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VERY ESSENCE OF THE
CONSTITUTION.'’
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VOL. XXX. NO. 9.
LEE ROASTS
THE SPANIARDS
Tells the Plain Truth
About Spain's Aw
ful Atrocities.
FLAGTRAMPLED ON
American Citizens Hissed in
the Street and Murdered
and Robbed in the
Prison Cells.
WASHINGTON TORN UP
V IVhrnßry St.
Kmt for Jtnr» XX »>hl»Rtun otti-
elal nnd ••Irclre been «<•
■ tlrrrd up torr cmy tlitni? n* <!»•■> Krr
today «»»rr fb«* •iratnr.l retatioaa W
tnern «bt« rwaatrt and Spain. The
ilK»rni>< tmeriean.-m ahnwn by f an.
>. I l.en.ral riuhcsb I.ee fa merlins
vi*ah the «sw«.vallttrd approval of
everybody o«l«l<le nt the t leveina*!-
Olary-nr I.ome wet. and earn the atate
.Irpaethieal today tana forced to re
onerf I re not to realysn at the price
of agrrrlnc tn bark him n|» tn hl«
effort* tn atop tlie alaualiter of Aaerl- ,
ran rlttarna.
Ix*e. nnahlr to lo»ter remain a tool
ta the band- of the men on whom
ItwitZ -■ •• -rrf-ey am onaeronMablO a
pull, fa taikin* «.rn»gi«t oat from the
ehoalder. tn a dlajastrh to thia nmrn
fn* a Sew Turk Tlaaea. under date of
I ehraary SOth. th- following appears.
t.enrral I.ee today. In dlaeaaaiatf bln
eoarae tn eonnertlou will) the arrest
of Americana, aaldt
••I ana andrr order* from Washing
ton and I moat obey fnatractlona from
headquarter* The department author
tvM me f«» net n rrrta'n *<■?. n>i«l I
Hat carry «*®t my ordrr«. I rnme h»*rr
unprejudiced and determined tn hirm
my opinion* by what enme directly
under my ob-rra .n «•••• -
“lei.m the moment I landed my
,lnierh-t:n blood brcan to boll. and It
1 atay here much leafier and am
forred to witnraa all the Indlcnltlea
heaped upon mv country men without
restraint. It will literally alt boll
an ay. They trample on our flat, they
bl— aa on the atrreta.
"•American— ore mnrd 'red. robbed
and Imprisoned: indiiinttlea err heap
ed upon o'.r woaa. it. and every atroe»-
ty corriliable for a Spaniard to put
on tmerirnaa Iw tb-a«t upon «*.”
GENERAL LEE HAS RESIGNED
Uss Efforts to Protect Ameri* ans Kot
Upheld by Home Government.
The H-* .14 tr>m Ilax. - v .' Vest
eay»:
Cnti-ttl General Tjra b-w r -’.-r- •!.
<■ r t’.n • t • ■ I • i■ i
If-* de* rrntncd e rr<* divs f ■ to
er -to to pmt*ct all Amer
C lx
Th* consol general ask*>! ’ho state <to
r < ’.t tl t }w ‘ au’l'.orlx Ito:-m i I
Ca itflncl In <’ ban pri- ns under the r me
1. < gal ctr’um-tar.cea as wut the All-fated
SiuiZ.
j. auth rtx't’on has net been granted
klm.
< war sh’ps In <"*ub9n watt rs have
r b*r i*»y - n ronrmtratlnc In the
l,jl ,r of Haw. This ‘. ■ regnnted hero
s very «;??>!■'• nt !n view <-f the Import
ant lr. dents <>f the !<t few days.
Great «nx>T !s Mt at ’he | .lace nnl
I all official cir.!• -s at the news from
<■ » nfi:y.s. wlii< h stales that that city Is
sh-. center of a nerioua mutiny at the
Spanish tr.-qo
• ——
TEXT OF LEE’S CABLEGRAM.
Consul General's Message to Secrctr.ry
of State Olney.
New Tork. F.b. ary 25.—The Ilerahl
pc ■ta the f .’lcwlnK re the test of the
< ;at«h a--tit by Consul tJeneral Ix-e to
S* <t.iry Olney on Monday last:
"uii.' ' . Washington.—Have demanded re
je of £. .>ll. Ameri.-an rittacn. eho has
la- k. . t in pns>m and In- omuni<-.«ln
wltboul due process of law eleven days.
