Evening star., 1897-03-12
STANDING BY GREECE
Great Britain Favors Retaining Hell
lenic TrooE i Crete.
PROPOSAL LIKELY TO Be ADOPTED
Attitude of the Different Power:
mi-OfficiaI|y Stated.
NOT YET IN AGREEMEN n I

Copyrighted, 1897, by the Associated Press.)
PARIS, March 12.-The following semi
official announcement was made this after
noon:
The powers, while united in principle
have not yet been able to reach solution
of the Cretsn question. Proposals and OBJ
jections are being exchanged hourly. The
program drawn up by the admirals In Gre
tan waters is as follows:
First. A blockade of the Island of Crete.
Second. A blockade Of the Piraeus and
some CT the other Greek ports.
Third. The seizure by a detachment of
the fleet of the telegraph offices at Syra.
Fourth. Any Greek warships encounter
ed 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 to be considered casus belli.
Sixth. AIRY Greek torpedo boat nearing
foreign warship is to be fired at
Seventh. AS the blockade of Greece will
require all the crews of the foreign war;
ships. each power is to send to Crete a bat
talon of infantry not exceeding 600 men in
number"
Each of the foreign admirals telegraphel
copy of these proposals to his govern
nent.
Germany Immediately telegraphed TO the
powers that she would accept the proposals
down to the seventh. and that She would
accept the seventh in principle but she
had not battalion available.
Austria wired the powers that she would
accept the whole of the proposals of the
admirals. but as Emperor Francis Joseph
was at Cape Martin, she must have time
to consult with his majesty.
Italy teleSraphed her acceDtance of all
the proposals of the admirals, but it was
acded they must be submitted to the cab
met council, which would be done within
three days.
Russia, Great Britain and France were
silent for time, and then Great Britain
proposed that a gendarmere be organized
In Crete by utilizing the Greek troops not
rsing the Greek flag and not using the
Greek officers in this connection
Russia eventually answered that as the
powers had presented their ultimatum 10
Greece, and as Greece had replied by Of
fering to withdraw her feet the answer
was eonciliatory and partly satisfactory.
Therefore Russia proposed a further col
iectiye note demanding the withdrawal of
the creek troops from Crete. France sec
opued- d-the-reply of-Rusaia.- re---.----.-
During the negotiations a general agree
ment was suggested in that the powers
should each advance a certain sum for
the pay Of the gendarmerie and for The
expense of organizing the aUtonomousgov-
ernment Of Crete. This was Immediately OBJ
Jected to by Germany on the ground that
she was not willing to spend pfennig for
this purpose
France this afternoon proposed to the
British foreign office that the powers pro-
ceed Immediately to organize the gendarm-
erie, naming a governor of Crete from
Holland, Belgium or perhaps from Switzer-
land. Several names were suggested and
considered.
Great Britain points out, the semi-official
announcement concludes, that the men,
bers of the previous Cretan gendarmerie
ran away and mutinied. and that the
Greek troops are the best available for
this purpose. Consequently this proposal
Will probably be a modus vivendi by which
the situation Will be solved there is
no doubt the Greeks will accept it.