The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 7, 1897, Page 1

| { LXXX I.NO. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY MORNING 7l’i€ICE FIVE CENTS. THE POWERS 1§ COOLING Less Severe in the Attitude Assumad Toward King George. COERCION OF GREECE IS: POSTPONED. Great Britain and France Unite in Opposing the Plans of Russia. CELEBRATION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE HELLENES. While Many Who Participated Cry for | War the Outbreak Feared Is Averted April 6.—Although | given over to | their feeling of patriotism, but the day o important changes in | Greece or Turkey or the | eign flags except those which were fl e important fact that tended to a quiet celebration was that a very large proportion of the male population is under arms on the frontier of Thessaly. Muck relief is felt in Government circles tuat the day passed without any attempt being made to force the hand of the King and his aavisers. There is, however, an un current of feeling against the Government for its alleged dilatoriness in dealin : effec- tively with the situation, and. though it was not materially felt to-duy. there is no telling when it may break forth and carry all before it. 1n Athens itself the celebration was car- ried on with the greatest enthusiasm. All business was «d. The pro- gramme of the day’s festivities included a Te Deum at the cathedral in the morning |1 religious service was attended by | King George and Q Dlga, the Minis- ters of State and foreizn diplomats. The | service was marked with more than usual solemnity, all pre feeling that aivine | aid was indeed needed to carry Greece through the troubluus days now confront- ing her. | The route from the palace to the cathe- | dral was lined by the enthusiastic popu- Iace, who were eager to salute the King | | and Queen and to give expression to their | sympathy with their maje-ties. As the King and Queen drove along in an open z0 they were constantly cheered by su carriag, the crowds. Some of the more ardent advocates of war had caused to be printeda large num- ber of papers bearing the inscription, ‘Hurrah for war!”” and these were scat- tered broadeast throughout the city with the evident intention of further inflaming the popular passion, ana many of them were thrown by spectators into the King's carriage. After the cathedral service the day was general holiday-makine. The people all gave free expression to | was marked by an uiter alsence of d's- order. A feature of the decorations in honor of the day was the entire absence of all ! oy KING CHRISTIAN of Denmark, Who, It Is Reported at Paris,| Has Been Asked at the Instance of the Czar of Russia to Arbitrate the Cretan Question. | 1 the impression prevails arope that the situation has improved during the past ndence day celebration, ch it was feared would result in ies on the front upeventfully. The popu and other points in Gr dispatches received here, ce at Athens s, accordine to ndulged 1n war- demonstrations, but that has become | a daily commonplace. It is now generally believed, Petersburg, that Greece by determined upon war. This accounts in part for the less severe attitude that the vowers have at the last moment assumed toward King George. There is no longer any doubt that France is support: Salisbury, the British Prime Mi favor of a milder policy. and Russia, fore, is ble to insist upon measures upon Greece. It isto0early yet even in St. here- severe 10 sy whether the powers will now com- | ror William, and it has been assorted and pel the immediate withdrawal of the Turkish troops from Crete in order to con- ciliate Greek public cpinion, but some such move seems more possible now than auy other stage of the crisis. The situation on the frontier of course continues critical, but it is fe't that the | ater danger has been avoided to-day’s escape from an outbreak. by In the House of Commons to-day Right | talfous, First Lord of the | A. J Treasury and the Government leader in the House, said that the majority refused to devote a day to debate a motion for an address to the Queen praying that the forces of the crown shail not be employed a ainst the kingdom of Greece or the peo- vle of Crete, in accordance with the notice given by Sir William Harcourt, the leader of the opposition, vesterday. The ground on which he based his refusal was the lact Hon. that the proposed motion was altogether | ambi M would put a direct motion of a want of confidence in the Government he would fix a day for its discussion, iiliam Harcourt made no reply to Balfour’s remarks. ATHENS, GREECE, April 6.