The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 29, 1897, Page 1

) VOLU CONCERTED ACTION IS ABANDON Now the Greek Situation Is Considered Very Grave. MOVE COF CONSTANTINE CASTS THE DIE. 1t King George Recalls His Army It Will March to Athens and Dethrone Him. INSURGENTS FIRE UPON THE BOATZ OF POWERS. Cretans Made Furious by the Meddle- some Blockads Assail British Naval Otficers. LONDON, . March 28,—The Graphic | to-morrow will give prominence to a state- | ment which it claims to have received from an unquestionable source to the effect that the Greek situation isextremely grave. It says that with the departure of Crown Prince Constantine from Athens to take command of the troops in Thessaly the die seems to have been cast. ‘War would be inevitable if Greece re- called her army. It would march to Atbens and dethrone the King. The most serious element of the situation is the undoubted fact, despite denials, that the concert of the powers is no longer solid. There has not been actual rupture, but the members have come to the con- lusiou that concerted action is a failure. 1f the so-called concert continues for a week it carnot continue longer. The statement ascribes the position to the impatience of the powers with Greece’s ckless conduct and Great Britain’s re- luctanice to coerce her. The powers will not accept Lord Salisbury’s proposal for iishmen: of a neutral zone a mile her side of the Turko-Grecian boundary, because Turkey holds ail the best strategic positions on the frontier, and fears that if sne withiraws her troops- the Greeks will find a pretext later to re- turn and occupy the positions, which woul!d enable her to invade Turkey. This would prevent the powers from localizing the war, would set all the Balkans aflame, induce general bricandage in Turkey, 1n. ustria and R to interfere and v up the European mine. The Telegraph will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Suda, Crete, stating that the insurgents to-day fired upon a Russian torpedo-boat, which replied to the fire. The dispatch adds it is feared tbat a war without quarter will shortly begin with the Cretan Christians pitted against the Turks and Europeans. “ The dispatch con- firms the reports coricerning the desperate feeling that exists in the island. The Times has a dispatch from its cor- respondent at Canea, who describes the Greek troops and insurgents as becoming absolutely desperate.” The insurgents were utterly astounded at the fleet’s bom- bardment of Malaxa on Thursday. The shelling began at the moment when the Turkish garrison having yielded, the blockhouse was full of rebels and forty- three prison The first shell destroyed one wall of the blockhouse and killed | three mren. The victors speedily yacatea the piace, taking with them their prisoners, who'are now at Alikianu. The insur- gents again attacked the Aptora bloc! house, near Izzedin to-day, but they were | riven back by the Itzlians, Russians and lish. The British warship Dryad found yester- day four caiques that were landing con- traband. She sank two of the boats and captured the other two, Most of the cargo frem -the boats had already been landed. The insurgents were furmus against the British ana fired on a boat in which were Amiral Harrisand Lieutenant -, both uf whom were in uniform. The Times to-morrow will publish a dis- patch from Athens saying that those ex- rcising the greatest -influence upon nub- opinion seem bent upou war. The tch adds that communication has been establish-d between the Greek offi- sos in Crete by means alsby way of the island of , squth of Cerigo. ece, March 28.—A band Cretans and Turks have boarded an E; steamer at the Pi- raeas and fory prisoner who was being conveyed from Syria to Constantinople, The incident is likely to cause com plications. Reports from various places in Crete show that there 13 not the slightest im- provement in the condition of affairs in that isiand. The fighting between the Moslems and the Christians continues and the burning of villages is a matter of daily occurrance. There is no prospect of a betterment in the situation. It is apparent that the bombardment of the Christians by the foreign warships is merely a waste of shot and shell. When the insurgents are scattered by the fire from the warships they dispere, only to reappear shortly in some other place in the vicinity. It hns been learned that several mem- bers of the Turkish garrison at Mslaxa, who were supposed to have been Kkilled when the Turks were compelled to evacu- ate the block-nouse at that place, were captured by the insurgents. The prison- ers were conveyed to the camp of Colonel Vassos, the commander of the Greek army of occuvation. | barl PRICE FIVE CENTS. N\ e A Crown Prince Constantine, Who Has Gone to Thessaly to Take Command of the Grezk Forces Massed on the Frontier. which was lying at the Pireus, and over- | nations of Earope, it does not promise to awed the crew by a display of revolvers. | bring about that end in the future, They then proceeded to jettison the entire cargo of the steamer, which consisted of flour for the Turkish troops at Canes 25,000 eggs for the Russian fleet and quan- tities of provisions for the English fleet in Cretan waters. There was a remarkable display of en- thusiasm when Crown Prince Constantine and proceed to the frontier. houses of the town were brilliantly iltumi- nated and there were frequent feux de joie. Prior to the sailing of ibe yacht Prime Minister Delyannis had a conference with the Crown Prince that lasted for an hour. CANEA, Crere, March 28.