The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 22, 1897, Page 1

q VOLUME LXXXI.—NO. 84. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY MOR < ING, F EBRUA RY 22, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS. POWERS BOMBARD THE INSURGENTS, First a British Cruiser Opens Fire and Vessels of Other Nations Follow. An Attack Upon the City of Canea Followed by Most Sensational Seenes — Turkish and Greek Warships CANEA, CrerE, Feb. 21.—The admirals | commanding the foreign fleets here yes- | terday visited Colonel Vassos, the cor- mander of the Greek army of occupation, at Camp Aghita. What transpired there | has not been made public, but upon the return of the admirals they invited the | commander of the Greek warship Navati- chos Miaoulis to visit them. The invit tion was accepted and when the com- mander met theadmirals he was informed that an attack would be made upon the Greek troops and the Greek warships if Colonel Vassos advanced into the interior. Subsequently to the interview the com- mander, accompanied by Rear-Admiral Harris, commanding the British fleet, pro- ceeded to the camp of Colonel Vassos, who was informed ss to the decision that had been arrived at by the commanding of- ficers of the forsign fleet. This morning the insurgents in the vicinity of Canea began firing on the town, despite the warnings that had been given. | ng was continued for some time, oon the admiralsof the foreign ordered their vessels cleared for fleets action, and soon the guns of the fleet were | throwing shells into the insurgent camp. £ he first of the warships to open fire, vesseis of the other ons following in succession. Forty s were fired. Greek d bost Plenios, which had exchanged shots Aiter shots had been fired by both vessels th te withdrew. The German warship Kaiserin Augusta bas arrived here landed marines, who will sharein the foreizn occupation of the _aTEE—It has been learned thatthe ulti- of the admirals to Colonel Vassos was against his attacking Oanes. It ap- parently did not forbid him from march- ing into the interior of the island, where Colonel Vassos purposes to occupy several ttrategic points One report states that the ultimatum declared that if the Greek troops or the | to | insurgents approached any nearer Canea tnan they were the fleets would shell them, but if they were quiet they would be permitted to land food. Colonel Vassos replied that he did not intend to attack Canea or the tlags of the powers. He would remain on ths defen- sive until he was attacked. Notwithstand- | ing this assurance fighting took place to- day on the hills to the east of the town. The combatants, who were Christians and Mussulmans only, were in plain view from the ships in the harbor. The reply of the Mussuimans to the fire of the Chr tans was very feeble, and it could easily be seen that they would be compelied to abandon their positions if the Christians pressed them. Their gun practice was so very poor that it excited ridicule on board | the ships. The main position of the Christians was in a bamlet on the side of the hilis where they had hoisted the flag ot Gresce. position was about 4000 yards from ihe warships. At talf-past 4 o'clock the flagship djs played signals for the Dryad, Harrier and Kevenge and one vessel of the lialian, German and Russian squadrons to op:n fire on the Cretan position. The order was quickly complied with. The British vessels fired forty shelisand the other vessels about thirty. The sim of the gunners was very good, and it was soon seen that the position of the insur- pents was becoming untenable. In about ten minutes the Greek flag' was hanied down and as soon as it disappeared the der ““Cease firing” was given and the | gins of the fleet immediately became | silent. Thereupon the- flag was again | hoisted on its siaff. The rocks in tue vi- | cinity were crowded with Cretans. The Mossulmans, encouraged and em- boldened by the assistance which had been given them by the flcets of Christian Eu- T0pé, now began a lively fusillade on the Christians who were cngaged in remov- ing their wounded. The Christians were evidently dispirited by the action of the fleets, and made no attempt to return the fire. The action of the foreign warships has caused the deepest indignation here, and the supporters of the Suitan are hitterly denounced on all sides. It is decided that the powers in upholding Mosiem rule by force of arms have made a melancholy ana degrading spectacle that Greece will never forget. LONDON, , Feb. 21.—A dispetch fron: Athens to the Ceniral News savs that the fleets of the powers to-day bom- | barded the insurgent positions in thé vi- cinity of Canea. No details of the bom- bardment are given. The dispatch adds that the Greek patch-boat Pienios has exchanged shots | ", with a Turkish frigate, but in this case nlso details are lacking and both reports are accepted under reserve. It is reported that 700 Greeks and a num- ber of pieces of artitlery have been lanaea at Kisamo Bay. A British torpedo-boat stopped the Greek steamer Laurium, which was land- ing provisions ana munitions of war at Kolymbar Bay, and escorted her to Canea. The excitement in Athens continues without abatement, and the popular voice is loud for war if the annexation of Crete to Greece can be obiained in no other way. the | with a Turkish frigate. | | Purkish misrule. | tation in front of the Greek legation, tbe Tais | The populace demand that no attention be | paid to the warnings and demands of the powers, but that Greece maintain her po- sition in