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¥ VOLUME LX3 XI1.—NO. 98. PRICE FIVE CEN GREECE IS NOT YET READY T0O LEAVE CRETE. Makes a Spirited Reply to the Ultimatum of the Powers. - PREPARING FOR A Is Delivered the Tutkey’s Friends Blockade the Piraeus. LONDON, Exo., March 7.—A dispatch to the Central News from Athens gives the following summary of the reply to the timatum of the powers which Greece hand to the diplomats ien the time expires in which a reply can be made. It will to-morrow recall that Greece in 1596 in de- | ference to the wish of the powers used her ce with the Cretans to induce them ccept reforms by It wil that the continued unse 4 e of the island is a proof of the futili- | of form. | Turkey. t. will declare that the evacuation of by Greece is impossible, because | , to restore which Greek troops and | ps were sent to the island, remains | ly disturbed. | PO FIEM IN HER KESOLVE, is Greecs Will Not Kcw to the Mandate of | , March 7.—The time s formai reply to the ultimatum powers i 1ly draw- ally known | will be e refusal of the | bt to be imposed there | hat the answer be de- | known that all Europe is | r the words of Greece, which, | s mean much to the armed s who have never actually foilowed of war. It is believed that the eath of thousands of men hangs the words that Greece will speak, and these words, therefore, are not to be lightly spoken. Greece is firm in her resolve not to v to the mandate of those so-callea powers who have expressed their ness t0 go to almosi any extreme | to supy the rule of Turkey. The hitherto impotent conce-t of Europe will n a few hours find its embarrassments sed by the defiance of Gieece, and the ill accept the arbitrament of war han drag their national honor in t by submitting 10 the orders of allies of tle Turk. t the powers intend to ry into effect their threat to blockade ort of Athens, as soon as | Al reply 15, the cce’s answer is delivered to them. { the warships of Great the other powers are now i f the Pirwus, and it is believed there for the sole } ose of | turned out, though Turkey was defeated, The one bright spot in the situation to- | day.is that the enforcement of ihe recent ng out the last two remaining classes of reserves has been postponed. In diplomatic circles this is taken 10 mean that there will be afforded an opportunity for further negotiations, thougn the tem- | per of the people is against any further dallying with words. l ma fusal to obey +, therefore, i recede from th S WAR CLOUDS GATHER. Bloody Struggle Inevitable Powers Kecede. CANEA, C £, March 7.—It is believed Viere that the reply of Greece to the de- ds of the powers will be a positive re- d that a bloody struggle vitable uuless the powers r positicn. It is known ihat Colonel Vassos, the commander of | the Greek srmy of occupation, has re- ceivel instructions from King Geerze to | il the posts in the i d now oceu- ed by the Gra troops and 1o resist 1o Le bitter end any atiemp to dislodge The information reaches here that vops are enthusiastic over the ation of their King not to order withdrawal from the island, and it ed it will take a far stronger force heir own to aislodge them from the positions occupy. The the next few days are anxiously Tnless the d. st night the insurgents, who are be- g the blockhouse at Malaxa, made tempt to blow up the place with mite, but were frustrated by the ance of the Mo-lem defenders. For several hours after the failure of the at- tempt there was a lively fusillade, but the result is not known here. A similar attempt was made on the fort at Keratini, and here the insurgents were more successful. The explosion made a breach i the walls of the fort, ing four Turks and wounding many \ ber The Turks, though brave fighters, ive been made very nervous by .he use of dynamite by the insurgents, this being a method of warfarg of which they have %0 experience. LONDON, Ex6., March 7.—The Daily News will tc-morrow claim to be able to predict that there is every bhope of a speedy and satisfactory as well as peaceful solution of the Cretaw’trouble. It wiil aud that Greece’s reply to the note of the As Soon as King George’s Defiant Answer | powers will, by stating her reasons, leave | though she will not accept the conditions | Central News. | to the terms of the powers, and says it wi | near Melun, on the Greek frontier, pre- | powers are nowise agreed among them- THE CONFLICT. United Fleets of Will Proceed to the door open for further negotiations, laid down by the powers. The paper gives discursively the prob- able terios of the reply, which are similar to those contained in the dispatch to the | A Constantinople dispateh to the Daily News says it is understood that Grecce is willing to withdraw her fleet from Cretan waters, but suggests that her troops remain restoring order. TANTINOPLE March 7. —The diplomats here have reccived the answer of the Porte to the collective note, presented on Tuesday last, setting forth tie desires of the powers regarding the iting of autonomy to Crete under the suzerainty of Turkey. The Porte assents be a definite understanding between itseif ana tue powers respec.ing the detaiis of the autonomy to be granted. The reply bears out the statement of the | United Associated Presses that the Sultan is rather glad than otherwise to have the long Cretan question settied, even though be loses the island. While a number of Greek engineers were engaged in repairing the main road sumably for the purpose of facilitating the passage of troops, they were stopped by a body of Turkish troops. A rumor reached | here to-day that a serious encounter be- tween Turks and Greeks had taken place on the frontfer, but though inquiries have | been made it has been impossible to con- firm the story. It is thought very prob- ably_that t.e report originated in-.the | stopbage by Turkish troops of the work of the Greek engineers a: Melun. SIS TURKISH TKOOPS MOBILIZED, German Officers Yet Guide the Forcas of | the Sulta | i BERLIN, GERMAN March 7.