Tr -t you a|*pr<-late gravity of situation
a’ I are pr« par* d to sustain me. Mu»t
have warship Immediately. How many
at. - .; - have you at Tampa. Key West and
eou:?>er» waters, and are you prepared to
send th.tn h» re should it become news-
BifeMK • : nra®
14 l»/ y^— ffi 11
jiarv? I cannot ar<l will not stand sn-
! other Ruls murder.
(Signed) I.EE.
••Havana.”
CUBAN LEAGUE TO LEE.
President Ethr.n Allen Sends Him a !
Congratulatory Telegram.
New York. February 2a.—Full iwing Is a
copy of a. taMcgtem sent to General Fits
hugh Lee tmlaj :
•‘New York. February 25. 1®?.- —General
Fitzhugh I-.<>. Havana: Cuban League of
the Cn.li-1 States, representing the unani
mous sentiment of the Ann ri. an people,
eo.-ilially congratulates you for your pa
triotic stand it riilvems our country Io
some d. vr.-e from a load of Infamy Im
posed by its leading oflh inls.
• NTH \N ALI-CN.
••rre-ib'nt Cuban la.tgue of the t nlt.-d
States ”
CALLED LEE LIAR AND REBEL
' FURIOUS OUTBREAK OF PALME
ROLA. SPANISH GENERAL.
, Hi Is Secretary of State for Cuba, and
1 Is Proficient in Insulting
Language.
• I New York. February N. A Herald spe-
■ rial from Hav. • t via Key West - i.'*--
The Marquis de I’alm-rola made a scan
dai.iu* ptr •• ml atu on g- .r i L«e
I Wednesday night in th>> palace in ’>»' pr< s
en-e of several American newsi»apcr cor
| r> > i on.l. r.ts.
I ’The incident arose because the n n.-or
‘ refus—l to pass a dispa’i b for the < ort
si-md. nls w!.l« h said that the release »f
bh.itt bad bl n demanded Ins attse h<‘ was
k< pt In prison in detianco of the law.
•••Wist told you thatT shiuoi «■ n< ral
| Falmeroia, the seervtary of state !>>r
t»l;.nd. . ,
• <;. n. -il Lee.’ n pli.-d a correspondent.
> eaimly. ,
•• ■General L e I- a liar. Imp .-O r and
r. i«.| • sltout. 4 the little marquis w h tu>
btvnii It •' I*, of c«'.i t -e. t • I* t'Hy
. et gag.d in protecting the I’v.s and pr«>i>or-
J t> of our fellow-eitlzens to pay any atlen
i ti.iti to Fa Internin'* outbreak.
I "The situation Is still the same as de
r <■ t I to you <»n W«lni «d iy.
- ... 1 lx-- 1. i\.s Wellington at the ■
m ,m>’t when he is salt-tied that the g.>v-
' eminent nt Was’ilngtun tvi’.l n<>’ do Its
I wh«de duty In preventing t»i« occurrence |
■ | of another Ruiz murder.”
. | SPAIN’S AMERICAN NAVY.
Cleveland and Associates Guard Inter
' ' ests of Queen in Southern Waters.
1 | U’ashingb.n. F-hrutiry 27 A sharp li»>k
i out Is 111 :i>K kept by VHSt ls of the navy
S ami revnue cutter serviee for the lilibns
ter Bermuda, and tin* app- irane*' of the
beiiana off St. John’s bar. Fla.. Is only
another evidence of the precautionary
. n: •a-nr. s adopted.
i \\ .... . , • ■ t bad
. 1 e:y information on the sub.ieet has not
i been as rta!n«.l, but It is . . rtaln that the
f ofli. s.ils ts lieve another lillbustering expe
' dlt.i ■ Is hi mplatiott. if it has not
air-ady l» • n planned.
Instni i . ns have been sent to the co!- '
lector of i:stom< at Ja.-l.- .nvUb- with ref
er, n. <> t«> the reii.tt.il appli- ation of the
. <i. tain- 1 M. aui. r I’.iuntl for p rtnL-ion
• to Ferna n<lli
f* .’ •*t • rt| • i *»• !< on th**
pr.-vluiisiv state ), in « f.-1 tha‘ m>l < the
t own -rs • tli.-. itnun’b -s make the re- i
qu t- . he I uM>:.iv< that • <• v- i «!>«* .
