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The Ultimatum
of the Powers
Gives Greece Six Days to
Evacuate Crete.
London. March 2 -The Athens cor?
respondent of the Daily News tele?
graphs that the diplomats this evening
presented an identical note to M.
Sbeuzas, minister of foreign affairs, de?
arandin g the evacuation of Crete by
the Greek forces within six day, under
a threat of coercion. The note informs
Greece that the powers are agreed upon
two poiots-first that they will not
allot? Crete to be annexted in any form
at present, and second, that they are
prepared, to endow Crete with a com?
plete scheme of autonomy. The pow?
ers express the hope that Greece will
respect their decision. The corres?
pondent adds that he is assured by the
highest authority that Greece will
reject the ultimatum.
Vienna, Marola 2.-The powers "have
agreed to present their demands to
. Greece in two sotes. Toe first of these
notes will demand that Greece evac?
uate Crete withic six days, and the
second will convey intimation that the
. r powers will resort to coercive measure's
if tbe demands are not complied' with.
'At the saggestion of Lord Salisbury
% Turkey will be requested to withdraw
tie Turkish troops io Crete to the for
% tresses.
TURKS IN JEOPARDY.
Canea, March 2-A complete rap?
ture between the Beys aod Massai
man inhabitants here bas been caused
' v by the fall of Kandamo, and the latter
?have appealed to the Greek vice consol
here to save the compatriots from mas?
sacre. The consul has promised to do
this provided the foreign powers will sap
ply the transportion necessary to get the
Moslems to Selioo aod that Ismael
Pasha, the civil governor, will give a
written carder to the Turks to leave
Kandamo under the guaran tee of safety
giveo by the Greeks. It is reported
by the governor of Selioo that a mas?
sacre is imminent Kandamo is within
two boors from the sea and difficult of
access owing to the mountainous oooo
~ A confereoce betweeo the consuls
.aod the admirals was held to-day, at
?which the decision was reached to send
officers to Telino and HUapetra to-res
ooe the beleagared Moslems, lt was
also decided to place Selino and Kan?
damo under the protection of the pow?
ers.
Ready to Fight.
Sing George Anxious to
Carve the Turks.
Paris, March 4 -Le Jour publishes
a dispatch from iu correspondent at
A theo? containing a report on an interj
view with King Gaorge of Greece in
which his majesty declares that Greece
is ready for war with Tarkey 'and will
yield to no admonition from the powers.
Thc king is reported to have added that
the powers might blockade the ports of
Greece? but tn the interior they woold be
powerless. The Greeks, he said, were
folly prepared to fight to thedsath, and
the Macedooians were eager for revolt.
A TRIBUTE FROM ENGLAND *
Loodcro, March 4 -Sir Charles
Dilke, Sir Thomas Reid, Mr. Henry
Labouchere, Mr. Johu Dillon. Mr.
t Herbert Gladstone, the Right Hoo A.
J Mundell, and nearly 1G0 other Lib
eral members of the bouse of com moos
have subscribed their names to a letter
to the kiog of Greece, paying.? tribune
*; for his services to Crete and express*.,? j
hope for his future safety and wei- j
fare.
The Standard will say that the letter j
bas excited indignation among the sup?
porters of the government, Tbe Con?
stantinople correspondent of The
Standard telegraphs that the police have
reported that 10,000 Greek residents
of the city are preparing to make trou?
ble.
CALMKR IN CANEA.
Canea, March 4 -The city presents
a calmer appearance to day than it has
for m loog time past, a more secore
feeling prevails. A large number of
Moslems were abroad to-day and con?
trary to their costom of late they were
not armed. So general is the feeling
that the worst of the crisis is past that
several shopkeepers have opened their
places, aod there was a slight revival
of business.
fFGHTING ALL AROUND.
Canea, March 4 -A Russian war?
ship arrivpd here to day from a cruise
around the island made for the purpose
of observation. Her commander re?
ports that fighting is goiog on io the
vicinity of all the coast towns.
TURKEY'S BIG BLUF?.
London, March 4.-A dispatch from
Sal?nica says Turkish military aotbor
. i tie e there are making extensive war?
like preparations. Eighteen railway
trains of 30 ears each are io read i o ess
to convey the forces of reserves from
Asia Mioor and elsewhere io Turkish
dominions to the Greek frootier. Im?
mense forces of artillery with am muni?
tion, clothing, etc. s has arrived at Sal?nica
and been forwarded to "the frontier.
