not be placed unde,
Turkish rule.
her majesty's ministers believed those
questions mad been settled and that Turkey
nad accepted the frontier line traced nv
the military attaches of the embassies. II
Is no wonder " n that the patience of many
people Is sorely tried by the delay but the
complexity and multiplicity of the nego.
tlatlons may account for it
IN arranging the indemnity to be paid
10 turkey by Greece there comes in the
mysterious and difficult question of the
German bondholders. We do not think any
international duty lies on Europe to pro.
vide for their payment, though L admit
they have been long unpaid II
THE credit of Greece in the. Europ.an
market will long be exceedingly small, and
some form of control of Greek sources OF
revenue is inevitable. 1 cannot say thai
negotiations In that direstion have ad-
may Ja BE- and ha5 the
cradle delay. Il
With reference to Crete. lit is of TO use
for the powers to attempt to, arrange a
form Of government until the more i'm
portant controversy has ssbeens adjusted
The only solution seems fd bA to dig q
ditch across the island, with the Christians
on the one side and the 1ioslems On the
other.
II fully agree with Lord Kimberley that
Crete is in a dangerous position, but the
element of danger does non arise because
the Island Is mixed up inc tles affairs OF
the Ottoman empire. but rather from the
terrible division among the creeGs-a
division which may yet require a power
to Danish it."