Show THE BATTLE FIELD cretan affairs before parliament GEN CAPTURED the cuban insurgents meet with a sad defeat telegraphic news march 29 replying to va elioue questions in the house of commons today regarding the cretan situation abe parliamentary secretary for the foreign office mr curzon said that the beet answer to them was contained in the dispatches from the british admiral in cretan 3 which he read alter reciting the known incidents of the attack and capture of alaxa and the evacuation of the blockhouse block house which the admiral says due to the two cannons served by operated against it the dispatches continue owing to rep abed attacks of toe insurgents who on saturday bad cannon on the commanding tho admiral decide i that it was necessary to treat the insurgents aa an enemy and to demand troops from their governments before long aa in order to c protect the town in their charge the further advance of the must be stopped the greatest alarm prevails in that town where famine and disease are already threatening the refugees col is reported to have received the admirals ultimatum replied by ordering the capture of the blockhouse block house under date of bunday the british admiral telegraphed the insurgents are following their successes by developing an attack upon a ethroue earth fort held by the behind suda point the general tion in the islands is that col vascos baa declared open war against the great powers while mr cuizon waa reading the admirals dispatches th eIrish members oud lv cheered every reference to in successes and laughed and interjected oha or shame whenever he boobe ol 01 measures which were boully cheered on the ministerial side of the bobae john G S deneil anti in connection with abe statement that col had declared war against the powers cried may he succeed timothy exclaimed bravo |