The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 15, 1897, Page 1

)- ) VOLUME LXXXIL—NO. 105. SAN FRANCISCO. MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1897. PRICE FIVE 'CENTS. NGLAND 13 BLAM FOR DELAY Critical Negotiations in the | Cretan Controversy Blocked. SALISBURY'S POLICY IS CRITICIZED. But the Premier Frobably Acts Just as Queen Victoria Desires. DIPLOMACY THAT MAY CAUSE WAR IN EUROPE. Russia, Germany and Austria Deter- to Co:rce Greece to Evacuate Crete. mined BERLIN, GerMaxy, M THE FIRST SHOT. A naval cfficer sent the London Graphic a sketch of the firing of the first shot in the present crisis by the Greek warship Miaulis, which attacked a Turkish war vessel. A Turkish dispatch boat with troops on bodrd sailed out of the harbor of Candia, but the Misulis was awaiting her outside. The Turk steered east along the coast of Urete, with the Greek about half a mile astern. Matters proceeded thus until the Turk stopped off Sitia (a small village about fifty miles eastward of Candia), and attempted to land her troops. As soon as the Greek saw tnis she fired a gun across her bows, and two more, Which wen: over her. The Turk; evidently thinking that discretion was the better part of valor, embarked her men again and returned to Candia. | fects not only Turkey but the claims of Greece and the aspirations of Russia. The Prince of Montenegro was recently at Belgrade holding private conferences | with King Aiexander and the Servian | Minister and making arrangements for a concerted movement of troops, and the visit of the King of Servia to Sofis was ch 14.—Shonld | a result of Prince Nicholas’ visit 1o Bel- the coercive measures taken by the pow- | grade. ers against Greece result in a general European war, the initial blame, accord- ing to public and official opinion will fall upon Englan critical nezotia here, | 4. Everystep in the | ions whicn have been and | tenegro is financed by Russia aad gets her Undoubtealy the whole of the triple anderstanding is perfectly well known to the Russian Government and was con- nived at, if not inspired, by Russia, Mon- are still proceeding bave been rendered | armaments supplied or paid for chiefly by COLONEL VASSOS, Commanding the Greek Army in Crete. Salisbury. f the proposals of the Russian diplo- | mats and German governments made two weeks ago to block the ports ot Greece had been acceded to by the English Pre- mier the dangerous developments of tiie present time could never have occurred. Bo tbe official papers in Berlin reason #nd Liberal politicians in fall with Greece think likewise. taneous presence of the allied sq in the Pirzus, their controi of the move- | | liance of the Balkan States under Rus- ments of Greek war: Sea and on the coast of Crete would have restrained the popular demonstrations at Atners and elsewhere, whica have done so much to force the hands of King Georee’s government. There are those behind the scenes who say that from the outset of the Greco- Cretan controversy the pretended partici- pation of the Salisbury Government had been abandoned, and that King George, up to a late point in the aiplomatic con- test, was led to believe tnat eventually the influence of Great Britain would square the situation in favor of Greece This is the plain language of weli-in- formed papers like the Post and Kreuz Zeitung. was shown that family considerations pever had any weight with the Kmser, whose main aim was the main- tenence of the peace of Europe. But the influence of the Danish royal family, with 1ts offshoots in England and Russia, is known to have been at work, and is be- Jieved to have been operated with success where least suspecied. The Dowager Czarina, who got credit for almost su- preme power in the Czair’s countils, has failed to alter the understanding between the Kaiser and the Czar, aithouch she has had the active co-operation of Queen Vic- toria, who had strong sympathies with Greece and an ardent detestation of the Turks. Neither the hand of tne ex-Czarina nor that of the Queen can be made visible in the game of diplomacy Which is now be- ing played, but it is known that both have been supporting Kine George and it is believed that to the Queen’s inter.erence much of Lord Salisbury’s hesitating pol- jcy 'is due. That the Queen does still ex- ercise an oversight of foreign affairs is perbaps better known at the German court than it is in England. Meanwhile utter distrust in Engiand is the dominant feeling at the Foreien Of- fice here, while the entente with Russia is complete. But for Russia the Balkan Peninsula would now be in a-biaze and Austria and Russia would be mobilizing their troops for war. There is absolutely relisble information that the three Bal- kan States—Servia, Bulgana and Monte- pegro—have formed an ailiance which af- In a recent cable dispatch it | navailing by the action taken by Lord | the 8t. Petersburg Government. Servis, k= Greece, has defaulted in her debt and since the campaign sgainst Bulgaria which terminated with the Servian disas- ter at Slivnitza has made no such progress | | as Bulgaria in reforming Ler army. The Servian Government clearly think they can get more under the ®gis of Russia than from Austria, whose occupation of Bosnia the Servians resent. With the re- - | conciliation of Prince Ferdinand to the Czar, and the return of Bulgaria to pan- slavism tbe obstacles in the way of an al- sian protection have disappeared snd the | entente has been achieved. It depends | upon Russia to let the dogs of war ship | from the leash. Up tothe present time the { whote policy cf the Czar is to restrain them, and if they are let loose the pro- found conviction is that the