Show GREECES k i ANSWER TO TIl prWERS I is Intensely Adverse to All the Demands Made ACTIVE WORK IS NOW LOOKED FOR Germany and Russia Preparing a 1 Blockade I r Text of the Reply So Far Given Out is Unofficial But Enough Has i t Been Secured to Know That King J George Has Burned His Bridges t Behind Him and Will Stand Pat f Ou Duty Specially Torbids Us r to Abandon the Cretan People tot to-t e Mercy of Mussulman Fanaticism i Fanati-cism i t London March 8The Chronicle tomorrow to-morrow will publish a dispatch from Athens giving the full text of the reply re-ply of Greece to the powers f After a brief preamble the reply continues con-tinues In view of the extraordinary gravity grav-ity of the results which will follow his f majestys government considers it to i be its duty to submit to the powers its opinion of the measures decided upon an opinion which is the result of long experience and acquaintance with the situation in Crete Impressed by the sentiments which animate the powers and their solicitude solici-tude for general peace the Greek government gov-ernment will not fail in this duty since Greece also ardently desires to contribute contrib-ute to the maintenance of peace and to save from utter ruin the population of an island put to severe trial and so often decimated We believe that the new regime of boleve autonomy adopted by the powers unhappily un-happily can not correspond to the noble intentions that inspire i and that i will suffer the fate of the different I dif-ferent administrative systems which at arious times and without success have been tried in Crete beep NOT THE FIRST TIME This is not the first time that Crete f finds herself in a state of insurrection In recent times on more than six occasions occa-sions the horrors of anarchy have shaken and imperiled her existence I r I the new regime with which i is r proposed to endow her is not calculated calcu-lated to reestablish order in a definite manner the Greek government cannot double the responsibility of putting an I l end by means of it to the present state t of revolution Anarchy will continue I i to ravage the country with fire and r sword in its hands and blind fanati cism will continue its destructive work of exterminating a people which assuredly as-suredly does not deserve such a fate Before such a prospect our responsibility respon-sibility would be enormous i we did not most earnestly urge the powers I not to insist upon the scheme of autonomy au-tonomy proposed but rather to restore to Crete what she already had at the time of the enfranchisement of the b other provinces which form the kingdom f king-dom of Greece and to lead her back tot to-t Greece to which she belonged since b Capriodistis was president ONCE IN EUROPE n In the presence of the recent massacre mas-sacre pillage and conflagration in Ca nea in the presence of the frightful P anguish to which the inhabitants of r Crete have been exposed and menaced r by the boundless fury of the Mussul man population who prevented the departure 1 i de-parture of Christian families from i Greece which ha always been a providential these miserable idential refuge for all r beings our whole country was torn with remorse for the responsibility it assumed last year in inducing the Cretans f Cre-tans to lay down their arms The misfortunes that resulted forbid us to 0 r undertake once more such a task and If we had attempted it our voice r would certainly have been feeble Its r echo would not have reached the Cretan 1 Cre-tan people E r It being the case therefore that anew a-new regime of autonomy could not fulfil ful-fil the noble aims of the powers i is r I obvious wbat would be the situation of the unhappy island until the establishment estab-lishment of this regime r lshment powers believe it to be their duty to persevere in their resolutions with the above views and in the 1 name of humanity as se11 as in the I t interest of the island the pacification i of which is the unique object of theE the-E solicitude of the powers we do not hes tate to appeal to them on the subjects r of the t other measures namely the recall of our military forces Indeed if because of the presence of the t united becuse squadrons in Cretan waters and in unied conviction that the squadrons permit Turkish troops to disembark I r will not peri Trkish a embark on the island the presence also of all the ships of the Greek fleet K of Crete is judged to be unnecessary f the presence of the Greek army on the island nevertheless is shown to be I islad desirable alike from sentiments of desirble humanity and in the interests of the definitive reestablishment of order I OUR DUTY FORBIDS j Our duty specially forbids us to I abandon the Cretan people to the I mercy of Mussulman fanaticism and the Turkish army which at all times has deliberately and intendedly participated w par-ticipated in the aggressive acts of the populace against the Christians I Above all if our troops on the island r ivhc are worthy of all the confidence f the powers have received a mandate i man-date to pacify the country their desires de-sires and intentions would have re calved promptly the most perfect satisfaction I sat-isfaction I would be then after the reestablishment of order that it would be possible to learn the desires freely pssible expressed of the Cretan people for a decision as to their fate The sorrows that have recurred regularly in Crete for many decades past not only do not occur without Profoundly agitating the Hellenic peo pIe but they aiSO interrupt SOIl activity tvity and gravely disturb the economy econ-omy and finances of the state Even if we admit that it would be possible to forget for an instant that we share the common religion of Crete that we arc of the same race and bound by ties of blood we could not in silence allow the powers to assume sience that the Greek state is able any longer to resist such shocks For this reason we appeal to the generous sentiments animating the powers and beg them to permit the Cretan people themselves them-selves to declare how they desire to be governed SKOUSES The Chronicle adds on high authority author-ity that the Greek envoys abroad have been instructed on receipt of this reply to inform the government to which they are accredited that Greece is prepared to recognize the temporary sdvercifanty of the sultan to withdraw 4c hiS fleet completely and to place the Greek army in command of any military mili-tary representative of the powers senior in rank t Colonel Vassos for v ji l tJ7 ir restoring order in the island if the powers are willing ultimately to leave the decision a to the fate of Crete in the hands of the people The Posts Story London March SThe reply of Greece has not been issued officially and it is therefore impossible to state the exact terms The Morning Post will tomorro publish a dispatch sent from Athens tonight saying that Greece in the course of her reply demands the annexation