1 : - '
1 !.:•'• or . • .1. V. ■ I •
; nr t r • n It th :;• ■».>■■• . "lr. i
DJ I
j re ■ from Jacksonville in < ns-t.> y of an .
■ t.i’ er of the fe-ted Stn’<
V I i.tn i.ar n <u th. 1’ rtnnda end the I
!’ ’ ’ - v the t••• -try n.v.y
•SI .al are peeking to prevent.
/»i? th** FiV;Ut?O>r** V» ?-<*•)< its fho TOVOYIU** I
nr* r•. rr-f . -» r *v now j n j
| t-ring ; trol work and th.- navy depart- 1
• n- • hi« !r. r> a*. ! Its f.,ree b>- the :.«den- I
m n- of the Marbl. head, the Vesuvius and •
the Indiana.
THE SITUATION TN HAVANA.
W rk on Fortifications Being Pushed
In R-adiness for War.
N-.w 11 rk. F'.hri n' 2' X tllspab-h to
■ ’T'o C. ..M from Hava- . via K. v W. G
| '.e situation Is critical, livery soldier
, . an.) every sca.mp In Hix.'.na knows of the
. th-. ... i be. ,k nc e.ff ~f ~r , s !
■ two n the I rit.-i. Ft.it. s and Sp.in and
. ' th. v -T- p-e»>,t t|.r f. r It. T vn-k nr...:>
• t I great
I ; energy, amt It !s rumor. <1 • t • rv flee r ihi
( ut sos the day that G. neral Ixe nas re
-1 .. ■ • ■! • '
ctared. The position of our citizens Is
! more critical. The rumor, whether trtie or
i fal.-c. h .* potto abroad that the American
govsmm nt would not Intervene; that
", Arm r! ms .an lie murder-<i with tn-rfe. t
!m: inlty -• > long as th.- trade tut. rests of
’ the . omitry are not Interfered wth
Fnl. ss something firm and do- d-4 and
I strong Is -lon by our government In Wash
, Ingtoti Amerh-.itts are In gr.-at dar - r of
their liv-s. The muMer of Ruiz ami ’he
I <:• m.nnd for the release of S<-ott are the
I sol.- topics of conversation. The .mtise-
• I ni.-nt and the great hilarity which u, re to
i ; ba obstrved at the pala.-e Tu.-suav have
• i « hang.-i. Minis!, rde l.onte has eabl.-d the
.attain general that las- will not In- re
i i call.-!, that his resignation is not accepted
and that h<- may be sustained.
General la’o views the question from a
calm, dispassionate standixiint. The Issue,
ho thinks, is clear. It Is whether |aw
ub.d-f-o American cltlzi na residing abroad
are to be prot.-cti-i or whether we nre to
verve notice that they enn be tnurdred and
tortured with impunity. For many months
past General Ix-e has satisfied himself ami
place.! overwhelming facts before our gov
ernment that not a single provision of
treaty rights Is being observed by the
authorities of the island.
Those Incidents have been suppressed as
they occurred by the exeeutlv.- branch of
our government and General Lee could do
no more than fulfill Ills duty, which wns
to place the facts before tlie responsible de
partment of our government. Not a single
em« of these violations of treaty rights—
not to speak of the humane laws which
binds us all—has ever elicited from the
st ite d. p.artim-nt a sign of life or even nn
acknowledgin' nt that It has been received.
Dr. Ruiz's Murder.
This was the situation wb. n the murder
of Hr. Ruiz took place. In the i i-e of
Ruiz. Gem-ral I.i-e had notified the depart
ment that no charge h-ul been brouirht
.against the man v.ithln tw>iity-four hours
of his arrv-t. as the law requires, ami he
further notified the department that Ruiz
was being kept In eommunicado tor a
longer period than the Spanish eod<- allows.
lie took the same steps in the ia.se of
S-'ott ai d in every im ld.-nt step by step
has lie pointed out the illegalities that
have i-har.i. t.-nzed • u h a 4 every proceed
ing of tl..- Spanish ...eI lorit■ here in their
t r.-.it merit of American litlzens. These
calilegrams have not be.n answenal one
way nr the other. Vrgitit Pnr.lil • s ad
dressed to the department asking for t'n
opinion of the prop. r law ofl’n er of the
government upon the leit.il questions of
ti.o cases as they arv.‘c have m v- r liei>«i
re.tl. e.l until the conclusion w.i for. <<l
upon General Lie that hi fultl.i.g ills
oath of ottbe to prote-t the Ilves ami
property of American citizens in t.ii- conn
try he would have to rely on>y upon his
own resource.- ami the i. sped and eonli
d n<<- of his fellow citizens.