the face o ope. A vast crowd gathered this afternoon in front of the palace and repeatedly cheered the King and the royal princes, whose actions meet with the fullest approbation. The crowd finally became so demonstrative that the King appeared upon one of the balconies of the palace and addressed the people. He and the Government, he declared, were fulfilling the mandate of the entire Hellenic people in going to the aid of the struggling Cretans and in seeking to re- | gain possession of the island. He added that he prayed that God would strengthen their efforts. His Majesty conciuded his | address by thanking the people for the whole-hearted support they had given bim. The crowd became wild with delipht over the words of King George and the applause was deafeniug when he con- cluded. Then after crying again and again, “Long live Greece,” the crowa gradually dispersed. ROME, Itany, Feb. 21.—The popular agitation in Italy in favor of the nnion of | Greece and Crete is increasing daily and it | makes the position of ths Government ‘d)flicult. Thirty members of the Cham- | ber of Deputies have telegraphed con- gratulations to Athens upon the decided stand taken by Greece. There were important popular manifes- tations in several towns to-day in favor of Greece. An enthusiastic meeting was held in Rome which declared in favor of | raising a volunteer corps to assist the Greeks in their attempt to free Crete of | ' After the meeting there was a manifes- | | crowd cheering King Georga and the Greek people. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Feb, The Uretan troubles led 1o a serious fight here to-day between a number of Greek and Turkish porters. Knives were freely used, and some of the combatants were | wounded. All those who took part in the | fight were arrested. - 1HE POWERS. MUST OBEY Otherwise Greece Will Have Its Ports | Klockaded. | LONDON, Exc., Feb. —The Berlin correspondent. of the Times telegraphs that there is reason to believe that the powers have given in various degrees pro- visional approval of the German proposal | to blockade the Greek ports in order to compel Greece to obey the orders of the powers relative to Crete. The adoption of the Germun proposal in some form if | Greece remains recalcitrant is becoming extremely probable. | ATHENS, Grerce, Feb. 21.—It is re- | ported here that a Turkish transport, escorted by a British torpedo-boat, is con- 1500 soldiers to Herakiion and —_— CHEISTIANS USE DYNAMITE. Details of the Horrors of Warfare om the Isinnd LONDON, , Feb. 21.—The Daily News correspondent at Canea telegraphsa | detailed account of the fighting at and | the abandonment of Fort Voukolis, which che Christians subsequently blew up with dynsmite. The Moslems iost fifty kilied |in the fighting. After the main body of Greek troops had returned to Platania from Voukolis news arrived that 500 Turks | aud 500 Bashi-Bazouks were atiempting | to advance from Canea, and that they were held in check in a defile by a force of | 200 Cretans. Colonel Vassos sent a battalion of in- faniry and a company of chasseurs to| assist the Christians. The country was | difficult 1o traverse, being heavily wooded, but the Greeks managed to getthrough. Toe Turks, when they learn=d of the ap- proach of re-enforcements, ook positions on the heighisand for thres hours made a desperatedefense. The GGreek troops vere | all young men who had never seen service, | but they fought admirably and drove the | Turks from one position to another and | captured the barracks at Lavidiaand other | ) | posts, which they burned. Battle. The Moslems retreated, taking with them three cannon. The Greeks pursued them to within a mile of Canea and then retired to Platania. The Turl sh loss is unknown, but numbers of wounded were | taken into Canea. The Greeks suffered T i | The High Chieftess Moro, Who Is | the Head and Front of the Re-| | bellion in the Society Islands, | e e vy e e e g e TAHITI DEFIES FRANCE'S POWER, Islanders Follow Cuba’s Example and Revolt Against the Unjust Taxation. Taking Up Arms, the Natives Retire to the Mountain Fastnesses and Prepare to Battle to the Death. The eod of war is the only god wor-, in Papeete,” said one of the officers of the | poone,which latter they handled with great shiped in the Bociety Isiands just now. Natives, who originally owned the soil, think thev have a grievance against the | sixty young men from Tahiti, all native- Frenchmen, who control the situation. The latter own the group by the right of Piatanias, a Port on the Island of Crete a Short Distance West of Canea, is the Headquarters of the Greek Army of Occupation Under Colonel Vassos. Platanias Was One of the Places Plun- dered and Shelled by the Turkish Troops in June Last. The Rocky Precipice on the Right of the Picture Isa Portion of th e Uninhabited Island of St. Theodora. severely. Three officers were kilied ana one officer was severely wounded. The | Athenian students’ corps fougtt beside | troops or the insurgents advancing. ey the troops. Tue dispatch adds that weunded Mos- lems in the hospitais declare that the | victims of the Sarakimos massacre were offered a saie conduct to Selino, where they would be exchanged for hostag: The offer was accepted, but on the march | to Belino the Christian escort and other Christians attacked and massacred them. It is further said t it is believed that the report of the massacre of 2000 Mus- sulmans at Sitia is greatly exaggorated. The Times has a d spatch from Canea saying that the admirais of the severa: | fleets there have decided to land guns to defend the town in the event of the Greek CRETE GERMAN POINT OF VIEW. | There 1s Not Much Friendship for Greece in William’s Domain. BERLIN, GermMANY, Feb. 21.