—Three hun- dred international troops have been dis- ? ! went on board the royal yacht en route for | Volo, in Thessaly, where he will disem- The | patched to the village of Outsonnarria, | where ate located the springs which fur- nish this city with its watersupply. They | will guard the springs and prevent their | capture by the insurgents, who, were they to obtain possession of the water supply, would practically have Canea at their mercy. Since the capture of Malaxa by the in- | surgents they have massed themselves on the heights above the town of Suda and commenced an attack upon the Izzedin fort. To-day the Italian warships in Suda Bay, supporting the Turkish garrison, fired upon the Christians. The conditions which prevail through- out the island are beyona description. Warare, rapine and pillage are going on in every direction, and thus far the forces of the powers have been absolutely power- less to preserve order, even in the coast towns. The Cretan Christians and the Greeks are firmly resolved to bring about the annexation of the islana while the Moslems appear to be equally determined to prevent such a consumma- tion The Turks declare that if the island is banded over to Greece tbey will mas- sacre not only every forvigner, but even their own women and children, and then fight the Christians to the bitter end. Nobod y doubts their willingness tom sacre the Christians, but under the ci cumstances they would find the Chris- tians in the interior fully capable of pro- tecting their own lives. In the principal towns on the coast the presence of inter- nationa! troops will, it is beiieved, prove an effectual check to the bloodv instincts of the Moslems. Though the powers have heretofore ‘displayed much favoritism toward che Turks it is not for a moment believed they would countenance a mas- sacre of the Christians. The intervention of the powers thus far has been of no practical value beyond demonstrating in what direction their sympathies lie. It has not secured peace Yesterday6 00 armed Cretans and Greeks suddenly boarded the steamer Heraklion, for tne island, and though the admission must prove humiliating to the great| to Greece, | YET A DIPLOM \71C PUZZLE. Powers Are @ Long Way From the Pacification of Crete, BERLIN, GErMANY, March 28.—Despite the perplexities of tne ministerial situa- tion and the calls upon' his time arising from the memorial fetes of the past week, the Kaiser has heen able to give a large shaie of his attention to the Eastern crisis. Nearly every day he has held pro- tracted conference with the Chancelior or Baron Marschall von Bieberstein, Minister of Foreign Affalrs,at which, though in- ternal affairs were undoubtedly discussed, the foreign situation had a prominent part. Itis known that the Kaiser has been again in direct communication with the Sultan, and following his occasional use of the right to be his own Foreign Min- ister,- has sent personal instructions to Baron Sakerma von Jeltsch, German Em- bassador at Constantinople, and to Baron von Pleisten, German Minister at Athens, The ministerial press here argue with some apparent degree of justice that the Kaiser is again resuming an active role in the probable negotiations concerning Greece and nas entirely disinterested aims. 1f he seemingly follows in the wake of the Czar it is because of the fact that up tothe present time the policy of Russia has been directed to the maintenance of the status quo in the Balkan peninsula, whici con- curs not only with ti:e general interests of peace, but especially agrees with the in- terests of Ausiria, Germany’s ally. But there are prospects of the divergence of Germany from Russia’s lead. Previous dispatches have already denounced the current fictions that the Kaiser's policy was in any wise influenced by his per- sonal enmity to the Greek royal family or that he had ceased all relations with his sister, the Duchess of Sparta. There is good. ground for stating that while oppos- ing Greece’s seizure of Crete the Kaiser has had in view the satisfaction of Greek claims in another quarter and that he has now suggested to the Sultan the rectifica- tion of the frontiers of Greece acccrding to the terms of the fourteenth protocol of the Berlin treaty. It is felt and admitted in the highest quarters. here that Greece cannot withdraw from Crete, abandon all her claims and submit to the behests of the powers without some compensation. A revolution at Athens after so many sac- rifices on the partof the nation would be inevitable. Crete is for the time, at all events, lost 10 Greece, but King George has caused the powers to be informed that the basis of a pacific seitlement can be found in the acquisition by Greece of the territory that is accorded to her under the Berlin treaty. The Greek frontier would Continued on Third Pages SURVIVORS OF - THE ST, NALAIRE Sixteen Picked Up at Sea by the British Steamer Yanariva. Terrible Sufferings of the M:n Who Were in an Open Boat Without Provisions. Two of the Unfortunates Drank falt Water, and in Their Frenzy Jump:d to Death. GREENOCK, Scorranp, March 28.