—The selves as to the precise terms of an auton- omous admiuistration of the affairs of the | island of Crete, nor are they in concert of | opinion as to how far Turkey shall be al- | lowed;to provoke war in the Balkan pea- | insula by massing troops on her frontiers. | Under the pretext of scif-defense the | Porte is executing military plans whicn | no European Government would venture | upon without the backinz of a plethoric | war chest, but the Porte’s capacity for | military operations was manifested in the | case of the Turko-Russian war of 18 when, as now, the ban Ottomsn empire was relied. upon greater factor in the defeat of Turkey than | the euns of the Russians. As things | she found smple funds 1o conduct & credit - | able campaign. e THE SUBMARINE TORPEDO-BOAT ABOUT TO ATTACK A BRITISH BATTLE-SHIP. When Vondergoltz Pasha, the German eneral who was lent to the Sul:an, or- zed the present Turkish army, I-ft the Turkish service, it was understood that he was thoroughly aisgusted with the way things were going, and tbat the severance of his relations with the Turkish military department was ap- vroved by the German Emperor. The Sultan has paid so high a tribute to the services of Vondergoltz that he has re cently besought him to resume his posi- tion, assuring him that Le would be the virtual commander-in-chief of the Otto- man army. The German Pasha declined to return, but in reply to the Sn!tan’s in- Turkish army and was also & member of Ill‘.e council of the Turkish Ministry of | War, it will be seen that his advice has no | small influence in the military eperations which the Porte has @ndertaken within ! the last month or two. Moureover, the German officers who are still serving in the Turkish army are known fo be fully capable of carrying Vondergoltz's plans | into effect, and the fact that many of the | important commands of the Thessalian | frontier are now in the han4s of German officers may tius be accounted for. | Advices from Constantinople, based on | reliable au:hority, show that the Ottoman | troops on the frontier of Thessaly, as well | as aiong the other Turkish porcers, are to act on the offensive, and it is asserted that if the commander-in-chief wishes he could ‘ within a week throw 75,000 well-armed men over the Greek frontier, including twenty-one batteries of artillery and ten squadrons of cavalry. the masses of England. Among the speakers were Joseph Havelock Wilson, M. p. for Middlesvorough, and Edward J. Morton, M. P. for Davenport. Resolu- tions were adopted amid much enthusi- asm expressing sympathy with the Cretan Christians in their struggle for freedom, congratulating Greece upon her firm re- i The Leadquarters of the Turkish army | solve to protect tbe Cretans. and protest- | of “precaution” or defense are now at|ing cgainst the coercion of Greece by the | Wonastir, in Macedonia, 400 miles west of | Constantinople, and a laree force of 1roops | under the command of Omar and Nuchan | bury to refuse to disgrace the Brii Pashas is much nearer the frontier. In addition to the mobilization of the rega ar | powers. One of the resolutions urges Lord Salis- h fleet by lending its support to the Turks. The weather was not favorable for a vitation he has sent a plan of operations | to be put into force upon the Greek 1 frontier, based upon his profound knowi- ‘ edge of the eonditions under which a cam- paign against Greece must be conducted. As Vondergoltz Pasha when he severed nis connection with the Turkish military | | administraticn occupied the position of | second chief of the general staff of the STANDARD OF THE REGIMENT OF 'i'flRKISH LANCERS. The Ottoman cavalry is a fine force, and the ¥irst Lancers is one of the smartest regiments in the service. They are well mounted, drilled aud equipped, and in their general character rank with the average cavalry regiments of the great military powers. GUN CREW ON BOARD THE TURKISH MAN-OF-WAR HAMIDIEH. The Hamidieh is one of the most notable ships of the Imperial Ottoman navy. She is an ironclad of 6700 tons, and was lsunched in 1885. The Turks are generally good sailors, and are capable of excellent things under good leadership. forces, the Mustafuz, corresponding to the German landsturm or second draft of those liable to military duty, have been called to arms in several districts near the Greek borders. - The ostensible reason for summoning this contingent is that the ordinary rediffs or reserves which were lately called out have been deficient in numbers, but the summoning of any partof the Mustafuz is regarded as omi- nous of the Sultan’s expectations that something of a very serious nature is im- minent. The attitude of Servia and Bulgaria oc- cupies the serious attention of Eurovean diplomacy, and it is the opinion in official circles hera that the conferences which bave taken place between King Alexander of Servia and Prince Ferdinand of Bul- garia aave resuited in an agreement to make a simultaneous attack upon Turkey when the time for such action shall seem opportune. Roumania is looked upon as having the intention to take an active part in any scheme of rearranging the Balkan boun- daries that may be vut into operation. King Charies of Roumania, as a member of the Prussian family of Hohenzollern, may be relied upon to have the support of Germany. In view of eventualities the works at Kustendjic, on the Black Sea, and the defenses at Gallatz and Braille, on the Danube, are being strengthened and exiended. The Berlin and Frankfort bourses were depressed at the close ol yesterday’s mar- ket, and there' was a daecline of 1} in Greek securities on both exchanges. R “DON'T DISGRACE THE FLEET.” English Kadicals Protest Against Sup- porting the Turks. LONDON, Exe, March 7.