subsequent embroilment of the powers will be largeiy due to England’s policy. There is not a shadow of foundation for the current rumors that officers have left or are lsaving'Germany to take service in the Turkish army. cers who are still in the Turkish service are those who belonged to Count von Goltz’s staff. There are two German offi- cers with Eiham Pasha at Monastir or Elassona who were with Von Goltz and some Germans who have seen service in | belping on the organization of the rediff battalions in Salonica. Private letters re- ceived from these quarters state that mobilization is only partial and proceeds with great difficulty. Clothing for the | troops is badly needed, their provisions | are scanty and the commissariat is disor- | ganized. There is also a scarcity of horses | for the artiflery and things are generally | demoralizec. The seizure of the moneys in the banks of the provinces has helped the authorities in providing for the troops, but these resources wiil soon beexhausted. The G-rman officers estimate the Turkish effective forces at Elassona, Monastir and Janina with detachments close to the Greek frontier ai 77,000 men. 1f this estimaie iy near tha truth suct s count for anytbing.. The spirit:of the | Greek army is spiendid, but late accounts &ive a bad report as to ‘the troops which are yet undisciplined and unarmed. The Governments of Eagzland and France have not as yet given their assent to the proposal of the other powers to | make no reply to the answer of Greece to the identical note of the European pow- | ers, but make a forcible compliance with | the ultimatum of the powers. Thus far, |itis learned only Germsny and Austria bave accepted the Russian proposal to | put the blockade into imnediate effect land it is believed if the other powers re- fuse to act in concert the warships of the three powers named will undertake to eu- force compliance with their demands without reference to the attitude of the other three. Sl SYMPATBY FOK 1HE GREEKS. Policy of BSalisbury Denounced at a Womster Mass-Meeting. LONDON, £xc, March 14.—Another Radical manifestation to express sym- | pathy with Greece in her effort in bebalf noon in Trafalgar square. At last Sun- day’s meeting in Hyde park there were 20,000 persons present, and to-day it was aslarge if not larger. Greek flags were numerously displayed, snd muny of the The few German off- | | of Cretan Christians was held this after- | estimated that the assemblage was fully | rosettes made of the national colors of Greece. Six platforms had been erected for the use of the speakers, who included Michael Davitt, Francis Channing, J.. Havelock Wilson and J. H. Dalzeill, all members of the House of Commons, and several non- conformist ministers. e speakers main- tained the right of the Cretans to settle their political differences themselves without any intervention on the part oi the powers and denounced Prime Mia- ister Salisbury for the part he has taken in connection with Germany, Austris, Fraoce and Italy to compel Greece to abandon her attempts to liberate Crete and to save the Christian population of the island from Turkish misrule, oppres- sion and massacre. The resolutions that were :adopted amid much enthusiasm indignantly protested against the use of British forces to sup- press the laudible efforts of Greece in be- balf of civilization and Christianigy. They also declared that the reply made by the Hellenic Government to the pow- ers offered a saiisfactory basis for a settle- ment of the whole question and urged the Government not to subscribe to the policy of coercion, e L 10 INFOKM INSURGENTS. When Told of the Uverthyow of Turkish Rule Taey May Stop Pighting. CANEA. Crete, March H.—-—% h::ul n in tha dispatches of \ha Uni have decided to estabfish an .:i. ous government .in Crete 1s not generaily known to the insurgent leaders. This is due to Admiral Reineck, lately in com- mand of the Greek fleet, who refused to act as an interpreter between the foreign admirals and the insurgents for the con- veyance of information furnished by the former. Great Britain has now taken steps to have the Christian leaders in- formed of what it is intended to do, in the belief that as soon as the information spreads it will have the result of stopping the fighting. 8ir AHred Biliotti, the Brit- ish Consul here, has been instructed by his Government to have printed, as soon as his colleagues recetve similar instruc- tions, a proclamation announcing the de- cision of the powers to srant autonomy to the island. The proclamation will give no details of the scheme, but it will de- cl: as a cardinal point that Turkey shall bave nothing whatever to do with the in- ternal affairs of Crete. The proclamation will be distributed as widely as possible, and it is thought that its effect will be very beneficial. ‘The insurgents are not the only ones who have been kept in ignorance of the action of the powers. The several Con- suls here have had no official intimation from their respective Governments of what was to be done, a fact which has ex- cited much comment. | The town is full of rumors that the persons comprising the huge crowd wore | powers are about to send troops to the island, but no official intimation to this effect bas been received. The belief prevails among the foreign fleet that the powers have finally decided to make no reply to the answer of Greece to their identical note, but to put their threat of a blockade into effect. It is thought that the blockade of Crete and the Piraeus will begin to-morrow. It is stated that the Italians have shelled the insurgents at Kissamo Kas- telii, but nothing further can be learned. A "Russian warship, which has been cruising to the westward, returned here to-day bringing news of the situation at Kissamo, which is situated on Kissamo Bay, some twenty-five miles west of this city. She reports that the insurgents were bombarding the place yesterday, and that the town was on fire in several places. Various recorts state that a blockade of Crete is imminent, slso s blockade of Grecian ports later it Greece persists in her present attitude. Negotiations are proceeding toward hav- ing France and Italy jointly occupy Crete, or Italy alone, with a mundate from the powers. LONDON, Ex6., March 14.