—The report that the steamer Yanariva, a British tramp vessel from Newport News for Glasgow, had picked up some of the survivors of the foundered French steamer St. Nazaire, turns out to have been cor- rect. The Yanariva arrived here to-day and reports that she had rescued sixteen of those who were on the ill-fated steamer and who had teken to a small boat just before the St. Nazaire went down off Cape Hatteras during a heavy gale. The lookout on the Yanariva sighted a small boat some distance from her dis- playing a signal of distress. She bore down to the bbat and soon had the sur- vivors on board, where everything pos- sible was done for their comfort. Assoon as the rescued people were able to give the detai!s of the disaster that had befallen the 8t. Naza they told a story that agreed in all its material details with the report of the foundering of the steamer cabled here from the Uhited States. The boat which the Yanariva picked up had contained eighteen persons, but when th mer sighted it there were only six- teen persons alive in it, the others having died from the effects of exposure and hunger. The survivors were ex- hausted when they were rescued and if the Yanariva had not seen their boat they would have all drowned in ashort time. The Yanariva saw nothing of the other boats which left the St. Nazaire. Captain Weston, .the . master of the days after he left Newport News, it was reported to him that a dark object, appar- ently flying a signal of distress, could be seen some distance off. He at once scru- tinized the object through a marine glass and thoucht he saw living persons ina boat. ‘He at once gave orders to the man at the wheel to change the course of the steamer so that she would run down to the windward of the boat. When the Yanariva aporoached the boat, it was seen that there were sixteen persons in her. There they were plain enough, and the boat was soon under the lee of the steamer. Finally despite the rough sea the boat was brought alongside and lines were thrown to those in her and they were hauled on board. The survivors presented a most pitiable BLANTHER'S LAST DAYS WERE PASSED N REPENTANCE The Cruel Murderer of Mrs. Philopena Langfeld Found Consolation in Uplifting Verses. appearance. Their faces were wan and | haggard, their eyes were bulging from their sockets and their scant clothing hung about them in loose folds. All were in a condition of the greatest exhaustion and were unable to stand when they reachea the decks. Two of the number had lost their reason from the terrible sufferings they had endured, and they bad to be restrained by the men of the steamer. The boat bad left the St. Nazaire in such haste that she had not been properly provisioned. There was only a small tin of biscuits aboard of her, and this, 1t is believed, was part of the stores supposed to be kept in the lifeboats for use in just such a contingency as had oceurred. After three days of the best care possi- ble to give the rescued people with the meager facilities of the steamer all of them were able to partake of solid food. Thereafter they progressed favorably, but had not yet fully recovered from the ef- fects of their terrible experience. The survivors are: Pierre Nicolais, sec- ond captain; Germain Giraud, second en- gineer; P. Lauretzetti, third engineer (all velonging in Marseilles); Nicolas Sauva- nel, Cuba, a passenger; twelve sailors be- longing to Martinique. In an interview with one of the officers | he aescribed the capsizing or smashing of | the boats when they were attempting to | leave the St. Nazaire. When the boat in which the survivors were found was | launched -Second Captain Nicolas took | command of her. The weather was ex- | tremely rough and continued so for sev- eral days. A sail was rigged and Captain | Nicolas managed to keep her running | head to the wind. This, though a dan- | gerous maneuver, was the only thing pos- | sible to do unaer the circumstances, as to have kept the boaton any other point of sailing would have resulied in her being | swamped. Asit was the combing sess | followed close upon the stern of the boat and every moment threstened to break atoard and fill her. Tue water constantly | poured over the gunwales and every soul | in the boat was drenched to the skin. The