The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 30, 1897, Page 1

» VO L(?i!]: VI XXXI —NO. PRICE FIVE CENTS. fid not do so. When the chiefs | the Cretan insurgents baving refused to nd that the Consul was not coming | permit supplies of food to be sent to the they retired. Turkish force at Malaxa, an ultimatum Thereupon the Turkish soldiers fired | was sent to them by the foreign admirals unon the insurgents in the vicinity of the ‘ informing the insurgents that the sup- town. but the latter did not reply. The | plies must be allowed to go to the Turks, Turks then fired again, with a result that | otherwise the foreign warships and troops they had not anticipated. A large force | would resort to force to compel obedience of inturiated rebels swarmed down from | to tueir demands. In the meantime, the the hills and would probably have anni- | admiral said, the insurgents captured she hilated the Moslems had it not heen for a | Turkish blockhouse at Malaxa. [Cheers strong detachment of Bashi Bazouks who | from the Irish benches.] were dispatched frm Retimo to theaid of | The foreign admirals, the teleerams their endangered coreligionists. stated, then decided that it was necessary A general engagement took place which | to drive the insurgents out of the block~ lasted until darkness, rendering further | house, and accordingly the warships fighting useless. The Turks returned to |opened fire upon them. The firing lasted the town and the insurgents withdrew to | six minutes, at the end of which time the | the hills. The losses sustained are not | insurgents evacuated the blockhouse, but mentioned. not before they had looted and burned it. The Russian Consul went alone to-day | [Renewed Irish cheers] to confer with the chieis. The result of | Mr. Curzon continued his reading after | his efforts is not known. | the cheers had subsided. The British ad- ATHENS, Gre March 20.—The | wired that owing to repeated at- ek Government has undertaken to\lmcu on the part of the insurgents, the PLORKBLE SITUATION N CRETE Christians Ready to Fly at Each Other's Throats | at Ail Times. improving the condition of affairs in Europe seems to be getting worse, and it is now only the most sanguine who hope to avert war. [t is almost certain that it the King of Greece shouid attempt to withdraw the troops from the frontier without a fight with the Turks the troops wouid march on Athens &nd dethrone the Kme. More than ever is it evident that | war and retirement are the two alterna- | tives facing the King. Thedeparture oxJ CONFERENCES ARE OF NO AVAIL. Foreign Forces Continue to Land‘ at Various Ports of the Isiand. INSURGENTS BETRAYED BY THE | TRICKY TURK:. While Awaiting a Meeting With the | Russian Consu! They Are | Fired Upon | 29It has been arranged that of Austrians shall | occupy the fort zedin, which place was attacked vesterday from the hei of Suda. | It has salso n inter- national force shal the town of Akroti of that name. Each o s ked his Government 0 troops in oraer that the i 1ts may be held in sub; { als has s appear to be the slightest P I fu any im- proveme: e dep! ion ex- isting through d. On the contrary, er now than throats the foreign ad- ves and the tive of no g this the s to arrive at z with the insurgents | down their v already tattempt of the is well onc The lates Russian Con acqnainted with boid another cor The British V George's €-Consul at Retimo bhas Subjects. Scenes ‘of Intense Excitement in the Streets of Athens, Showing the War Spirit of King t a report b se e ng that the com- andar of the fore Jops at that place | indemnify the owners of the mamer} foreign admirals decided to treat them as fir s SR invite the | Heraklien, which was boarded at the|enemies [cries of “shame] and to de- insurgent leaders ity to enter | Pireus Saturday by an armed crowd of | mand more troops from tne puwers in or. the town to conf rkish Gover- | Greeks and Cretans, who jettisoned her | der to keep them in subjection. Colonel entire cargo of provisions destined for the “ Vassos, commanding the Greek troops in use of the Turkish, Russian and British | Crete, received warning from the sdmir- forces in Crete. | als to this effect and replied to it by or- | dering the capiure of the blockhouse at | Malaxa and followed up his success by Practical Defiancs of the Pow vs by the l attacking and capturing the eurthworks Greek Commander. forts to-dav. - Colonel Vassos, the admir Exe. March 20.