The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-08
EDHEM PAsHA susPECTED.
The Governor of Crete Declares the
Mob Is UncOntrOIIable.

inc GONermOr OreIc declares the
Mob Is UncOntrOIInble.
LONDON, Sept. S.-The correspondent OF
the Times at Gambia. teIegraphing Wednes-
day. fully confirms the earlier reports OF
most serious events there He says: Lieu
tenant Haldane was killed and Lieutenant
Seagrave wounded. The soldiers pluckily
carried Lieutenant Haldane's body to the
boat under a hail of bullets The telegraph
office was repeatedly set on fire and tha
father Of the telegraph superintendent was
killed. The wire is still working.
"The worst is feared as to the fate Of q,
majority of the Christians. 1t is reported
that only 2J0 have been saved out of over
one thousand. The situation was extremely
difficult. The Turkish troops refused to aid
the British, who, being exceedingly few in i
town, were soon overpowered. The forty
wounded were attended to by the war ships.
The necessity for a large garrison in
Gambia had been repeatedly pointed out.
and the blame lies in the quarter response
BILE for leaving against heavy odds a hand
full of men to represent our occupation and
enforce our authority.
1.-The Mohammedans are pillag ging Gambia.
Edhem Pasha, the governor, declares that
the mob is uncomfortable, but the general
opinion is against him. Reinforcements are
expected from Canea, and the Christian in
surgents are massing around the Gordon.
As this dispatch goes reinforcements are
arriving in the italian flagship Francesca
Morosini."
The Times correspondent, telegraphing
later, says; Refugees are now coming on
board the Camperdown, many of them
wounded. They tell tale of great massa-
Gre"
Sir Bilotti the British consul at Canea,
who went to Gambia on bosrd the British
battle ship Camperdown, cables to the For
eign Office saying that the rioting al Gambia
was caused in the following manners A
British soldier on guard at the tax office
suddenly stabbed in the back and he
dropped his rife. which exploded, killing a
Mussuman. The firing then became gem
eral. and a party Of twenty British blue
jackets from the British torpedo gunboat
Hazard was almost annihilated before the
sailors could reach their ship. In addition.
detachment of forty-hve British soldiers
were driven from their quarters near the
telegraph station and many of them were
wounded. The total casualties, so far as
known, are twenty killed and fifty wounded.
The fate Of the Christians in other towns
is uncertain. but it is feared that only
those who succeeded in obtaining refuge in
the courthouses have been saved.
The correspondent of the Standard who Il
or board the Camperdown. says: "Edhem
Pasha the governor. has just arrived Qate
Wednesday afternoon) on board the Cam
perdown Captain Hughes-Hallett who
spoke with him, saw no necessity for using
diplomatic language and told him plainly
in strong terms that as governor he would
lie held responsible In the event Of any
further disturbances. Edhem Pasha as
serted that he was powerless TO control the
mob. but his sincerity seems very doubtful.
seeing that he had over 400 Turkish troops
under his orders.
"A message just signaled from the town
reports that the guard Of eight British SOL
diers who. with about thirty Christians.
took refuge in the Greek Cathedral is quite
safe under the protection of the Turkish
troops
Yesterday the chiefs of the Christian
community offered Colonel Reid their as-
sistance, but he declined to accept ii. The
sea is rough and landing IS dificult In
deed 1t is impossible TO get through the
harbor, which is held by mob. Marines.
however. are being landed in small detach-
ments and are fastening to reinforce the
British camp. Outside the Gordon thu
Christians are assembling In thousands