The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 12, 1897, Page 1

38 POWERS MAY BE TROUBLED BY THE PORTE Turkey Appeats to Be Ready for Larger Game Than Greece. HOWEVER, THE HELLENES ARE EAGER FOR PEACE. Full Authority Given the Representatives of the Six Meddlesome Nations to Proceed With Negotiations With the Sultan. ATHENS, GREECE, May 11.—The German Minister received in- from Berlin at midnight | s of the 1 of this pow udis, Minister of Foreign A g toarrange an armistice and conclude peace. s to th foreign Min ast night to co-operate with other end of concluding peace. Upon ters immediately called upon M. ffairs, and presented to him the col- The rnment, through Skouloudis, at once accepted these terms fided their interests to the powers. Constantinople to check Edham Pasha. an armistice and conclude the Russian Minister, M. The latter will take meas- the advance of the Turkish army The collective note of the powers offering to peace was presented to M. Skou- Onou. There is a feeling of intense relief here at thé ending of the war Premier Ralli, to confide the interests of Greece fident they wou hands the Sultan. ministerial circles that Turkey will s of interviewed to-day, said that the Government consented | to the powers, because he was con- 1d refuse to leave an inch of Grecian territory in the Nevertheless the opinion seems to prevail in not consent to readily. obey the LONDON, ENG., May 11.—In the House of Commons to-day Arthur J. Balfour said in reply to a represer ation between Greece and Turkey, by the Greek Government. LONDOY, Exa., May 11.—Many specu- lations are indulged in regarding the terms of pesce that will be imposed by the powers, but nothing definite as to er is known. #ns correspondent of the Stand- ard says he learns from good sources that they will include the re-establishment of question by John Morley that the tatives of the powers at Athens had offered to undertake medi- and that the offer had been accepted | the event of negotiations with Greecs collapsing. Turkey is preparing for some bigger foe, or intends to so strengthen herself in | Europa as to enable ner to follow her own | course rezardless of the powers. The con- | sensus of opinion is that the prevalent | war spirit will give the powers as much | trouble to enfarce their wishes in Constan- They seem to indicate that the territorial status which obtained be- | o1y S gt e TP of ’"‘:”"‘“‘?:l" | The dispatch adds that six officers from cc ol of Greek finance: ossi | > nances, and POSMIBY | 3anina and the army of commandants at payment by Greece of a small indemnity. | 7 Phillipada and other stations Advices Vienna state that the Porte calculates the cost of the war at £6,000,000 (Turkish), while he will require in yearly installments se- by mortgaging the revenues of Thesssly to Turke loan thereon. m Greece to pay cured which will raise a the same advices, claims a rectification of the Thessalian frontier. According to the Daily News the Greeks rely upon Great Britain to protect their interests, and adherents of the Porte are looking for help from Russia and Ger- many. A dispatch to the Daily News from Athens says that the troops in Thessaly and Epirus were promptiy informed of the pending armistice. The dispatch adds that it is hoped that the armistice will calm public excitement and pave the way for the disbanding of the troops and vol- unteers and heterogeneous elements of the army, which endanger public peace. The Daily News’ Constantinople corre- spondent telegraphs that general satisfac- tion is felt there over the fact that Greece has applied for mediation. The Turks wish to treat with Greece directly, and the decision of the powers to manage the | negotiations 1s unwelcome, A dispatch from Athens to the Chroni- cle says that during the megotiations pre- | ceding the note of the powers to Greece the majority of the powers assured Greece that the terms of peace would favor her. The wriler of the dispatch, on authority of Colonel Manos and other leaders in Epirus, reaffirms that the Turks were guilty of many atrocities in frontier vil- lages. He declares that all women and children who did not escape were massa- cred and the villages burned. Fugitives sobbingly relate stories of the slow killing of childien in the presence of their moth- ers and of girls being assaulted in the presence of their sisters. A number of women of Kamarina, while fleeing to Mount Zalongos, were pursued by Turks and leaped down a precipice to escape them, preferring death to dishonor and torture, The Standard’s Constantinople dispatch says that reports persist that remarkable War preparations continue, and the dis- patch cites as instances of these the fact that several regiments in Asia