water was bailed out, and this work un- doubtedly saved the lives of some of the | men, for otherwise they might .have been | frozen to death. The salt encrusted on their faces and bands and caused much pain. The suddenness with which it was nec- essary to abandon the St. Neazaire pre- vented any eltempt being made to puta supply of water in the boat. Some of the men withstood the tortures of thirst as long as it was possible for human nature todo so. Then, maadened by the torture to which they were subjected, they drank sea water. Their agony was then worse | than ever, and in a short time they went | mad and jumped into the s The strongest ol the men refrained from put- ting the sea water into their mouths and prevented by force some of the others from doing so. Those who were mad- dened by drinking were held in the boat until the strength of their wou!d-be sa- viors failed, when with cursing cries they threw themselves overboard to escape the | torture that was racking their frames. Words cannot express the agony that was experienced by all. Day after day they vainly scanned the heaving breast of the ocean for sight of a sail. Gulls fly- | ing close to the sea or the breaking top of a wave were frequently mistaken for a gleam of a vessel, and finally all bands almost abandoned hope of ever being picked up. On the morning of March 18 the smoke of a steamer was seen streaming in a long line upon.the distant horizon. For a iong time it could not be determined what course she was steering, and the men were fairly frantic with fear lest she would not see them. he steamer was .then too far away to allow of & signal from the boat being seen. Ultimately the topma: lower masts and then the hull of the| steamer came up in full view, and then a signal was set. The men were now maddened with Continued on Second Page. Yanariva, tells a graphic'story of the rescué, He says that on March 18, eight bty s fuihe GEORGE A. DODGE, Who Tells of the Fulfillment of Blanther’s CHANTING, HE PACED HIS DUNGEON. Gems Torn From the Victim's Body Found Among His Effects. DETECTIVE GIB3ON’S ARRAY OF EVIDENC.. George Dodgs Relates How the Failen Nobleman Fulfilled a Grew- some Propbecy. Josef E. Blanther, the cruel murderer of helpless Mrs. Philopena Langfeld, prob- ably died repentant in his Texan dungeon. It may have been that his unexpected capture and the prospect of a death on the gibbet hurried the gnawings of re- morse into his flint-like heart, and this was undoubiedly the case, but neverthe- less during the last few hours he was suf- fered to remain on earth he turned his eyes and thoughts in fear heavenward and wondered if a craven soul such as his { could dare to look for mercy there. It was during these last hours—those which preceded the fit of desperation in which he swallowed the gallows-cheating mor- phine—that his fellow-prisqners noticed that, as he paced slowly up and down the floor of his cage, his eyes were glued to a sheet of note paper which he clutched with both bands, and they heard him chanting something that resembled in sound a dirge. Bianther died despite the efforts of the best physicians of Meridian to save his wretched lile. In a crevice in the wall of the cell that bad done iits duty as well as it could, the crumpled bit of notepaper— the murderer’s last companion and com- forter—was found, and it was eagerly seized by those who had hereiofore re- garded it as being in a way sacred: When the last hope of life hias been crushed In the dust, And the last of our loved ones are goue, When w feel that there's none left wholove ud nd trast, And we stand in the wide world alone. When the friends of the past have become all es tranged, And forget * 'tis divine to forgive.” When cold words are seid &nd cold looks ex- changed And there’s naught left to Lope for and live; Then 'tis joy te the soul to know that there’s One Whose me-cy und love reaches all, Who in tenderes: love clings till life's journey's done And pities us still when we fall. When Detective Gibson returned from Texas yesterday morning he carried this crumpled bit of paper securely in his inside pocket and prized it as one of the important bits ot evidence he had brought to present to Captain Lees, as showing that the Texas suicide was unquestion- ably the murderer Blanther. For this scrap bore an excellent sample of the Aus- trian’s handwriting and was reaaily rec- ognized when the chief of ihe detectives compared it with some writings he has kept in his strong box these many months, Blanther was of a poetical as well as mur- derous turn of mind, and often won solace in composing verse. But the lines that gave him so much comfort in his last days were not his own. Their uplifting sentiments attached themseives to him probably because of their consoling effect in his predicament, and he copied them off on that crumpled bit of paper. Bianther died not a plagiarist, for with N — NEW TO-DAY. 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