Al this juncture the Ruiz murder, which
hi- had fori s< eu an I of which iie h.i-i t.ne
« irn.-I th.- secretary of state, took plaei.
General lac invi s’igat. d tlie terrible tads
of tins tragedy and without delay • allied
ti e department. For tiuve .lays he re
wived no reply.
Criminal Negligence.
General Jac imme.i.aidy d l .1 to net
us his .-'em.- of duty and responsibility J.,
tat.-l ar.l us his < onsdviici' told him v. .is
right, lie demanded th.- release of Seott
from the Illegal re.-’ral.nl lie was . uIT- rlng.
lie inform.-I iii.- d*partni'i tof th. dem and
be uml made. IT.- told the Wushlugtou
authorities ot the gravity o. the r.mutton.
>1- aski d them «v ad promptly to inert
bloodshed ;::id incaieulabli losses. He
a.-k- d Hint warships might i st-td to lla
'•<l.a to - tain i, just .ieinands, and
von-lu.ie i by saying;
1 will not and I cannot stand another
R .z murder.”
11.- wrote that a week ago and !,«• has
re,*. ate.l it tw i* ,nee by cable nn.l by
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ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MAKGII
WAR WITH SPAIN
IS DEMANDED
Declaration of Hostilities Asked for in
a Reso ution.
SULZER’S SENSATIONAL BILL
Created Great Excitement in Washing-
ton Thursday.
WANTS THE PREDuF J TO ACT AT ONCE
Gives Him Authority to Use All Land
and Naval Forces in the
Country.
V.as’:in:,-ton IVbrti r> 2‘, Mr. Sulzer,
democrat, ol Ne-v X. rk, ofter.-d In the
boll.-, to.l 1..- a bill "d. ■ luring w; r between
the kingdom of St ce in 1 h. r ententes and
Fl..'. 4 Suit'ot Amelie.l. anil their
territories.”
Tile measure rends IS follows:
“That \. rbei! . l.< I to exist b tween I
the kin;;4 >m of Spain and her colonies ami ■
th.- I nit'd States of Am. ri. a ami their ;
territories; mid lb .' t pi-.-.'l-nt !>•• ma- i
tlioriz. .1 to use tin- ■ land mil naval
forces of the I nite! St n s to cirry the '
same into effect, 'id to 1 in > private ;
armed v"--.ls of t F-dt 1 Sties com- I
mi -ions or letters of ri..'.r<pie and g. m-e.l I
i. .risal. in BU' li as ho may think :
proper and mid' r th, al of the I’nit-'d
Stat' S, against the sols, goods t.nc! es- .
frets of th" go . rnin. it of the said king- I
dom of Spain and the rb.ieets there, t."
The ni. -tire v -r. t red to the commit
tee on foreign affairs.
GIBSON’S HOT RESOLUTION.
W;xnts~the Preside:’.' to Send Ships
and Enforce Demands.
Waßhltlgtidl i ebt I I.' 23. (Special.)—
The hot,, st ] ha e ..f i Cuban question
develop''l in ' i j>' ; «,s found In
Congressman Gibson's r. solutions.
Gib.-on represent.s one of the Fast Ten.
n psse.- districts, and 'though a little fel
low In t' Hire, has fl • • putatlon of being
a fighter.
Ills la solutions re< t • ‘ to many oiitrages
!
, 1897.
committed upon Americana in Cuba, and
then go <n to Instruct the president to de
trnnd the Immediate restitution to liberty
of every American citizen, nativo or natur
aUzisl.
The pre.ild.'nt Is authorized to semi war
ahlps to Cuban waters to back up his de
nial d. and If In twenty-four hours this
demand Is not heeded Havana is to be
bombarded.
The resolutions have not been acted on.
Washington has been devoting Itself to
Cuban war talk as the result of the Ha
vana rumors declaring that General Lett
had n signed his important post because
of a clash with the Cleveland admlnlstra
l tlon.
Resignation Denied and Affirmed.