—The Athens correspondent of the Chronicle has had an interview with Admiral Reineck, who was recently recalied from the command of the Greek fleet in Cretan waters.. He emphatically denies that he neglected, as he is charged, to warn the insurgen 23; to the %@Lfii qu’: that independent information supports Admiral” Reiteck in his denial of the charges made against him. The Times’ correspondent suggests that the insurgent chiefs excused themselves to the admirals daring the interview held at Akrotiri on Thursday by denying that they had re- ceived a warning from Admiral Reineck that the foreign warships would fire upon them if they continued their attack upon Canea. The Chronicle will in its issue to-mor- row claim to bave aathority to state that the blockade of Crete and certain u named Greek ports will begin on Wednes- day, an ultimatum to that effect having been delivered in Greece. The Chronicle will to-morrow publish adispatch from its Berlin correspondent saying that if Greece still refuses to yield to the demaads of the powers after the blockade has begun or if she declares war on Turkey or takes action on the Ma- cedonian frontier some of the powers have decided to carry coercion to any length, even to destroving the power of Greece both for the present and the fu- ture. ATHENS, GreEcE, March 14.—Advices received here tnis morning from Canea shaw that the Cbristians are continuing their bombardment of the town of Spinga- longa. The Turkish garrison is still_hold- ing out, though the cannonading has now been going on for three days. Mapi Showing Greek Position in Crete + Plaaes cantvred Iy Greeks LEGISLATION ON THE TARIFF COMES FIRST Extraordinary Session of the Fifty-Fifth Congress Begins To-day. ' APPROPRIATION BILLS IN ORDER Some Statesmen of Note Will Be Missed in the Senate, While There Are 137 New . Members in the House of Representatives. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 14.—The extraordinary ression of the Fiity-fifth Congress, cailed by President McKinley, Senate, acd was dismissed for an a betrayal of the confidence of the Senateic secret session. This was regarded at thy meets to-morrow at noon. It is predicted | time as & great injustice, and _his election by leading members of Comgress with | to Congress is a comple whom THE CALL correspondent talked to- | his conduct. e vindication o James Hamilton Lewis o night that little legislation wiil be accom- | Washington State, the eccentric but brit plished or attempted beyond the passage nt lawyer, will be one of the interesting of the tariff bill and the appropriation | members of the new Congress. THOMAS B. REED OF MAINE Will Be Re-clected Speaker of the House of Representatives for the Fifty-Fifth Congress. bills that failed in the last Congress by reason of President Cleveland’s fsilure to sign them. The session will probably last until July. All depends, however, upon the treatment of the Dingley bill by the Finance Committee of the Senste. House to-morrow by the Waysand Means Committee and it will bave passed that body by Apnl 1. At any rate this is the programme of House managers as stated to THE CaLn correspondent to-night. It is expected that the Senate committee will make a good many changes, and the Senate, more deliberative body than the House, will consume several weeks in the con- sideration of the bill. It is understood to- night that the immigration bill, which was vetoed by the President, will not be brought up during this session. It is thought that the appropriation bills which fatied to receive Mr. Cleveland’s approval, will be passed through the House and Senate in short orderin the shape in which they were agreed upon in conference com- mittee. In the Senate will be seen twenty-one new faces, the most conspicuous of the new Senators will be Mark Hanna of Ohio, Thomas C. Piatt, Wiltiam E. Mason of Illinois and Joseph B. Foraker. Senator Spooner of Wisconsin is re- turned to the Senate after an absence of six years. The faces that will be greatly missed from the Senate are those of David B. Hill, Jobn Sherman, Daniel- W. Voor- hees, the tall sycamore of the Wabash; Joe Blackburn of Kentucky and the be- whiskered Peffer of Kansas. Mr. Sher- man was first elected to the BSenate in 1861. He has served in that body for thirty-two years, though not continuously. Mr. Voorhees retires aiter iwenty years of service in the Senate. Out of 356 members of the House of Rep- resentatives 137 have never before served in Congress. A familiar face will be that of William 8. Holman of Indiana, the vet- eran watchdog of the treasury. He has served in Conyress longer than any other living man. His service was continuous with the exception of the Fifty-fourth Congress, when he was defeated for re- election. One of the youngest-looking men in the House will be Marion Devries of Californis, who defeated Grove John- son. . Sockless Jerry Simpson will beon hand again, after a retirement of two years. So will Bilver Dick Bland. One of the new members, James R. 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