| Show GREEKS WELCOME THE WAR will spend their blood and treasure tor crete the indignation caused by the bombardment bar dment of the insurgents by the powers has increased the cruisers of the powers escort a transport of turkish soldiers to cane a the british italian and russian consuls who recently went to selino to inquire into the situation there returned today bringing with them who feared to remain in the town the consuls state that they were unable to negotiate with be combatants who were resolved to fight to the end both aidee 1 and christians re fused to be hampered with prisoners and therefore massacred all their enemies who fell into their hands two thousand civilians and turkish troops with three guns are still holding selino against the christians but their is critical when attempting to approach banea canea the consuls were fired upon by the christians despite the fact that they were bearing a white flag tha christians bad been advised of their arrival and this made their grins on them all th more inexcusable as they could not plead that they thought their carrying of the white was a trick on the part of the moslems As they returned to selino the chaiet ians there fired on their boats nobody ie reported to have been injured the greek troops have saved the lives ot a number of who were captured by at kisako kaehele Ka etele sixty turkish sol diore who escaped from coukoulis Vou koulis which place is now in the hands of the christians have arrived here the account of the capture of the place aerens with the report al reada cabled by the representative of the united associated presses the insurgents at haleda have again hoisted the great flag but have not renewed their fire on the turkish position which are about yards distant from the town indignation AT THE POWERS their bombardment ot the insurgents denounced on every hand athens feb 22 the indignation caused by the bombardment yesterday of the insurgent position near banea canea by the foreign worships ships has increased and the action of the powers is denounced on every hand as gross outrage and a wanton disregard of the rights ot greece A very largely attended indignation meeting was held today at which strong protests wore made against the interference of the powers who it was declared were pitting their might against greek right the speakers vehemently asserted that the country wae now more firmly resolved than ever to spend its blood and treasure for crete prime minister delyanis Del addressed the meeting lie declared that the cabinet was in perfect accord the nation the government know its duty fully and would perform it in face of every obstacle the audience was carried away by the warlike words of the speakers who were frequently interrupted by cries for war there is no denying the fact that the j abele hellenic people are in a temper which would make war welcome even against overwhelming odds they are determined to uphold greek rights and honor and will persist n helping the christians in crete notwithstanding the attitude of the powers in supporting the turks it is said that cok lentz minister of war has resigned M minister of foreign affairs visited the foreign ministers today and protested against the bombardment and the consequent encouragement of the turks it is stated that several christians were killed or wounded by the shells fired by the warships and that great havoc was done to property one hundred turkish prisoners including several of ficere are in the camp of col the commander com manner of the areek army of occupation Karo a greek at the head of 1 u caetans cretans Cre tans has invested the town ot Hera klion he has cut the water supply and summoned the town to surrender promising protection to those who do so eight hundred turkish troops will leave lor Hera klion and banea canea tomorrow the transport conveying them will be convoyed by british and italian cruisers to prevent interference with them by the greek warships A peculiar three sided right banea canea feb 22 it was learned tonight that fifteen christiana were slightly wounded during the bombardment yesterday the nuns in a convent adjacent to the insurgents position were injured the greek warship hydra landed sure eone and obtained permission to embark the wounded it is seated today that the forts fired on the insurgents concurrently with the warships MUST NOT BACK DOWN greece will instantly declare if tur kish droops give provocation london feb 22 toe athena correspondent of the chronicle telegraphs that greece will instantly declare war it the turkish troops give provocation he adds that it would be impossible to exaggerate the intensity of national feeling greece can not and will not draw back if she did there would be neither a crown nor a government in twenty four hours the correspondent admits that the opposition in the greek parliament is partly answerable for the warlike demonstrations rations the daily mail has a dispatch from athens stating that the german legation there is guarded by marines A dispatch to the times from herak lion states that the edans in the vicinity ot Hiera petra were given a safe conduct to the latter place on condition