nexation of Crete to her territory on the grounds of the historic rights and community of race and religion Nevertheless she declares that she would withdraw her fleet from Cretan waters if the powers would delegate to the Greek army the work of pacifying pacify-ing the island After this work was accomplished the Cretans should be allowed to freely express their opin ions to the future fate of the island Germany and Russia Ready Berlin March 8EveningThe reply re-ply of Greece to the identical note of the powers ha been received here and i as was expected it is unsatisfactory In consequence Germany and Russia have signified their approval of an immediate blockade of the Greek and Cretan ports Ministers May Withdraw Rome March 8It is semiofilcially announced that owing to the adverse I reply of Greece to the demands of the I powers the latter will at once withdraw with-draw their ministers from Athens Told He Must Leave Canea March S Admiral Canervo commander of the Italian fleet here has notified M Baraklis the Greek vice consul that he must leave the island 1 Baraklis was recently instructed in-structed by King George to go to Selino to intervene with the insurgents therein there-in behalf of the besieged Mussulmans of Kandamos The vice consul insisted in-sisted upon going in the Greek warship war-ship Hydra but this the foreign admirals ad-mirals would not permit They offered to place a Russian torpedo boat at his service but M Baraklis declined to accept ac-cept the offer I is supposed that his banishment is due to this refusal The foreign admirals have telegraphed tele-graphed to their respective governments govern-ments that they will immediately dispatch dis-patch 600 men to maintain order in the various towns Must Pay Their Own Way New York March 8Mr Botassi the Greek consul general has received over 100 telegrams and letters from Greeks from all over the country offering togo to-go to Greece to fight The consul general gen-eral said today that most of the writers writ-ers coupled their desire to go home with the condition that their passage be paid He had received notice from his government this morning that all Greeks who wished to go home to fight will have to pay their own passage as the government has made no provision pro-vision for such expenditure The Collective Notes London March 8The full text of the collective notes addressed by the powers of Turkey and Greece last week was issued by the foreign office today and it is seen that the notes do not differ in purport from the summaries which were published at the time The note addressed to the porte states that the autonomy of Crete implies a progressive pro-gressive reduction of the Ottomon forces on the island to begin after the Greek troops now an Crete are withdrawn with-drawn The note to Greece demands the evacuation of Crete by the Greek forces within six days The note informed Greece that the powers were agreed upon two points first that they would not allow Crete to be annexed in any form at present and second that they are prepared to endow Crete with a complete scheme of autonomy The powers expressed a hope that Greece would respect their decision and intimated mated that a failure to comply would result in a blockade of Greek coasts Salisbury Sees the Queen London March SLord Salisbury went tills afternoon to Windsor castle where he conferred for some time with I the queen The subject of the conference confer-ence has not been made public but it is supposd it had some bearing on the Cretan question ccording to announcements an-nouncements previously made the queen is to start for the Riveria on Wednesday and the prime minister would undoubtedly have visited her majesty under any circumstances prior to her departure I is announced here this evening that the French German and Russian ministers have approved the carrying out of the threat contained con-tained in the identical note of the powers to blockade the coasts of Greece in the event of her refusing to accede ac-cede to the demand that she withdraw her troops from Crete and her fleet from Cretan waters Their reason is that although the reply of Greece gives some hope of a compromise it does not comply with the demand made by the powers Now They Talk Pence London March 8The Standard deduces de-duces from the promise made by M Hanotaux the French minister for foreign for-eign affairs in the chamber of deputies depu-ties that no military operations will be conducted without the consent of the chamber that there will be no summary chastisement of Greece I does not pretend to say what will be done but it warns King George that he is risking the ruin of his kingdom I says moreover that he wil only delay de-lay the emancipation of Crete by deferring de-ferring the inevitable order for the recall re-call of the Greek fleet and troops The Daily News will say that it still believes that a compromise will be reached although a peaceful blockade may precede it The Chronicle will say that in the face of such answer British coercion of Greece is impossible Anxiety i Vienna London March SThe Vienna correspondent cor-respondent of the Chronicle telegraphs that much anxiety is felt there lest Great Britain refuse to join in coercing Greece As yet Austria Germany and Russia are the only three of the six great powers that have assented to the proposalsmade by the foreign admirals in Cretan waters which imply a severe blockade of the coasts of Greece The correspondent adds that the vessels of the Grek army which are in Voli harbor are kept under strict surveillance sur-veillance To Solve the Crisis Berne March SThe committee of the International Peace League will send an address to the powers of Greece and Turkey through the respective respec-tive diplomats proposing to solve the crisis by a plebiscite of the Cretans Here is Another View London March SThe Times will tomorrow to-morrow say Despite the studied courtesy cour-tesy of the language of Greeces reply it merely reaffirms 1 policy whch the powers have pronounced Inadmissable and attempts to justify the conduct of Greece by sophistries which have already been abundantly refuted The powers the writer adds remain In absolute agreement agree-ment There can be no question that If Greece does not submit quickly they will employ coercion coercon German Vessel Fired Upon New York March 9A special cable dispatch to the Herald from Constantinople Constan-tinople says According to a telegraphic tele-graphic communication received here from Crete Sunday evening a rumor is current there that the German ironclad iron-clad KaiserinAugusta after having fired a blank shot at a signal to the Greek ironclad Hydra to discover her course received a full broadside from the Hydra o < 06 = Sunday was the last day of the Greek carnival A number of hostile demonstrations demon-strations were Indulged in by thE Greek population here who paraded the town wearing the Greek national costume |