Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-08-16
CRISIS COMES
ON in CRETE
Armed Peasants Occupy Fortress,
but Later Are Expelled by
Government.
GREEK FLAG NOT HAULED DOWN
Powers Are Sending warships to
Island 10 Preserve Order.
MAY TAKE r. 'GE OF AFFAIRS
Conditions in w Greatly Com.
plicate =.
HOPE FOR PEACEl W. UT1oN
Greek Government AdviA Ems
20 submit Peacefully Z, e
Demands of the
Powers.
Powers Are Sending Warships to
Island TO Preserve Order.
HOPE FOR PEACEl

CANEA, Crete. Aug. 10. - band Of
, armed peasants entered Canea late last
( night and occupied the fortress erected
70 prevent the carrying out of the powers
command for the removal of the Greek
flags.
Numbers Of deputies arrived in Canea
during the evening to attend Parliament
The British battleship swiftsure arrived
today IN suda Bay In the western portion
OF the island.
The Cretan government has resigned and
the administration OF the island has been
intrusted to provisional committees. The
committees have had the armed peasants
expelled from the fortress. which they oc-
cupied saturday night. intending to resist
the order of the powers that the Greek
flag be lowered. The committees, however,
have not had the flag hauled down.
LONDON Aug. 15.-A peaceful solution
of the Cretan situation appeared practl-
cslly to have been secured last week
through the Intervention of thetfour pro-
tecting powers. and the scrupulously cor
rect attitude adopted by the Greek gov
ernment In It's diplomatic intercourse with
Turkey, ana despite the fact that the Tur-
kish government, under the pressure of
national agitation, handled the diplomatic
difficulty in an unskilled manner in de-
manding esh guarantees from Greece.
The Young Turnkey party plainly mis-
trusts the present Turkish ministry and
fears that Turkey win lose suzerainty of
Crete, as Il has that Of Bulgaria This
feeling has led to a strong movement
among Albanans AGAINST the Turkish
government and to serious boycott
against Greek tiade.
At The same time the population of Crete
has shown such strong Greek sympathies
a 10 induce Cree to defy the order of
tho prot ,cctilS pUWCrs-GrCat Britain,
Fr-nce Ilal, and Russia-to haul down
the Greek flaE, which Was raised when
the troops OF tn poa,:s recently evacu-
ated the island. Is a lN.u.t or this latter
dlfficGlty, the situation again mas become
acute The spuyerS have ordered warships
to Cr-te and probably will reoccupy the
island In order to force compliance with
their wishes. In this event it is not unlikely
that fresh negotiations will ensue with a
view to placing the Cretan question on a
more settled basis and to prevent a re-
cur. ence of the disturbing events.
Perfect confidence still is felt that the
peace between Turkey and Greece will not
be broken.
Cruisers for Crete.
ROME Aug 15.-The Italian cruisers
fIdnGesCO FSIIuClOt ONdTeSt, giuseppe
Garlbaldi and GIOVANNI Bausan sailed to-
day for Crete and will be followed late to-
nlght by the battleshps Regina Elena
Napon and Vittorio Emmanuel III.
TOULON, Aug. 15.-The armored cruiser
Jules Ferry has been ordered to coal In
readiness to sail for Crete. 1t is stated
that similar orders have been given to the
mmanders OF battleships Jaureguiberry
Bouvet and Suffren.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug 15.-The Turk
ish fleet remains at Smyrna, the govern
ment on the advices of the powers having
postponed sending 1t to Crete. The boy
colt and demonstrations against the
Greeks continue to spread.
ATHENS, Aug. 15.-The entire press IL
Greece advises the Cretans to lower the
Greek flag over the fortress at Canea and
not show defiance to the protecting powers