Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-31


piclon OF the deception practised on
him. and was fully convinced that he
had seen his fleet OF more than 100 war
ships steaming down the Bosphorus
Enemies of Hassan subsequently at
tempted 90 enlighten him. but the sui
tan dismissed them angrily, warning
them not to come TO him with such
ridiculous and absolutely impossible
stories.
SHE COULDN'T RETIRE.
After the war with Greece the pow
ers compelled the Turks to evacuate
Create, and orders consequently were
issued from ConstnnitnOple for all the
Turkish force there. military and nav
al to be withdrawn. Turkeys nav
al force OF the Cretan coast consisted
of one second class cruiser the Hell
hetnuma, which, however, continued to
lie at anchor in suda bay after hired
foreign troopships had removed the
Turkish army.
The admirals OF the fleets OF the pow
ers assembled az suda bay regarded
the presence of the cruiser as sign
that Turkey intended TO resist the pow
ers and reports Of the obstinate war;
chip quickly We're cabled to all the
great capitals OF Europe, with the re-
suit that serious representations were
made TO the Turkish government IN
Constantinoplc. The porte protestt d
that the cruiser was under orders TO
leave Crete. but several days went by
and still the Turkish warshlp lay at
anchor,
Acting under orders from their re-
spective governments, the European
admiras delivered an ultmatum to
a., Ia. 81 ha hot "a
thereupon appeared on board the Eu-
ropean flagship and explained that no
one could be more DESTROYS of getting
away from Crete than he, but the fact
was that the engines were not in work.
ing order and the ship could not steam
100 yards. The incident which at one
moment appeared TO be a mater of SER
ious diplomatic Significance ended IN
general merriment and the European
admiras supplied a tug, which towed
the helpless Hejetnuma all the way
back to the Bosphorus.
shortly after this occurrence the sui
tan gave orders that a warshlp should
be dispatched from Constantinople to
Salonica, where there had been dis
turbances The least defective OF the
vessels OF the feet was quickly lifted
out and sent off on its way to Salcni-
went by. and no news came of the
ship. so that the high naval officers
in Constantnople remarked, with a
shrug OF their shoulders; Probably
there have been storms at sea- More
months went by without any sign OF
the ship. and the same officers said:
mo doubt she went down with all
hands"
AT last, when her existence had been
almost forgotten, the warehlp steamed
slowly into the bay one day and drop
pod her anchor. Her only mast had
gone by the hoard her funnel had
vanished and she presented IN gener-
al terribly weather-beaten appsar-
ance. Hassan pasha hurried on board
asked the captain why he had not
reported himself on arrival at SALON.
lea and overwhelmed him with ques-
lions as TO what he had done all the
time. When the flow OF interrogauons
had dried up, the captain answered
briefly.
There Is no such place as saIoni.
ca"
lie had searched for full year with
out finding Ihe port to which he had
been dispatched.
OFFICERS PAWNED THE COMPASS
Not long ago Hassan pasha put a
Turkish waiship at the disposal of
small party OF European diplomats sta
toned I'm Constantinople. who desired
TO cross the little Sea Of Marmora TO
10 hunting on the Aslatlc side, A start
was made soon after sunset and the
DIPLOMATS expected to be at their des-
tination in three hours, even when
making allowances for the speed or
Turkish warships
Three hours elapsed but there was no
sign of land. Three more hours passed,
ana still no indication that they We're
near their landing place. Impatient in
aulries addressed 10 the captain only
elected from him the question whether
one of the gentlemen happened To have
a pocket compass hanging on To his
watch chain, None OF them had,
whereat the captain shrugged his
shoulders and said that they must be
patient til daybreak.
II developed that there was no COM
pass on board, and the captain was
qimply grouping round I'm the dark
without the least idea Of his position.
How comes Il that you have no COM
pass on board warshlp2' asked the
diplomats.
The captain replied; 1--WE had the
handsomest of compasses on board, In
gorgeous brass fittings; but one day,
neither the officers nor the crew hav-
Ing received their pay for the year, they
seized the compass. carried 1t ashore
and sold II for its worth In brass. Since
then we have had no compass on board,
but we have had no need OF one, for