bave been summoned for service in Europe. The Teports cause much anxiety, inasmuch as Turkey also, according to | Louios, | have arrived at Constantinople in chains | and under strong escorts. They will be vplaced on trial for neglecting their duty | in the face of the enemy. The Standard’s Athens correspondent states that it is reported fighting oceurred to-day at Dhomoko and Almyro. The Athens correspondent of the Times | says that arrangements now reached have | only in view the ceseation of hostilities | as a preliminary to the conclusion of | peace. No discussion of the terms has yet been initiated. It is hoped that the | diplomats will exert the utmost pressure |on the Porte to obtain an immediate armistice, as it is feared the dilatory | metbods of the rorte will again be re- sorted to with the idea of gaining further successes and better terms. The report | adds that the Government received tele- grame that Edhem Pasha is preparing to attack Smolenski, who is strongly en- trenched near Surpl. The Times Constantinovle dispatch says that the representatives of the powers in that city met to-day. tions from their governments and con- sequently there was merely ap exchange of views, no action being taken. R e STARVING SOLDIERS. Cause Greek Troops to Go Mad With Hunger. LONDON, Exe., May 1L—Mailed dis- patches from English reporters continue | to unfold a story of disorganization and neglect in the Greek army. The corre- ! spondent of the Daily Mail, under date of Arta, April 25, relates that the Sixtn Regi- ment when uat Filippiada received at an early hour on the morning of tue 23d bread and water for the men. After- ward the regiment marched by easy stages to the neighborhood of Pentepi- ghadia, arriving aL6 o'clock in the even- ing. No provisions of any kind arrived that night. The next morning the men still had nothing to eat, but they were ordered to march back to Filippiada. The poor fellows began to retreat, but maay were unable to keep in the ranks, and the roadsides were lined with hundreas who hud sunk down trom hunger and fatigue. The Turks, who were only a few miles be- Dind, could, if they had advanced, have annihilated them. There were no supplies at Filipplada, and when the writer left on the after- noon of April 24 the regiment was still unfed. Upon reaching Aria the writer such increases are not required even in | found a similar condition of affairs, A Two lacked inatruc- Terrible Hardships and Neglect Secretaries. days. few montbs. experience in the Eastern question. Saannanta WA RLEAR LN N1 i T A T LA TR SR 4 N ST TS S Rizas Rangobi (Greece). Marquis de Lavalette (France). Lord Lyons (Great Britain). Prince Metternich (Austria). Solms Sonnenwalde (Prussia. This conference met at Paris January 15, 1869, in the Salle de Congress of the Palace of the Ministry of Foreigr. Affairs, and continued its sittings during thres The result of their work was that Greece, left without support, was com- pelled 1o accept the ultimatum laia down by Turkey, and the impending hostili- ties over the Cretan question were averted at least for the time and the Cretan rebellion, which had been going on since 1866, died out of its own motion within a The circumstances under which this conference was called admitted of no delay, as Turkey and Greece wereabout to fly at each otner’s throats. The Turkish FEmbassador at Athens, Photiades Bey, had on the 11th of December presented to Premier Delyannis an ultimatum from the Porte whicb meant war. 17, France, Austria and Prussia united in & request for a conference, Wwith A view of mediation. It was agreed to by ali, and the Ministers and Embassadors of the several powers at Paris were empowered by their respective Governments to act for them. They convened on January 15 and adjourned on the 17th. thus made up—hastily, and as it were, of such material as was immediately avail- able—it included some of the ablest diplomats of the day and men of much special On December Though The president was the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Marquisde Lavalette, who had served as secretary to the Embassy to Persia in 1835, as Con- sul-General to Egypt and twice as Embassador to Constantinople. represented Great Britain, having lately succeeded Lord Cowley as Embassador to raris. He had formerly been an attache of the British Embassy at Athensand after- Lord Lyons Chevalier Nigra (Italy). Countvon Stachelberg (hussia). THE CONFERENCE AT PARIS JANUARY, 1869, Which Settled the Last Trouble Between Greece and Turkey and Averted the Threatened War. ward Minister successively to Florence (Tnscany), Washington and Constantinople. Austria’s interests were looked after by Prince Metternich, the son of the great In the