| Show MUST NOT BE BOMBARDED malaba is taken by the insurgents and then burned TURKS DRIVEN TO THE WARSHIPS despite the warning of the powers that malaba must not be disturbed cretans do their best may get a couple more towns foreign warships shell the insurgents but do no damage turkish troops are against the foreigners and may cause trouble banea canea march 25 the artillery ot the ins argenis surrounding the town of malaba having rendered that place untenable to the turkish troops comprising the malaba sarr the latter began a retreat to bada bay list evening they were pursued by the insurgents wh kept up a heavy anre upon the turks inflicting loss upon teem in killed and wounded until the turkish warships opened fire upon the insurgents causing them to retire to the interior but for the timely aesia tanco of the warships the turks would have been well nigh annihilated the attempt to the garrison at malaba which was made last night was as disastrous to the turk he was the effort they made yesterday the de tachi nent of trompa carrying a supply of a inet by a strong force of insurgents and compelled to retreat with considerable logs the fighting fieh ting in the vicinity continued throughout the day it was especially desperate at 3 this afternoon in the village 0 tel calaria where the insurgents set fire to a number of turkish bouses tae insurgents are now occupying malaba the european war ships shelled them abia afternoon abe firing lasting en minutes the insurgents however held their around close to the ruins of the block bouse from which they drove abe turkish garrison last night and did not beem to greatly mind the bombardment when the turkish troops evacuated the block houshi they beet alre to it in order eliat it kirbt not furnish a to their enemies it wae however badly wrecked by thu ahre of the rebels it is evident that the troops here ore no match for the insurgents A body of troops made an attempt today to gain the heights above where the Kerat idi 19 aitu abed with this position and abe one at maenza in their the inbur gente would be able to completely blockade canca from the land side the bad gone only a little distance when they were attacked by insurgents sur gents who drove them back later another attempt wae made to reach the heights but this proved unsuccessful cess ful A body of insurgents made an attack upon the turkish cordon at haleda the turks had a number of mounted guns and the ore from them prevented the insurgents from cornice to close quarters it was this alone which saved the from defeat Monte vardia and haleda aro both within range of the guns ot abe ansur beata who continue to shell both placa this evening part of malaba wad blown up with dynamite and the rest of the town is burning the turkish wai ships in suda bay bombarding abe insurgents but their fire seems to be wholly ineffective malaba is one of the towns mentioned by the foreign admirals in their proclamation issued on tuesday that must not be attacked by abe greek or insurgents sur gents the admirals declared that the fortifications which were needed to security and quiet must not be fired upon otherwise they would use force against abe attackers it wag the disobedience of the insurgents to this proclamation that led the foreign warships to bombard them these vessels anrod ninety shells three of which fell within the forte after abe place had been evacuated by ts turkish garrison which numbered sixty four men abe troops scattered in any direction that led to the coast in order to escape their pursuers one of them reached and eighteen managed to make their Suda the othera have not been heard from and it ie supposed that they were killed the here and they comprise almost the entire population are in a state of areat excitement they fear that the insurgents elated by their capture and destruction of Sl alaxa aill attack Kerat idi A force of highlanders was landed at candia today and its appearance in the city caused the most intense excitement the populace evidently were ignorant of the highlanders coming antil they were iu the town the turkish trompa were at a loea to account for their appearance and apparently thought they were about to be attacked The Turkish officers bad much difficulty in preventing their men from firing on the british the garrison troops rushed to the shore from all directions loading their rifles as they ran and uttering threats against the british the latter remained perfectly cool and eventually the irritation was calmed all danger however is not over the turkish troops do noi appear to graep the tact that the presence of the foreigners is practically the only thing that eaves them from annihilation swarms ot turkish soldiers armed to the teeth are parading about the streets diving voice to their fierce hatred of all infidels the slightest spark may at any moment produce a fatal outbreak it would be ft quer commentary on the turkish gratitude to find the moslems ani their christian allies engaged in a bloody religions feud and it would rather complicate the situation A number 0 italian troops have also arrived at candia the foreign admirals today issued a general order to the international reinforcements exhorting them to set an example to the cre tans whom the powers have charged them to protect from the horrors of a civil war the order concludes the enterprise we are embarked upon will be and often painful we reply upon you to defend the interests of humanity and the honor of our flag the crown prince to command athens march 25 the crown prince ill start at 4 tomorrow morning for thessaly The esaly where he will take command of the greek troops the early hour at which he will leave the city is due to a desire to avoid a demon str atlon IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS the government that all vessels even english or american will be searched london march 25 in the house of commons today eight lion george N curson under foreign secretary said in reply to an inquiry on the subject that british and american and vessels ot the class of other nationalities consigned to agents at boits in crete were liable to be searched should they attempt to reach their destinations ti despite the blockade of the island and would also run the risk of being prevented aiom delivering del iverine their cargoes at the discretion of the admirals command iut the foreign warships in cretan sotere the blockade be eaid was a measure of enforced with the consent of the reign power mr bureon also said that sir philip currie british ambassador bas at constantinople had been instructed to urge upon the re presenta lives of the powers as well as upon the porte the idea that the the turkish troops from crete would greatly facilitate the withdrawal of the greeks from the island A motion waa made this evening on behalf ot tue government that the educational cat ional bill pass its third reading mr herbert asquith on behalf of sir william vernon harcourt abe opposition leader inthe house mhd is suffering from influenza moved the rejection of the bill after a that for hours mr motion was defeated by a vote of to OF SERIOUS IMPORT efte departure crown frince 10 ibe means war london march 25 the athens car respondent ut the chronicle declares tart the departure ot the crown prince constantine for thessaly is of the most serious import it can only mean that that greece believes that war is proba n page t 11 MUST NOT BE BOMBARDED CONn SUED FROM and declines to further handicap heiselt herselt by delaying tho final earp 0 preparation aho princea pric cea arrival on the frontier will mean a new disposal of the forces aad will give a new impetus to all the arrangements arrange menta or transportation of troops eto the greeks move the turks athens march received here allow that the turks in accordance with instructions from constantinople have begun to dismount the asa by them upon the on the turkish tid obese constructed in direct violation provi aiona ot the treaty 0 ata the commander of the greek fleta days aeo notified the ts der that if the guns ri he would bombard tbt |