—To-day was the seveniy-sixth anniversary of the op g ol the war for Greciun independence, M nd it was feared that, with the war feel- | ng that at present pervades all classes of society, the day might resuit in demon- strations that would prove extremely em- Larrassing tcthe Government. Dispatches received from all parts of the kingdom show that (e day was celebrated with far more entbusiasm than usual, but the peo- ple were entirely orderly. hos- | has passed almost | no means | zuous. - Baliour added that if the opposition | | | | | was feared that Princess Sophia would be | on duty there had great difficulty in pre- from the various legations. The Greck colore,however, were most plentifuily used, scarcely a house in the city not displaying the national colors. When the royal process route to the cathedrai the cheersof the wildly enthusiastic crowds frightened the horses attached to the carriage of the Crown P cess Sophia, who had returned from Larissa, whither she proceeded with the Crown P.ince when he went to as- sume command of the Greek troops in Thessaly. The horses bolted ana the car- riage was overturned. The incident crea- ted the most intense excitement and it killed. A hundred persons rushed forward and righted the carriage, wuen much to the relief of everybody it was found that the Crown Princess had escaped unhurt. Sbe entered the carrisge of King George and continued on her way to the cathe- dral. Princess Sophia is a sister of Empe- dented that her changing from the evan- gelical faith of her family to the Greek faith of her husband had mucn to do with the hostile attitude of Emperor Wilham toward Greece. A greal meeting was held here this afternoon, at which a resolution was adopted protesting against the action of | the powers in their efforts to crush the rightful aspirations of the Hellenes and indorsing the Government on the firm | «tand it had taken and maintained in the | defense of Greek rights. The meeting ap- pointed a deputation to convey the reso- lation to the King. Several thousand persons accompanied the deputation to the palace, shouting | “Zz2to o Polemos.” The crowd nvaded the vestibule of the paiace, and the troops venting them from entering further. Large crowds continued in the square in frontof the palace throughout the day. They repeatedly called for the King, but Dhix Majesty did not appear. Passing alarm was caused this afternoon by the discharge of pistols among the crowds. It was at first thought that an ontbreak was about to oceur. The troops were immediately re-enforced and further and more stringent precautions were taken to prevent disorders. It was sub- sequenily learned that the alarm was causea by enthusiastic spirits who were discharging a feu de jo Nothing more serious occurred during the day than a few scuffles, which were easily stopped by the police. CANEA, Ceere, April 6.—Admiral Canevaro, who by reason of setiority was selected as commander of the combined | patriotic | the arming of the Moslem refngees, whica | \) N i i Theodore Rooseve't, Who Is to B: Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Theodore Roosevelt, who has jus: been nominated Assistant Secretary of the Navy, is now President of the Board of Police Comm issioners of New York City. graduation from Harvard in 1880. at once became the leader on the Republican side. Although Mr. Rooseveit is but 39 years of age he has been active in politics ever since his In the fall of the following year he was elected te the Assembly, and when he took his seat he In 1886 he was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for Mayor of New York and soon afterward was appointed a member Int He is a man who has the courage of his convictiol of the United States Civil Service Commission. form. s political career Mr. Roosevelt has always been in favor of progress and re- and is ready to speak his mind freely when the occasion demands it, It has been said of him that he knows humen nature, which, after all, is a very simple process, and that he knows eivil service, which 15 a Chinese puzzle that none but the initiated can fathom. He is something of an author, having written a life of Thomas H. Benton and seyeral volumes of life in the far West. wrote a **History &f the Naval War of 1812, He has always had a taste for naval matters and some ten years ago | fleets of the powers, applied a few days | ago to the Italian nayy authorities to be rel.eved of his command. The reply to his request was received to-dsy. It says. that another commander will be appointed in his stezd if a blockade of Greece shall be deciared. NEW YORK, N. Y., served out 10 the Bashi Bazouks. Of this ] vumber 450 bave been recovered. The dis- arming of the BasbiBazouks continues, Oue hundred and “yentv-six rifias that| were brought from Kagdamos are miss- | ing. | The insurzents at Akrotiri nave sent to | the admirals a protest against their being | fired upon by the Bashi Bazouks on Sat- | urday. The compare the treatment ac- corded to the Moslems to that accorded themselves by the acmirals, | The admirals revlying to the protest | have stated that they did not fire upon | the Mussulmans because of the presence among them of Earopean officers. | The admirals meditate issuing a new | proclamation announcing that the block- | ade of the island will continue only so | | long as the Greek troops under the com- | mand of General Vassos remain 1n Crete. The British Consal here has consented to traverse the island