—In- the| gl o powern L nor vetoed the allow the ent was decided to Coube, a viliage in-th y of Retimo, they having accep itation to & conference. | A delegation of i st Coube § ng to at. FASSOS DECLAKES WAR. awaited the | LONDON the coming ¢ who had | House of Commons to-day Hon. George been seles resent his [ N. Curzon, Under Foraign Secre read | WAR FEV X OF THE GREEKS. colleagues. ials had | a number of teleg from the admiral | 7¢ May Go 80 Far as to Cause a Con- undert nsul of the | commanding the British warships in | fliet With the Powers. arrival chiefs at Coube, but | Cretin waters. The admiral wired that| LONDON, Exc., March 29.—Instead of LFRED By, CRETE. Bir Alfred Biliotti, the British Consul for Crete, who effected the rescue of the beleaguered Moslems at Candano the other day, is over 60 years of age. He is the son of the late Charles Biliotti, and has been employed in the consular service in Eastern Europe s clerk, dragoman, Vice-Consul and Consul since 1849, In 1859 he discoverea the Necropolisof Camirus in Rhodes, and superintended the excavations at Halicarnassus in 1865. He has been Consul for Crete since 1885, and was created C.M.G. in 1886, C.B, in 1895 and K.C.M.G. in 1896. Captain John Harvey Ranier, of H.M.S. Rodney, who was in command of the European force with which Sir Alfred Biliott1 rescued the beleaguered Mussulmans at Candano, is close upon 50 years of age. He joined the navy as a cadet in 1860, becoming sub-iieutenant in 1866, lieutenant in 1869, commander in 1880 and captain in 1837. He was a member of the War Office committee on machine guns, 1880-81, and secretary to the committee on torpedo instruction, 1884. While commanding the Kingfisher in Fevruary, 1835, he landed a force of scamen and marines at Zeyla to assist in the arrest of mutinous Somali potice. He was e member of the defense committee at Mauritius in the same year, and received the thanks of the Governor for his services then. He has also captured slaye dhows on the east coast of Africa, and in 1890 he received the appreciation of the Admiralty and Governor of the Leeward Islands for his prompt action during the disturbances at Torkola. In the same year the French Government thanked him for taking relief to Martinique after the great fire there, and for the steps which he took at Tucacas during the Venezuelan revolution in 1892 he had the entire approval of the Foreign Office. Crown Prince Constantine to take com- | mand of the Greek troops in Thessaly in- Licates that the King does not intend to lose his crown 1f he can help it. hot as ever and they are not willing to listen to reason. Rumors that the powers are disagreeing among themseives have strengthened this feeling and led the Greeks to believe that in case of war they will not be without friends. That is what the more level-headed among them are caleuiating on. They know that if war between Greece and Turkey should ocear | and if there should be no interference by |-outsiders, the great numerical superiority ot Turkey would cause tnat country to triumph in the end. But they know, also, or confidently believe, that before such a result was reached the powers of | Enrope would be involved on opposite sides and that the struggle would be more even. i In the nreantime affairs in Crete are in a very bad shape. The insurgents are very hot against the powers and there is danger of a war between the Cretan people and the united powers ot Europe, a war that could, of course, have but one end, | but which would result in deplorable ioss of life. SEE FROSPE Slgaatas CI8 NOR PEACE. Emperor Francis Joseph Takes a Ro- sente View of the Cyetan Trowble. VIENNA, AUSTRIA, March 29.—The Em- peror, in his address to-day opening the new Reichsrath, said that he believed that the action of the powers in regard to Greece had a tendency toward peace. Though the powers condemnad the atti- tude of Greece, the Emperor said they did not mean to encourage Turkey in resisting the reforms which the powers had de- manded that the Porte should institute in the ‘Turkish domains. The Porte, he de- clared, must remedy the existing abuses n the Turkish empire and accept the recommendations of the powers. Cou- cerning the concert of the powers, the Emperor said : “Thanks to the common action of the nowers the dangers arising from Greece's action in Crete have been ‘minimized, and we are now permitted to hope that | the concert of the powers, despite differ- ences of opinion on the part of some and hesitations on the part of others, will lead to a solution that will be eminently satis- factory. I say this above ail in rezard to the Cretan question, upon which my Gov- ernment is in accord with the powers who bave taken measures to preserve the terri- torial statu quo and suppress the ten- doncies and aspirations menacing to ssnan? CONSTANTING 1T LARISSA. Given an Oration Uponm His Arrival to Zake Command. ATHENS, Greec, March 20.