Denials and altirniations have been alter
nating in their app'-aranee. Most of the
affirmations have been purely circumstan
tial.
The denials were positive, but as the
state department which gave them out
had nothing definite to base them on, they
were regarded as of as little value as the
affirmations.
Tonight President Cleveland declared
himself to a senator in terms strong
enough to warrant the assertion that there
1;: s b -en no clash between General 1-ee
and the state department.
• XVe have had ab olutely no intimation
from General 100 of any intention to re
sign, ami there has been no clash.” so d
i he,
I The president went on to say that he did
j not care to reply to newspaper reports,
but ho believed the one concerning Gen-
■ eral Lee to be nbsolut. ly groundless.
In suite of this there is ample ground
' forth" deelarition that General i-ee has
I differed considerably with th-- administra
tion on conn features of its Cuban policy,
it is a fact that Cleveland gives the
■ Spaniards the benefit of every doubt and
I that in 1:1s mind the presumption is against
• those persons falling into the hands of th
I Spanish and claiming to be American eitl
| -z. ns. He doubts their citizenship first.
I Then if that Is established, he proceeds <;n
tin* assumption that they have allowed
themselves to fall into the hands of the
Spanish for the < xpre.ss purpose of involv
ing this government In the war. This is,
of course, th" Spanish side of the case,
pure and simple.
i DeLome Catches Cleveland.
Cleveland has grabl" 4 the bait which
Do Lome has thrown out and lias run
mid r tlie bank with it. General I.ee has
found ills efforts in behalf of American
citizens terribly handicapped, ami when
he was here several »wks ago express-«1
to intimate friends his d: satisfaction, but
he has front the first been one of Cleve
land's most faithful followers and there
is no likelihood of his having changed
in these closing days of the udministra-
Continned on. Second Page.
A CHALLENGE
TO ENGLAND
Izmdon. February 27.—(Special Cable Let
ter.) —Tlie Greco-Cretan situation Is. In Its
larger aspect, less hopeful. The announce
ment of the agreement of the powers for
its final settlement was, to say the least,
premature. There exists at the present
moment serious Irritation between Russia
and Great Britain, which has provoked
the former power to adopt an attitude
that can hardly be described In a milder
term than thrent«aitng.
1 do not pretend to know the exact cause
of the trouble. It was discussed at a
hastily summoned meeting of the
British cabinet this afternoon with
what result It. of course. Is Impossible to
say.
A singular scml-efflcfnl communique from
St Petersburg Is publls’ied today. In which
It Is set forth "In the event of Greece,
with blind apprehenslcn to her own ad
vantage, offering further opposition to the
well-meant advice of Russia and of the
powers in alliance with her. or creating
difficulties, or in the event of her allowing
herself to ba encouraged In her present
attitude by self-seeking friends, perliaps
on the false supposition of lack of unanim
ity among the great powers because one
or the other powers did not support it at
the outset, the proposals of Russia, who
Is In perfect agreement with Germany
ami France, Russia In such an emergency
Is determined upon her course of action.
Conscious of her unity with France and
of her absolute agreement with Germany
and also with Austria, even If Isolated
powers should not associate themselves
in the steps she Is resolved to take, Russia
will be it a position at any rate not to
allow the peace of Europe to be endan
gered by events tn Crete.”
This Is the tone which Russia has not
adopted toward any power within living
memory. Englanjl. of c mrse. 1’ th* coun
try meant, and the words employed sug
ge t some exceedingly grave suspicions.
T .(tip r l ’’ l "’-?:’ TTeje Tnte?WP—e.A.
It may !••■. however, that this langtisv*
was used In the Interval between the r. -
ceptlon of Lord Salisbury’s note saying 1 i
effect that F.nglmJ would d<» nothing In
regard to Greece until the fate of Cr te
was decided :m4 before England had noti
fied her accept me* of Russia’s proposal
for solving the difficulty. That propose!,
although agreed to In principle by the six
powers, w'il not ba enforc.vl In the form In
terpreted by Lon! Salisbury In the house of
lords on Thursd ty. Neither England nor 1
Italy nor France will fire a gun to drive
the Greeks from Crete In order that the
Island be dellv-Ted to Turkish troops for
•■police" ptirpo.-' s.
Public opinion in oil three countries wo :! !
put nn abMlute veto upon the proposition
Every dispatch received from Greece ond
Cn te m.ik-s It p--rfect!y clear th it •.■ h
nn arrangement would never be submit
ted to.