that the moslems in the city allow the christians to depart unmolested the moslems have broken faith and are detaining christians as hostages the bishop has urgently appealed to the consuls at Hera klion to procure the liberation of the detained christians the dispatch adds that the madans are pillaging the shops of the christians ane correspondent revives the story of the massacre mae sacre of alie edans at despite the denials riven to it peasants who have arrived at hereklian Here klion declare that 1147 were killed through treachery Fie hilner on the greek frontier vienna feb 22 A dispatch received here froin states that an indecisive encounter between turkish or reserves and greek troops has taken place at lidza on the greek frontier about men were engaged on each side the french government questioned pari feb 22 in the chamber of deputies today the government was sharply questioned by the socialist lead era M jaures and M and others in regard to the situation in crete and in the course of the ensuing discussion of various governments general policy in the east was severely criticized in reference to crete M jaures and M who were supported in their views by a number of other deau that the manifestations in favor of the severance of the from turkish rule which had been made by the french student were in full accordance with the generous and humanitarian sympathies of france and declared that it crete should be left to the tor the renewal of massacres in the island civilized europe would bo alone cuilty of the outpouring of blood UNANIMITY AMONG THE POWERS balfour talks of the cretan situation in the house of commons london feb 22 in the house of commons today M labouchere radical moved to adjourn with a view of discussing the situation in crete and the motion was seconded by mr john dillon the leader ol 01 the irish national party right hon A J balfour first lord of the treasury and the government leader in the bouse motion and in the course of his remarks eaid that there was absolute unanimity among the powers to avoid war when they saw the masters of the colossal armies of europe moved with the deepest anxiety lest war should be declared aurely it was not tor authorities upon internal a i 1 A raf 1 4 v A fsr lej t vi V 1 dional affairs like mr labouchere and mr dillon to eay that euch fears were illusory cries of oh oh the united forces were responsible for peace and the naval action which they took at banea canea yesterday was forced upon them in the interests of peace mr balfour expressed hope thai the debate on mr Labouch eros motion would stop where it wae as it would not serve the interests ot europe nor would it or crete sir william leader of the opposition said that the country ought to know whether the government were acting apon their old formula the integrity of the ottoman empire and if they were doing EO be protested against it to detach cre e from the rule ot the turk was the only policy worthy of great britain and he hoped that euch a policy would bo pursued the liberals in the house of comment he declared would continue to protest against any other policy until the emancipation ci pation of crete was accomplished to take UD arms against a people who were rightly fighting for their freedom would not be tolerated by the country prior to the introduction 0 mr la bouc berea motion to adjourn mr george N curzon under foreign secretary bated that the proclamation issued by col vascos commanding the greek troops in crete had promised peace to the inhabitants of the island so far however the presence of the greek troops in crete had had an opposite effect and it was extremely unlikely that the powers would delegate to greece the duty of keeping peace between the mos lenis and the christiana Chrie tiana in that island the international squadron he declared had no option but to forcibly prevent the insurgents from making an attack upon banea canea as they had done yesterday cries of oh and shame mr H campbell bannerman who was secretary of state tor war in the ministry of lord roseberry asked that the house be furnished with a copy of the instructions which bad been given to the admiral commanding the brinah warships at and abet the house would be glad to know his instructions bound him to do anything which the concerted european powers directed mr balfour eaid be would inquire whether the instructions forwarded to the british admiral could be produced he would say however that the admiral was not bound to act with the other powers against his own judgment sir charles dilke eaid that the greeks had reason to believe that great britain had twice led the concert of europe to prevent them from getting what they otherwise would have obtained the feeling of the country he declared was almost unanimously on the side of the greeks mr motion wae rejected by a vote of to 2700 moslems killed in crete london feb 22 A dispatch die patch to the central news from constantinople bays that official reports from crete say that the total number of moslems men we men and children who have been killed during the present troubles in that island ie over 2700 and that moslem villages have been pillaged and burned |