for the purpose of | | diffusing this prociamation. He desires | another Consul to accompany him. | The Daily Telsgraph has advices from Alikianu, where is situated the headquar- ters of Colone: Vassos, statinz that the Greek commander bad received written | and signed replies to the autonomy proc- lamation of the admirals from every prov. led to the encounter with the insurgents | inceand district of the island. The sig- | on the peninsula of Akrotiri Saturday, | natures of the heads of families number | has elicited the fact that 518 rifles were | nearly 40,000 and represent the entire | April 6 —Every | Greek in New York to-day | celebrated a twofuld festival. Besides being the feast of the immaculate concep- tion the day is the anniversary of the | Greek declaration of independence at the beginning of the rebellion again«t the rule | of the Turks in 1821 Services were held in the Greek church on West Fifty-third street in honor of the occasion. Holy communion was then adminis- tered to each of the congregation. Tnen followed addresses. The American flag Greek banner Loth church. hung beside the in and outside the | - DISARMING EsSHI BAZOUKS. Admirals Having a Hard Time to Con- trol Affaire at Crets LONDON, Exc, April 6.—The Daily News will to-morrow publish a dispatch rom Canea stating that the inquiry into Christian population. Nota single signer approves of the scheme of the powers to grant autonomy to the island. The Standard has a dispatch from Con- stantinople stating that the Council of Minisiers has refused to consider tue withdrawal of the Turkish troups from Crete until the Greek force now on the island shall bave departed thence. ATHENS, GreEce, April 6.—The Gov- ernment here Las learned that tue diplo- mats in Constantinople bave =zdopted Eastern Rovmania as the model for Crate. The Governor of the island pill be a Euro- pean, who wiil be selected from the sac- ondary powers. The Turkish troops now in the island will be temporarily retained, although if Greece will un ertake to re- call Colonel Vassos the powers will take mmediate measures to withdraw the Turkish troo THEODORE KOUSEVELT NAMED, The Well-Enown New Yorker to Be As- sistant decretnry of the Navy. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 6.—The President to-day sent to the Senate the following nominations: Theodcre Roose- velt of New York to be Assistant Secre- tary of the Navy, Captain Crowninshield of the United States navy to be Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. The pomination of Theodore Roosevelt to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy D e Ly r——— i s Genersl St @ ma Gress woom. TYPES OF THE meets with the hearty approval of Senator Platt, and there will be no opposition to his confirmation. The Senator said this morning that he knew that the nomina- tion had been agreea upon, and further volunteered the information that he had been consulted about i 0 1 R R SIR JOHN WILLOUGHBY'S LETTERS HARRISON CARRIES CHICAGO Aided by the Magic of His Famous Father's Nams He Becomes Mayor. In Them He Said He Believed the Jame- son Raid Was Sanctioned by the Impersal Auihorities. LONDON, Exc.. April 6.—At to-day's sitting of the Parliamentary South Afri- can Committee an cfficial from the War Office produced a number of letters writ- ten by Major Sir John Willoughby, the | contents of which the witness refased to disclose on the demand of Mr. Labou- | chere at the sitting of last Friday. | The first letter read was dated from Hol- loway jail, where Willoughby was serving a term of ten months’ imprisonment, which recently expired. In thecommu- nication the writer said he had taken part in the Jameson movement in pursuance of orders from the administrator of Mata- beleland in the honest beliei that the raid was undertaken with the knowledge and assent of the im perial authorities. Major Wilioughby was called to the stand and Sir William Harcourt asked him a number of questions designed to draw out a statement for his reasons for believing that the raid had the sanction of imperial authority, to which he an- swered that his belief was based upon rivate conversations which he had had with Dr. Jameson. The witness was pressed for & more detailed answer, but after fencing with his questioner for a &:lrl:n::'::."'“’ TeiGied to. sty auy fux- | At the Missouri Metropolis the Eatire The chairman warned Major Wil- | Republican Ticket Carries loughby that the testimony he was giving the Day. was in direct confiict with tnat giver by | Dr. Jameson and asked him to explain to | the committee the reason why the testi- | mony of the two should be so muchat| CHICAGO, Irr., April 6.