—A large Radical meeting was held in Hyde Park to-day to give voice to the feeling in favor of Greece, which generally obtains among large ouldoor gathering, it being dull and threatening, but nevertheless there were fully 2000 persons in the park, including the onlookers. FIVE HU\DRED GREEKS Rcady to Leave . Chicago If Transportn- ton s Secured. CHICAGO, Tin, March 7.—Five hun- dred Greeks in this City are eager to respond to the call to arms issued yester- day by M. Skouzes, Greek Minister of For- eign Affairs. A mass meeting was held the Greek Church this afternoon, at which fiery speeches were made. Father Fiam- bolis, who two wWeeks ago stirred the Greeks of this city by an eloquent appeal in behalf of their fatherland, presided at to-day’s meeting. He told his country- men that it was first necessary to get money, as lack of means stood in their way. Yesterday a télegram was sent to the Consul-General in New York concern- ing the matter of funds, but no reply has been received. S The Greek headquarters on Dearborn street was swarming with the Hellenes to- night, who are anxious to lesve at once to enter into the fight against the Turks, ‘Two hundrea and fifty have already en- listed and staud 1n readiness to leave at a day’s notice if the nccessary funds can be s-cured. Many are able and willing to pay their own wavr to Greece, hut the great majority are without money. It is ssserted that.an army of 500 will leave this city alone if the perplexing problem of tunds can be overcome. —_—— # YOUR COUNIRE NEEDS YOU.” King George’s Call on Greek Reserves n ‘ountry. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 7.—The Greek Church in this city was the center of interest to-day to atl the Hellenes in this Continued on Second Page CAN SINK MODERN WARSHIPS Most Terrible Engine of Destruction to Be Soon Launched. DEADLY MISSION STEEL FISH. OF A It Is a Wonderful Torpedo-Boat That Can B: Operated Under Water. THIS MONSTER TO BE BORN BALTIMORE, With Its Scientific Appliances It Will Be Able to Biow Up Any Foreign Navy. BALTIMORE, Mp., March 7.—The huga steel fish with lungs of bronze and elec- tribity in its fins and tail, which is to be launched in this city in a few days, will spit from its mouth while under water a torpedo which will tear a hole in a man-of- war's bottom, or she can ram the enemy with a stout fin she carries on her back. She can see and breathe while under the water. This new engine of destruction ean run on the suriace of the sea at a greater speed than most vessels; she can hide herself and move along under the water at any depth from an inch to seventy feet, or can lay, if necessary, on the bote tom for days. It is next toimpossible to sink this mecharical diver 'or drown her crew. This 85-foot fish has a body shaped like a cigar. It is 11 feet 6 inches in width and deotb. The hull has an inner and an outer skin and on the back of the craft there is an armored turret. This realization of Jules Verne's dream of “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’’ is best described by sending her forth to fight an imaginary battle with Abe Englisir battte-ship Royal Sovereign. The titty submariae is manned by but ten men and cost but $150,000. She weighs only 138 tons. The Royal Sovercign car- ries a crew of 500 men and cost $4,000,000. The Britisher weighs 14,000 tons. Little David has. five torpedoes, while Goliath carries four 13-inch guas, ten 6-inch guns and twenty-eight rapid-fire guns about her decks. About her sides is an armor belt 18 inches in thickness. Sheisa floate ing fortress 380 feet in length and 75 feet in width. The submarme is lying in the . harbor of some great sea coast city when news is received that the British hattles ship is approaching the coast with the in« tention of bombarding the place and lay- ing tribute upon the inbabitants. The petroleum fires under the boiler of the lite tle fighter are lighted—she Goes not burn coal—and steam is up in a jiffy. Sheis soun steaming out of port with two sets of quadruple engines backed by 1625 horse- power, sencing her skimming along the surface at a sixteen-knot gait to meet the dreadea thunderer from abroad. Far out across the water there is a puff of white smoke, a flash of red fire ana the boom of a cannon comes in from the sea. ‘The Britisher has seen the littie American and has cleared his ship for action. The shot dropped just ahead of the torpedo- boat. She was not yet within range of the big guns of the enemy. Scenting danger the commander in the turret on the submarine vessel touched an electric button, t'e engineer obeys the signal, ovens a valve and fourteen tons of sea NEW TO-DAY. Fven Blacksmit who are suppos to represent great strength and_perfect health, are likely to die of consumption. Mere muscularity jsn't always health. 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