In fact, the ren’.y of Greece to Lord Salis
bury's discouraging s-x-ech Thursday ice it
has been a summons to two more d:vi' • -
of reserves to mobilize. Nothing bit ..
lute autonomy for Crete will !>e ac*•• pt-’d
by public opinion In this eonntrv and Lord
Salisbury Is fully aware of this fact
this time. His unfortunate allusion to t •>
use of Turkish troops as polk-e In Crete
les added much to t' • popular Indigna
tion. Public anger is slow t.> k.n 1 : 1 .
England, ('•.nii-e and effect In t’.l ■ - n •:!
things are s -pat t--.l by a w ler iof- vol
thin In almost any other countrv. I’
opinion Is fully aroused n**w ft *!■ 1 i.-'t
te . 4 another XX’illiam \\ at • ly-■■ s
and a-. Ties of Gladstone n<-t sto hit: .me
it. Watson's lyri s are sufficiently sax ■ '. i
This Is one of hits st.nnzas addressed to ,
“Who are these would bind thy hands?
Knaves and dastards, nor.a b.xsld •.
All the just In all the land*
Hull the-' blest and sar,••titled.
Curst who would tl y trimph mar.
Be b k user. b-> Im cz tr.”
Greece Will Stand Firm.
No news has been received of the recep
tion of the note or ultimatum from the
powers to Greece, but it is generally ex- j
pected tlvat it will be sent today.
Its terms mid the number of signatures
It has will signify much. There is no real
reason, however, for thinking the Greek
government will change Its attitude or
Its jiurpose 1n response to n demand on
the line of Ijord Salisbury's speech.
All accounts agree that it is not within
the power of the king or government of
Greece to change Its policy nt stma bid
ding. Quite aside, therefore, from the
question of the unanimity es the powers
the situation is still one of the greatest
difficulty. The financial side of the situa
tion is Interesting.
It is possible to Insure almost anything
In IxHidon and a gr.-at many persons to
whose ventures war would be dangerous
have been taking out poll -les against such
n contingency at IJoyds during the past
few days. These are the latest rates to
pay In the event of w-ar between England
and France. Germany or Russia:
Within one year 4 per cent of the amount
Insured policy against a war between any
of the six great powers, before August 20th •
costs B*l per cent, and against a war be
tween England and any European country
exe. pt Turkey. per cent.
It is something that a policy ngn'.nst a
war between England and the Transvaal
republic within the next year .-ost 5 1 * per
cent.
An Englishman who passed through Sa
lonica at the beginning of this week writes
tlr.it nobody seeing the Turkish recruits
arriving there would suppose they would
bo able to make much of a light aga.nst
IT IS THE CORNER
STONE OF LIBERTY.
You Can Supply the
MISSING WORD!
TRY IT.
si,ooo Is What It
Is Worth I
Why not get it?
PBICE FIVE CENTS
; Russia's Ultimatum to
; Greece Throws the
Gauntlet.
I
BRITISH SYMPATHY
Salisburu Dare Not Agree to
Anu Move That Subjects
Cretans to Further
Massacres.
GRECIANS WANT WAR
th* well-fed ard well-dothe! Greek sol-
' dlcrs.
The newly mobilized rcrliffs In particular
who have been calle-I from their homes
and Emilies for the third time w'thin
twelve m< nths are ragged, hungry-looklug
and depre.-s. 4. Mtwy of them have se.rve4
since the begimijrig of Hit year In Arem
nia and Crete, but th. y T;zve not received
a single j- oft" a ; .:y .Lie them and
are not lik.-Iy to g*: anything but hard
knocks In the coming campaign. If, Indeed,
there Is to b war.
Porte Is Preparing.
The porte ;ur -ur.. 4 blithely Its In
tention to put 11".'(») m n on tha Thessa
lian frontier, but so far It h • b-en able to
obtain only funds <■ ott..;h to equip and
j transport about laOOO for that purpose. Xt
I looks as though iwn-Mn-ulman financiers
I ami contra tors have arrived at the con
| elusion that the beginning of the end is
Inear for tin former have tightly closrii
their striug.i nnd the latter have had t’.e
long s< .ruling accounts, a proceeding
j v. l.i< h !:■• V.-- J- like crying for :b* moon.
