THE WAR CLOUD.

Hastings Standard, Issue 284, 30 March 1897, Page 3

THE WAR CLOUD.

THE POSITION BECOMING MORE SERIOUS.-

THE CHRISTIANS FURIOUS AT THE BOMBARDMENT.

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Constantinople, March 27

The Embassies demand the punishment of Hakki Pasha, the military commander at Tokat. Later details show that 100 persons were killed ing the massacre.

The Embassies here recommend the Powers to immediately determine the details of Cretan autonomy, as delay endangers the situation. The Admirals recommend the withdrawal of the appointment of a European Governor. The Turks have laid torpedoes in Salonica harbor.

The Cretan insurgents fired upon the British Admirals' launch at Suda Bay. The C'rown Prince of Greece has started fo.i the Turkish frontier to take charge of the troops. Difficulty is being experienced in providing food for the Moslem refugees at Seliuio.

A public crier near Heraklion is exhorting the faithful to fight the Christians.

The British warship Dryan sank two caiques and captured two others for landing contraband goods in Crete. Seven hundred Cretan refugees seized a steamer loading at Pineus and threw overboard provisions intended for the Moslems in Crete and the British aud Russian warships. The situation is growing worse, the action of the Powers having increased the fanaticism of the combatants. The Christians are furious at the frequent bombarding. March 29. The blockade of the Gulf of Volo, Thessally, is regarded as imminent. St. Petersburg, March 29. In consequence of the unsettled position of affairs in South Eastern Europe, Russia is massing two hundred thousand troops in Southern Russia.