absence of M. de Gottz, the Prussian Minis- ter, King William spoke through his charge d’affaires at Paris, Count Salmo The Chevalier Nigra, schooled in diplomacy under Count Cavour, represented Italy and Lieutenant-General von Stachelberg Russia. The interests of the Bublime Porte were voiced by Djemil Pasha, who had twice before repre- sented the Sultan at the French court, and those of Greece by M. Rizas Rangabi, formerly rector of the University at Athens, and at the same time Minister of the King’s Household and Minister of Foreign Aftairs. They agreed among themselves—tirst, that they would only consider the im- mediate cause of the breach between Turkey and Greece, and second, that in case they were unable to adjust matters satisfactorily, that their respective govern- ments would remain neutral and be simple spectators of any war that might fol- Greece found that she would have to stand alone, and, feeling unaole to do s0, accepted the ultimatum of the Porte in regard to her interference and en- couragement of the insurgents in Crete, with such modifications as were suggested Metternich of Napoleon’s time. Sonnenwalde. low. by tne conference. same, Djimil Pasha (Turkey). M. Rangabi took no active part in the deliberations, as he thought that his country was not placed on an equal footing with Turkey. The conclusions ar- rived at by the conference were carried to King George at Athens by the late Count Walewski, together with an autograph letter from Emperor Napoleon III, urging conciliatory and peaceful measures, which had a large effect in insuring the crowd of soldiers on the main street, ren- dered almost mad by hunger, attacked a provision store, the doors of which they battered down with their rifles. Then followed a wild rush to secure food. A colonel rode up and tried to disperse the men. He was surrounded in a moment 4y starving mob, who, regardiess of dis- cipline, seized the reins and stirraps and clamored for bread. Elsewhere the writer saw 200 soldiers fighting to obtain from a bsg of tobacco lying on the street a portion to appease their hunger. Colonel Manos, com- mander-in-chief of the Eastern army, finally srrived and appealed to the men to maintain order. ATHENS, Grerce, May 1L—Advices received here lapsed, and that bread and cheese are the sole rations of the troops. Crown Prince tion to the army, saying that the position at Dhomoko was so strong that it may be considered invincible. He added that he was confident the army would not only repulse every attack, but it would shortly be able to resume the cifensive and drive the enemy from Greek territory. In con- clusion the Crown Prince expressed sym- pathy for the men in their privations and appealed to their patriotism. e CONSTANTINE TALKS, Tells About the Strength of Dho- moko and How Long He Can Hold Out. NEW YORK, N. Y., May. 1L.—The World’s copyrighted cablegram from its Dhomoko correspondent, Syivester Scovel, states that in an interview Crown Prince Constantine says the Turks won by sheer force of numbers. The Greeks were out- numbered in every engagement, but throughout the war the Turks, owing to their policy of throwing such immense bodies of troops against strong positions, lost 12,000, while the Greek losses were only 1000 all told. The Turks were also splendidly offi- cered, while many of the Greek reserves Continued on Second Page. show the commisariat of | the Greek army at Dhomoko has col- | Constantine yesterday issued a proclama- | LIVES OF ALL ON BOARD WERE LOST The Dismasted Hull of the General Siglin Sighted. Lashed to the Stern Davits Was the Body of One of the Crew. An Alaska Schooner Brings Authen- tic News of the Loss of the Vessel. SEATTLE, Wasm, May 11 — The North American Commercial Com- pany’s sealing schooner General Sig- lin, Captain Jerome Thomas, dismasted and water-logged, was sighted on the morning of May 5 by Captain E. Crockett and crew of the sailing schooner Willard Ainsworth, which arrived in port this afternoon. In all Luman probabilit every person who shipped aboard the ves- sel at San Francisco was lost. On board as passengers, officers and crew were: C. Greenfield, child, passengers. Jerome Thomas, captain. Harry Saunders, mate. J.C. W. Ohn, cook. R. Bendix, seaman. Martin Jeppesen, scaman. . Peterson, seaman. ‘wife and Greenfield was tne company’s agent at Wood Island. The wreck was seen 100 miles off Queen Charlotte Island. It was floating right side up, while the seas broke over the hull. The Ainsworth got close enough to the wrecked vessel at one time to see the body of a man lashed to the stern davits and to discern a gold ring on the thira finger of the left hand. The corpse waa that of a man apparently of medinm size, with dark hair and dark