The i’ .rte has got no money, nut he would
j be oblivious of h : -: ry who w., :14 lightly
as sum.- that the f t ln-l!-ates th;:t Turkey
is not In a y lion to wage w.ir. The
troi'ps u > 1 at< p • d through Salonlca
were without ambulanc - equipment or sur
gical appliances of any kind. • ut their arms
: were evidently all right ami the ammuni
‘ tlons appeared to be ample. The artillery,
too. was In gi-.-.l condition and the batteries
| were well horded.
GREECE WILL NOT SUBMIT.
King 1 C-eorge and His Cabinet Will
Maintain Present Policy.
Xbondon, Febru try 2.. m.— X dispatch
• s to the € ‘ t
■ King Grorga and his <'.:i.in.-t pro.-! . m their
! resolve to m.iin’oln th. ir present policy.
They .l. el'.re that it is Imp ---Joie for
th.-m to re« 11 the Greek tr-» »p- from (•ret*-.
The Athens correspondent of TFxe St ind-
. prd telegraphs that It is reported that Colo
nel Smote tz. minister of war has renewed
I his ff -r t - resign. Tn —e ere s', ns th.-:
j tb.' reel'd: '!• r •>: the cabinet are ■ n 1
! to t.:li«’ .i - ir tsp. bit nn;. toll, ition
I of r-er- -.• from the king'» poll<-y •..••■: 1 in
j volve th" gre.it 'St <!<■ ■ . •• to
If is. tie rei-re, unhk-dy tha: t*. l»s
T:i—-e i- .•■>■>.-«!. < grim !>•■; :! tr : "rm -
nati.- i r- fiel'W t:. st. r!:i. es .t’lr- ■4. mada
! to the bitter . ml
An .-xpre . Os the .-x-t felt -t
the ntti’ :■ ■>:' t > .er w g -.er- p. I- v
| when ;■■»> volunteer- who had liven pre
i x-- i.t-’-l l»v th-, w t r-hips from landing in
I Crete ni t-. ':- I tt r.. :rh 'he streets accom-
I p ,m..} u... t. ry b.-.d- It Is uml.-rsto 1
that th-- n-de ■’ the .irr!v-s! today
; and tint it will be presented to the gov
ernment tomorrow. The r- ply w!4 proba
bly 1-- dictated I y the r -hstlc 1 «f 1 a
Cretans to yield only to superior force.
The pro; of the ; ‘W< -s ! • r-g-.-ded
as a precarious m.ikeahlft. which w:ii not
eml the < . i.-is.
A.DMTRAL’S ORDERS CONDEMNED
Harcourt Declares to Take Up Anna
Against Cretans Won't Be Tolerated,
l.imdon, ! < ruary 22. -In th- hem-- ”f
commons t d-y Mr. L;:b u< .a re. r-dlcal,
mov 1 to : djolirn witli a view •>f <i. Ing
the situation in Crete and tln . : was
seconded by Mr. John Dillon, the leader
of the Irish national party.
Right H .n. .1- A. Balfour, first lord of
the e ■
tie house, opposed th- m<>tio;i. and .n
the course of 1:1- r- marks said t! t there
was absolute unanimity among t!:. . -v.-ts
to avoid war. XX'h, n tb.. . saw th- mas
ters ot the i o;!., sal armu < "f Europe
moved with th- <!• •i" s’ 'ixi-’x l- st war
should be d-elartd. surely it was not for
authorities upon international affairs like
Mr. I-ibouch- e and Mr. Dillon to >.ty that
su< h fears were i:i . <>ry. (Cri> of•• Oil!
ohl”) Th- unit) I for es w.c- r-’i—nsit-e
took at C
them in the inter, -ts of pea
Mr. Balfour expressed hope that debate
on Mr. l.aboui : • re's motion would stop
where it was. . s it would not serve the
I Interests of Europe, nor would it benefit
I Gr<— e • r Crete
• Detach Crete,” Says Harcourt.
Sir XVilPam Hurcotirt. : nl-.- of the op
position. said that the country ought to
know whether the gov-rum. nt was act
ing upon their oid formula, th. integrity
of the Ottoman empire, and if they were
doing so. h< protested against it.
To detach Crete from the rule of the
Turk waa rthy of G real
lUitain and he hoped that such a policy
would be pursued. The liberals In tlie
house of commons, he declared would con
tinue to protest against any u'her policy
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