—With the variance. Willoughby r1epeatedly de- | magic of his famous father's name, aided clined to make any explanation, and the | by the independent split in the regular |REPUBLICANS BEATEN BY FACTIONS. ‘McKinley's Plurality Turned Into a Sweeping Democratic Victory. DIFFERENT IS THE RESULT IN ST. LOUIS. seogeaptiol (AT (AR Yl |CARTER HENRY HARRISON, Democratic ‘Mayor of Chicago. Carter Henry Harrison, who has just been elected or of Chicago, is, taking him broadly, very like his lato fnther. The eldest son of Chicago’s once favorite citizen, Mr. Har- rison resembles the late Mayor in his seif-assertiveness, courage and strong individuality. He has great stability, strength of character and utter independence. He is a Harrison clear through. He1s approaching middie age. Mr. Harrison’s experience asa politician has not been narrow. He has never been a candidate for office, although he has nelped candidates to office, he hss been busy in the life of politics as a party organizer, a club man and a delegate to conventions. His {riends, who rallied round his name and personality with great enthusiasm, once before proposed him for Mayor, but he declined. He was again proposed as candidate for State Treasurer, but declined that honor also. Ever since his graduation from college he has been 1o some degree engaged in the real estate business. He leit that walk when his fatner purchased the Times, and was the editor of that paper a while. Then he took charze of the business department, of which he was chief when the paper went out of existence as a distinct journal. After that Mr. Harrison took a trip abroad, and since his return has been engaged in rea! estate matters. In nis last taken portrait, which is herewich presented, Mr. Harrison wears a beard. The beard has been recently removed, but In nowise to the prejudice of the strong lines of Mr. Harrison's countenance. chairman began a new line of questioning | Republican ranks and the flocking of the by asking which imperial authority the | discontented laboring class to the stand- witness believed to have sanctioned the |ard of siiver Democracy, Carter Henry raid, but he refused to answer. Harrison waselected Mayor of Chicago to- The chairmap informed Willoughby | day. and a great Democratic triumph was that both he and Dr. Jameson would be | recorded. The 50.000 plurality of McKin- recalled for the purpose of reconciling | ley over Brvan was turned intoa Demo- their statements, and the committee then | cratic plurahity of about 85,000 over Judge adjourned until Frid, | Nathaniel C. Sears, the machine Repub- | lican candidate for Mayor. The almost SPECIAL ENVOY TO TURKEY. | tomplete mayoralty returns show that | Harrison polled a plurality of about 75,000 : over the next best man, Alderman John President McKinley Contemplates Sending | {1 1he next e T ot i ol John W. Foster on an Import- | citizens’ ticket by himself. ant Mission. The figures also indicate that the next NEW YORK, N. Y., April 7.—A Wash- | Moyor polied a small majority over ail ington dispatch says: President McKin- | {be three other principal candidates— loy contemplates sending former Secre- | Seéars, Harlan and Washington Hesting, tary of State Jobn W. Foster to Constan- | the ex-Postmaster and German editor, tinople as a special envoy with the rank | Whose ticket was cailed “Business Ad- of Embassador, to secure from the Sultan e the payment of American claims and the speedy trial of American prisoners. The President will probably send to Congress a message recommending that authority ve given him for this purpose. | i u I e Under the proposed arrangements Mr. | Every thought, B l l Foster may be sent to Turkey when the | word and action resignation of Minister Terriil is accepted, takes vitality from toiseEveuntiiiis wozki ias heeinpesiurmed, iy per every nerve, muscle, bone, organ and tissue depsnds on the blood for its quality and condition. Therefors and then give place to the Minister who | will be appointed as Mr. Terrill's suc- . pure blood is abso- sP"“g lutely necessary to Medicine cessor. Members of the Senate Committee on Foreizn Relations and the Republican leaders in the House who have been con- right living and unhed_ny that the plan would not be op- | healthy bodies. posed in Congreas. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the great blood ® Jerry Was Libeled. purifier and the best Spring Medicine. LONDON, Exe., April 6.—The action for | 1 herefore it is the great cure for scrofula, damages for livel brought by Miss Marion | salt rheum, humors, sores, rheumatism, Terry, actress, against the St. James Bud- | catarrh, etc.; the great nervine, strength zet was tried in the Queen’s Bench High | builder, appetizer, stomach tonic and Court of Justice to-duy. The libel con- | regulator. sisted of the vpublication that Miss Terry was about to marry ber brother-in-la Morr ' w, | ’ The jury awardea Miss Terry | £500 damages. | — - Britannta Wins ae Usual. | NICE, Fraxce, April 6.—The Ailsa and | -, Iss0ld by all Sarsaparilla Britannia sai.ed the last race of the sea- | 18 son to-day over the course from Nice to s "“6’_' Prepared oniy by C. L. Hood & Co., Lowell, ass. Get Hood’s and only Hood’s, Menaco and back for a prize Sevres vase. | The race was won by the Britanmia by | three minutes. The weather was rainy and the wind light from the northwest. | Hood’s Pills taken after dinner aid digestion,