—The Ger- man cruiser Kuiserin Augusta, the only German warsbip which is to take part in | the blockade of.or neval demonstration in the Piraeus, if such action should be de- cided upon, was at Malia on Thursday | and there received orders to proceed to Canea and there aw=it further instruc- Continved on Second Page. conquest, but in all the years that have passed since the Sociely Islands were civilized and Papeete became its capital the natives have been in coastant rebel- lion. If troubie has not been brewing on one island there has been an insurrection | on another, and the French warships have been kept constantly on the move. According to the officers of the brig Galilee, now in this port, the present oui- break has been the result of a preconcerted movement. The natives have been groan- ing under the taxation put upon them by the Government aad many of them have asserted that they will sooner die than surrender, “In the meantime the war spirit grows | | accompanied by his “As soon as it was trouble in Raiatea Galilee yesterday. known that there was born, but of French extraction, volun- teered and equipped themselves for the campaign. They were reviewed before the chief of division and then the Gov- ernor presented them with a flag which the ladies of Papeete had made ior them. omeZof them may never see home azain. The natives are skilled in bush warfare, and whiie the warships may de- | siroy their villages and ruin their crops | they will simply take another location | and erect new barricades. | **On one of the islands tney hoisted the British flag, but the marines stormed the fort and tore itdown. Thereis no signi- | ficunce in the matter, as the rebels ran the fiag up in order to keep the soldiers from attacking them. They were mistaken, bowever, as the sequence shows. One of the warships had just retuinea to Papeete when we were 1eady 1o sail, and while the | situation was not considered serious the Government thouzit enough of it to issue a call for extra aid.” | The papers irom Papecte contain very full reports of the campaign so far. They begin with the first muster just after Christmas. i “On December 28 the troops were re- viewed by Commandant Bayle uader the eyes of the refugees from Uturea, Seven bundred armed men filed past and this produced a most salutary effect upon the natives, for they had not believed that such a large force ccuid be mustered. But the same the rebels, who knew of | the deraonstration, persisted in maintain- ing that it haa been held only to frighten them, and that«the troops would not march—the English would necessarily in- terpose, etc. In spite of these absurd opinions, how- ever, desertions from the rebel ranks be- came numerous. The deserters came over | to the French in groups of a dozen or more at a time, carrying their guns, all of one old-fashioned make, and their am- munition. Already 500 or 600 of these deserting rebels had goue to Utoroa, but only 25 | bad come from Tevaitoa to give up their arms. | On December 31 the grand chief, Iri- | pau from Tahaa, one of the three Gover- | nors of the island, arrived at Tevaitoa, | secretary and ten other rebels. They had to escape at nignt for fear of being shot by their former com- rades—at teast that is what they said— for desertion had been made a capital offense. On January 1, the amnesty fixed by the | Governor’s uitimatum having expired, the | troops were divided into two columns, | One column was under orders to march | eastand the other west. It was necessary | to occupy the valleys around Uturoa and | to dislodge tue rebels who were there and | who intended, according to cerrain infor- mation received, to attack the town that day. | At the same time the Aube and the | Duguay-Trouin went to Tahaa and bom- | barded the village. It was destroyed. | Some troops were then landed, among | | them being a company of Tabitians, and | |in the scrimma e which followed Sail- | maker Goupil of Bavle’s command cap- | tured a British flag which had been con- spicuously displayed. The rebels having flad the troops re- | embarked and the two warships proceeded to Tevaitoa and to Apoa and destroyed | both those towns. | *“Tevaitoa was bombarded on January 3, | and after the bombardment a column | under Commander Chocheprat was landed 10 compiete the work commenced by the | guns of the ship. The place of landing was some distance away, and while advancing on the village the column come suddenly upon eighty rebels, who | had intrenched themselves behind a bit of rising ground. The sailors and marines prepared to tire, but, being so close upon the rebels, the order to fix bayonets was given instead, and the bugle sounded the charge. The rush of the French troops was irresistible. Tne natives defending the ditch were armed with gunsand har The French Warships Duguay-Trou'n and Aubz as They Lay in the Harbor of Papeete Prior to Sailing for the Isla They Bombarded Several Villages and That Severe Fighting Followed, ————— oy P nd of Ra‘atea. The Ga'il e Br'n;s th: News That but the Natives Were Holding Their Owa and Had Ratitcd Into the Mountain Fastnesces. i | acts dire dexterity, and during the fight they gave vent to savage yells. At first they fought desperately, but as the French over- whelmed them they fell back on all sides and ~oon were routed. 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