The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-08
THE CRE7AN TROUBLES,
Anxiety as to the Fate Of Christians
n Gambia.
dNAwFUL MASSACRE REPORTED.
e 1s Said That Only Two Hundred
and Fifty Out of Thousand Have
Been nSaved-Edham Paslia, the Turk
fsh Governor, Returns to Duty.

London, Sept. 8.-The correspondent
of The Times at Candia telegraphlnl
Wednesday. fully confirms the earle
reports Of most serious events there
He says:
Lieutenant Haldane was killed ant
Lieutenant Seagrave wounded. Tht
soldiers pluckily carried I4ieutenan
Haldene's body to the boat under 6
Shove. of bullets.
The telegraph office was repeatedly
'6et on fire. and the father Of the tele.
Graph superintendent was killed. This
wire Is still working.
The worst is feared as to the fate of a
majority of the Christians 1t is re.
ported that only 25O have been saved
out of over 1000 The situation was ex-
tremely difficult. The Turkish troops
refused to aid the British. who, being
exceedingly few In the town, were soon
overpowered. The 40 wounded were at
tended to by the warships.
The necessity for large garrison in
Candla had been repeatedly pointed out
and the blame lies in the quarter re-
sponsible for leaving against heavy
odds handful Of men to represent our
occupation and enforce our authorities
The Mahommedans are plllaging
Gambia. Edhem Pasha, the governor,
declares that the mob is uncontrolla-
BILE. but the. general opinion is against
him.
Reinforcements are expected from
Canea, and the Christian insurgents are
massng around the Gordon. AS this
dispatch goes reinforcements are arriv-
ing in the Italian flagship Francesca
Morosini.
The bombardment was renewed at
Gambia yesterday, and the port has
been seriously damaged. The foreign
warships have landed soldiers to REIN
force the British garrison, and pumps
have been landed to assist in quench-
ing the fires.
1t Is stated that % British were
killed and As wounded on Tuesday
Several Christian families have
sought refuge or the warships. Many
corpses are lying in the streets of Cam
dia- In one case whole family was
killed. The Italian consulate is also re-
ported burned.
The correspondent of The Standard.
who is on board the Camperdown, says:
Edhem Pasha, the governor has just
arrived on board the Camperdown.
Captain Hughes-H who spoke to
him, saw no necessity for using dipIo-
matte language, and told him plainly,
in strong terms, that, as governor, he
would be held responsible in the event
Of any further disturbance.
Edhem Pasha asserted that he was
seems very doubtful, seeing
that he had over 1000 Turkish troops
under his orders. Yielding, however,
to the strongly worded representations
Of the British senior naval officer, Ed
hem Pasha has finally found himself
able to send the Christians from Cam
liza to the sea beach under escort, where |
they were embarked in shore boats.
They are now coming on board the
Most of the refugees
are women or children, and some of
hem are wounded.
A message just signaled from the
own reports that the guard of eight
British soldiers who, with about 30
Christians, took refuge in the Greek
'athedral. Is quite safe under the pro-
ection of Turkish troops.
On Tuesday the chiefs of the Chris
ian community offered Colonel Reid
heir assistance, but he declined to ac-
'ept 1t, The sea is rough and landing
8 difficult Indeed, it Is impossible to
ret through the harbor. which is held
" mob. Marines. however, are be-
ng landed in small detachments and
re Fastening to reinforce the British
amp. Outside the Gordon the Chris
ians are assembling in thousands.
'hey threaten to rush the town and
venge the fate of their coreligionists.