mustache. This entry concerning the discovery was taken from the log of the Ainsworth: May 5,—Passed the wreck of the schooner General Siglin, at 6 A x. in latitude 53 degrees 15 minutes N,, longitude 135 de- grees 15 minutes W. She was dismantled and water-logged, floating rignt side up. Theseas were breaking over her. There wasa dead body lashed {o the stern davits, There was a high sea running, so it was impossible for us to board her. Just where or when the General Siglin encountered the storm which wrecked the vessel, is a matter for the widest con- jecture. Enough is known, however, to almost preclude the possibility of a hope for the captain and passengers, or a single member of the crew of six shipped from San Francisco. Local seafaring men say it is hardly within the range of possibilities that the General Siglin was wrecked in the same storm as that which destroyed the Sama- ria, which went to pieces off Cape Flat- tery. Captain Crockett is also of that opinion. “She could not have drifted that far,” he observed, “on account of being water- logged. Itis my opinion thatthe General Siglin was lost in the storm which raged off Queen Charlotte Islands fzom March 21 0 March 25. During those days the wiud lew almost a burricane, and, in fact, we ost our rudder. The chances are that the General Siglin met her fate very near where we sighted her. She could not gone far, being probably driftel only by the tide. ©I hardly think it possible that the General Siglin was lost other thanina storm. She was not run down. I took particular notice of the vessel to see if she was cut, but she was not, her hull ap- parently being intact. When the mast was carried away it ripped up Ler deck, causing the vessel to fill with water. “We went by her twice, and I tried hard to see if the man lashed to the davits was the master. I was particularly anxious about this, as Captain Thomas was a The North American Commercial Ccmpany’s Schooner General Siglin, as It Appeared Off the Coast of Mendocino Last Year. warm personal friend of mine. I am quite certain it was not Captain Thomas, for the body was attired in an oilskin suit, being apparently a sailor's outfit. Whoever he may have been he madea desperate effort to prevent being washed overboard, as the others doubtless wers He was most securely lashed to the davits, “‘Lashed to the davits also were sgveral small boxes, which probably contained the ship's papers. Owing to the bigh seas I did not feel justified in attempting to get aboard the Biglin, especiaily as no one remained alive aboard of her.” James Chilberg, one of the Ainsworth’s crew, said the sight presented by the corpse on the vessel was the most sicken- ing he had ever witnessed. In the place of eyes were gaping sockets, and the man’s features bore traces of terrible sufferings. The Biglin’s mainmast was trailing astern, held by the shrouds. The fore- batch and steering gear were in place and the anchors nung fast atthe catheads. Chilberg’s theory is that the vessel was jibed in a heavy sea and thatits masts went by the board. The Ainsworth tacked upto the wreck twice in an endeavor to obtain a clew to the mystery, but was finally compelled to abandon the derelict, which is directly in the path of the nortn- ern fleet and a constant menace to naviga- tion. The dead man had woven a network of ropes about him in his efforts to secure himse!f and several small boxes, which were supposed 10 contain either the ship’s papers or personal valuables, from being washed away. The Ainsworth lost its rudder seventy- five miles off the coast. The crew rigg a jury rudder and got into Yakitat ha bor, where a new rudder was made. Here they also gave the missionary and the Indiang the résult of the late Presidential electicn. For eight months thoseisolated people had had .no news from the outside | world. The General Siglin left San Francisco on March 14, and had never since been heard from until the dispatch announcing that the water-logged huil of the vessel had been sighted by the crew of the Ainsworth was received yesterda! Captain Thomas was well known to almost every shipping man in San Fran- cisco. His brother is one of the most popu- lar skippers on the coast. Harry Saun- ders was_the brother of the present cap- tain of the big ocean liner China. It w: only a few months ago that he came to the coast, and the brothers had mot met for years. Obn has been going as cook on trading schooners to Alaska for years, while the other men were all known along the front. The General Siglin was an eighty-ton schooner built in Marshfield, Or., in 1894, It was 80 feet long witly 23 feet beam and 8 feet in depth. Its home port was Em- pire City, Or. The General Siglin was one. of the first vessels to start out on the new idea that it would be more profitable to chase the leviathans of the northern seas in schooners instead of utilizing the larger ls wkich eat up most of the profits, This is the first year in which the schooner-whaling idea was on tria!, and sbe General Siglin was the first vessel to getaway. LOST 4 POCKE1-BUOOK. William H. Crocker Has an Unpleasant Laperience in New York. