THE CRETAN CRISIS

Waikato Argus, Volume II, Issue 109, 20 March 1897, Page 2

THE CRETAN CRISIS

EUROPEAN' WAR FEARED GREEKS DEFIANT. London, March 17. The Athens correspondent of the Times states that a conviction prevails that a general war is inevitable. The Greek populace insists that Colonel Yassos shall resist the Powers’ demands, and that Turkey shall be attacked if Greece is blockaded. The Daily News states that Greece offers to confine the operations of Colonel Yassos to a point on the Cretan coast away from the insurgents, if the Turkish troops are likely to be dealt with in the same way ; both Greek and Turkish troops to evacuate Crete in the event of the Cretans accepting autonomy. March 18. Sir W. Y. Harcourt in a speech at Norwich, referring to the action of the Powers with regard to Greece, said the Powers had might, but Greece had right. Lord Salisbury, he said, was covering Britain with shame. Athens, March 13. Colonel Yassos is fortifying Alikaun. Greece is intensely incensed against Russia for leading the European concert. The Crown Prince of Greece has been placed in command of the Greek troops in Thessaly. The insurgents and Greeks hold the entire interior of Crete. The Admirals of the foreign fleets rescued tho Moslems besieged by Cretan insurgents at Kiassamo and Castilla. The Turks have pillaged Christian villages outside Retiruo. Colonel Yassos has been ordered to entrench himself at Sphakia, a small island close to tho south coast of Greece. Paris, March 17. The Senate, by a large majority, endorsed tho policy of the Governmens in regard to Crete.