—Crown Prince Constanune and his party have arrived at Larisss, where the Prince will make his headquarters, They traveled by rail from Volo without mishap and were everywhere along the route received witn much enthusiasm. The whole garrison at Larissa was ubder arms to receive their communder. Crowds had assembled in the flag-bedecked streets to welcome the. Crown Prince, and he was given an ova- tion as he proceeded from the railway station to the headquar‘ers that had al- ready been prepared for his reception. The war fever among the Greeksis as | ‘The enthusinsm of the troops und the ‘populace was unparalleled. ’ RIOT FOLLOWS MASSACRE. Lively Disturbance in Constantinople, Which Several Are Killed, but Details Are Supprosssd. LONDON, Exg., Mareh 29.—The Stan- dard’s Constantinople correspondent tele- graphs that the fear that was felt among the officials at the Yildiz Kiosk as to the nossible resnlts of the recent massacre of 700 Armenians at Tokat bave apparently been rémoved. An irade that has been issued states that the sentences of those convicted of having been implicated in the massacre will be fixed by the Sultan and not by the commission appointed to inquire into the affair. The issue of this irade is aseribed to reassuring communi- cations received from Russia. The dispatch farther says that a riot has occurred in Constantinople, in which sev- eral persoas were killed. No details are given. It appearsto have only local im- port, but has increased the disquiet ex- isting In the city. a5 LAMONT MAY RULE THE ROAD. in It Is Reported That the Ex-Secretary of War Will Become Fresident of the Northern Pacifiz. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 29.—The Press says: Daniel S. Lamont may be- come president of the Northern Pacifiz Railway. That is the report in Wall street and it is believed in some quarters, although definite information is denied. It is said that J. Pierpont Morgan has the power to name the president of the Northern Pacific and that he will bestow the title on Lamont. Mr. Lamont signi- i | cide that it would be a wise policy to elect Demonstration of the Greeks Before the Parliament Palace at Athens. | | | | | | fied his intention to return to business in ew York by becoming a director of the | Union National Bank in last January. The office of president of the Northern Pacific would not be in conflict with his | present interests and be would not be away from friends, as he has several of them in the directory. Then, too, Lamont would probably be acceptable to the Deutsche Bank interests in the road. There is no regular election for presiden: of the Northern Pacific ) road until next September, when Edwin [ W. Winter’s term expires. Mr. Winter 1s | a Miunesota man, and it may be that the directors even before September may de- an Eastern man, g SOCIALISTS TO “LIE LOW.” They Will Ignore the Calebration of the | Kaiser Wilkelm | Fetes and Pre- pare for May Days. BERLIN, GERMANY, March 29.—During the Kaiser Wilnelm I fete the Social Dem- ocrats held aloof from all participation and have since prac'ically ignored the celebration, Their leaders have refrained from even criticizing the festivities ex- | cept when occasionally sneering at the | utterances of loyal papers. The reason | for this can be well understood. The So- | cialist leaders have been taught by experi- | ence carefully to avoid a brush with tne | Kaiser over anything in wnich he espe- cially interests himself and upon which | they cannot assail a minister, so the So- cialist coe was to ‘lie low.” They are ilready organizing their own fetes for | May day, however, but there is no new feature in the projected programme. Comrades ar= invited to observe the holi Gay where they can do so without injur- } ing their interests. Where their employ- | ers may threaten them with dismissal if | they ebsent themselves from work with- | outleaye they have been advised to ab- stain, The Socialist leaders, mindful of the recent grievous Hamburg strike, are loath to encourage anything tending | toward sirike movements in any quarter. | The bazaar connection with the Queen | of England’s diamond jubilee, which was | held here last week, was particularly suc- | cessful, and brought in quite a Jarge sum for the endowment of the American and British governesses’ homes. They were well attended by a fashionable crowd, as micht have been expected of an under- | taking with the patronage of the Empress Frederick, the Princess of Wales, the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prin- | cess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and other royal princesses. Among otiter pa- tronesses were also Mrs. Uhl, Lady La Salles, the wife of the president, and Lady Malet, wife of the last British