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 1L—William H. Crocker of Ban Franeisco, who will sail on the St. Louis for London to-morrow, lost & pocket-book, containing a small sum of monsy, & steamship ticket, several railroad passes and a number of telegraph franks vesterday. He carried the pocket-book: in an inide pocket. Ho first missed it at the National Park Bank, and consulited Robert Pinker- ton. The detectiva said he thou.ht Crocker's pocket haa not been picked, but that the pocket-book had been dropned. Crocker said he would sail to-morrow whether or not the pocket-book was recov- ered. Excepting the money the articles lost were ull’mxm only to Crocker, * PEACE RESTORED I HONDURAS But Previously There s Some Very Furious Fighting. REVOLUTIONISTS BADLY BEATEN. Aided by Nicaragua the Gov- ernment Comes Out Victorious. UNITED STATES CONSUL ALGER REPORTED KILLED. General Rayes With the Gunboat Lucy B Overhauls an Amerl- can Steamer, WASHINGTON, D. C., May 1.—The State Department has received a dispatch from Consaul Little at Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, stating that the revolution has ended. The telegram furnishes no de- tails of the events surrounding the col- lapse. NEW ORLEANS, La., May 11.—The American steamer Rover, Captain R. V. Reed, arrived to-day from Honduras. The vensel brings reports of great excitement growing out of the revolution. A big bat- tle was fought at Puerto Cortez and the American Consul there, W. Alger, is said to have been killed. The Rover reached Puerto Cortez May 6. As there was great excitement and the forces there were preparing for battle, and as no flags were flying over the American Consulate, Reed deemed it dangerous to land and sailed for Omoa. Four milesout the Rover, while flying the American flag, was fired on by the Lucy B, the Nicara- guan gunboat, which, under command of General Rayes, had been sent by Nicara- gua to the assistance of Honduras. The Rover stopped at the first shot, but a sec- ond struck within a few feet of the engine- house. Rayes then boarded the Rover and searched her thoroughly on suspicion that she was bringing supplies to the revolu tionists. Reed protestea againstthe firing on and searching of a friendly vessel. Rayes replied that he did not given — for Americans, as the revoiution was in- stigated and carried on by Americans. Finding no contraband articles the Rover was released and proceeded on her way. On the return trtp, two days later, the Rover passed within a few miles of Puerto Cortez. The town was studied at a dis- tance through a fielaglass, and it was evi- dent that a battle had been fought there. The Lucy B was lying at the wharf, but was badly dismantled, the ptlot-house and bulwarks wereshot away. There was no evidence that the town itself had suf- fered any serious damage from the fight. but the fact that the Lucy B had landed would seem to indicate that the Govern- ment troops had defeated the revolu- tionists and captured the town. A short distance from Puerto Cortez Captain Reed heard that W. 8. Alger, the American Consul, was killed the day pre- vious. Alger was charged with beingin sympathy with the revolutionists, and, in fact, one of the ringleaders. Nearly all the Americans in Puerto Cortez sympa- thize with the revolutionists. The impression prevailea that the battle fought at Puerto Cortez mustin conse- quence have been bloodier than the usual Central American battles. Captain Reed will entera protest with the United States authorities againss the action of the Nicaraguans in finng on and searching his vessel. 4 LITILE HERO DECORATED. Gets a Royal Humane Society Medal for Saving a Child’s Life. LONDON, Exe., May 1L—The medal and certificate of the Royal Humane Society was to-day presented to Willie Scholes, living in Bolton, Lancashire, for an act of heroism. Willie, although only eight and one- half years old, recently jumped into a canal mear his' parents’ residence and saved from drowning a wee lassie named Annie Craven, seven years of age, who had fallen from the bank into seven feet of water. The young rescuer had taken severzl lessons in swimming, but he dis- played remarkable promptitude and pluck in getting the drowning girl safely to the bank before other assistance ar- rived. 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