Embassa- dor; Madame Von Rothenburg, daughter | of the late William Walter Phelps, form- | erly United States Minister to Germany; | the Duchess of Devonshire, the Mar- | chioness of Salisbury, Princess Henry of | Pless (nee Cornwallis-West) and Mrs. Fry, wife of the chapiain of the English Church. The American ladies who were stall-holders were Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Squires, respectively the wives of the first and the second secretaries of the United | States Embassy; Mrs. Cleves-Symmes, | | Miss Leone Byrnes, Miss Muriel Byrnes, | Miss Andre, Miss Borse and Miss Sylves- | ter. Miss Alice Unl, dsughter of Hon. Ed- win F. Uhl, United States Embassador, \was with Miss Rutter, Lady Lascelles, wife of the British Embassador, the two Countesses Wachtmeister dispensing tes in the Japanese stall. Empress Frederick | attended the opening of the bazaar, and made numerous purchases. The Ameri- can contingent was strong. e e 1 Brooklyn Players Beaten. LONDON, Exc., March 29.—The 1ia- crosse team of the Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn was beaten by the Manchester team by a score of 8 zoa's to 2. The game was played on the Manchester grounds. { | | | QUIR FOR PUBLIC HIGHWAYS Morgan Cbjscts to Proposed Sale of the Union Pacific. SHOULD REMAIN UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL. No Reason Why Rights of the People Should Give Way to Private Demands. DUTY OF CONGRESS TO CONTROL PACIFIC ROADS. The Unit d States, Says the S-nator, Cannot Afford to Lose Contrel of the Grea!vflighwav. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 29.— Morgan submitted the views of the mi nority of the Committee on Pacific Rail- roads in the Senate to-day on the bill to amend the act for the construction of the Pacific railroad bill reported by Gear, March 18, 1897. “Legislation,’” says Morgan, “that sepa- rates the Central Pacitic and the Union Pacific roads in two competitive parts de- stroys the greatest value and denies to the people the real advantages of the great transcontinental highways created for their benefit and buiit with their money under the laws that this bill seeks to abolish. ©A leading purpose in building this great system of railway was to establish a National highway across the continent for Government purposes, every mile of which should be perpetually connected with and dependent upon every other mile for commercial value, for its opera- | tions and for its control by the Govern- ment of the United States as an instru- mentality in government in all its length from the Missouri Riverto the Pacifio Ocean. These matters should not be cast aside even to provide for the most honest private demands.” The pending bill, Morgan says, is in- tended to abandon the great duty of Con- gress to control these roads and protect the money of the people. The companies do not hold theircorporate rights by con- tract with the Government. They are ex- pressly affected with the duties and obli- gations of a great public trust, to beex- ecuted and administered in conformity with the law enacted for that purpose in the observance of a declared public policy. The pending bil!, Morgan says, provides for an agreement with the ‘‘owners” of the Central Pacific interest, declaring who owns it, and deals with it as if the United States Government is not the owner. In making this final disposition of the prop- erty the bill, he contends, destroys the unity of this great highway and proposes to sepurate the Central from the Union Pacific by an act that Congress alone can sanciion. No court could thus ignore or defeat the public interests that unite these Toads in one continuous system without violating the law of the land. An act of Congress proposing to change the law ought never, Morgan says, be passed. This fatal act of separation between | these roads has not reached a stage that is conclusive upon the Government; it shouid be intercented and placed by act of Congress in the hands of the commission vrovided 1n tnis bill if it becomea a law. The United States could no more afford to have this great highway pass beyond its reach as an instrumental- ity of Government than Great Britain could afford to have the Canadian Pacific, which, in a military sense, is the spinal column of the empire, pass into the hands of the American Government. Morgan says there should be no sale of the Union Pacific until authority for such transaction appears in the statutes, and he deplores the lack of information vouch- safed by the executive to the legislative branch of the Government on this subject. If legal authority exists to make this sale, such authority, he contends, should bs withdrawn before the sale is conciuded.