Business in the city is at a standstill.
.McKinley Inaugurated.
GREATEST PAGEANT
EVER HELD.
A Brief Synopsis of the Msjor
Points of His Inaugural
Address.
Washington, March 3 -To?day for
the fourth time io the history of ibis
great republic a native born citizen of
Ohio in the presence of untold thou?
sands of his countrymen, and beneath
the great bronze goddess which stands
io her lofty place, symbolic of the idea
that created this proud nation, bent bb
bead over the sacred hook and took
the solemn oath which bound him for
four loog years to watch over and
guard the wejfare of the American
people.
It was an impressive yet beautifully
simple ceremony that marks the ascen?
sion of William McKinley, of Ohio,
Btudent, lawyer, representative, gover-i
nor. to the high office of president of
the United States of America. There
vas no flash of gratified triumph io the
dark eye beneath the broad, white brow
that scanned the shooting,cheering mul?
titude that confronted bim oo the broad
facade of the east fro Gt of the capitol,
but ao expression of humilty mingled
with a realisation of the heavy bardens
he was about to assume aod of maoly
determination faithfully to discharge
the manifold duties of bis high office as
he beot his head aod repeated io olear
voice thess words : "I do solemnly
swear that I will faithfully execute the
office of presideot of the United States
aod I will to the best of my ability,
protect aod defend the constitution of
the United States "
The parade io honor of Presidedt
McKinley was the most brilliant inau?
gural parade ever held. At 10 o'clock
the graod pageant began to move
The presideot aod his escort was oom- '
posed of a division of the United States
army a division of the District of Col?
ombia National Guaad, followed by the
governors aod their staffs of a dozen
states with large detachments of State
troops. The houses along the way
presented ooe mass of decoratioos and
the vast sea of faces looking like a car
pet reaching along the street for miles
President McKinley read bis io
augural adoress io the hearing of 100.
000 people. He calls attention to the
business depression and industrial
disturbances now existing and for
which speedly relief must be had.
Oo the question of money he say? :
Oar financial system' needs some revi
son.
Oo the subject of international bime?
tallism be says it will have early and
earnest attention. *'It will be my con?
stant endeavor to secure it "by co-opera
tioo with the other great commercial j
powers of the world Until that, con?
dition is realized wheo a parity be 1
tweeu oar gold and silver money j
spring* from and i* supported t>y the !
value of the two meals, ' the vniue of
silver already coined and of that
which may hereafter be coined, must
be kept constantly at par with gold hy
every resource at our command The 1
credit of the government, the integri?
ty of its currency and the in viola nit y
of its obligations mun be preserved
This was the commanding verdict ?,f the
people and it will not. be unheeded "
He advises economy iu eyery branch
of the government and says the severe
est economy must bc observed ard that j
the government i-houid not be permit ?
ted to ruo behind or increase its debts
in times like the present.
Then he takes up the tariff qut stion
and advises, legislation in that direc
tion, saying : **The best way for the
government to maioiaio its credit is to
pay a? it goes, not resorting t) loins,
but by keepiog out of debt, through
adrqute income secured by a system of
?axatioo, external pr internal or both.
It i* the settled nolicy .cf the govern?
ment, pursued from the beginning ?nd
practiced by all parties and administra?
tions, to raise the bulk of our revenue
from taxes on foreign productions en?
tering the United States for sale and
consumption, and avoiding for the most
part every form of direct taxaiion ex?
cepting in time of war The country
is clearly Opposed to any needless addi?
tions to sojects of internai taxation, and
is committed by its last popular utter?
ance to the system of tarif! taxation
There oan be no misunderstanding,
either, aboot the principle upon which
this tariff taxatioo shall be leved. -
To the revision of the tariff be sug?
gests thafr'epeoial attention be given to
the re-enactment of the reciprocal prin?
ciple of the act of 1890. He thinks
the brief trial giveo the legislation am?
ply justifies farther experiment aod ad?
ditional discretionary power io making
commersial treaties.
He takes a vigorous stand against
lynchings and says they will not be toi
erated ; that the iotegrity of the courts
aod an orderly administration of justice
must continue to be the rook of sa ety
opoo which the government securely
reste He believes the immigration
laws oeed further improvement to se?
cure a safe aod higher citizenship. Il?
literates must be banished from the
laod and the country should be closed
agaiost those too ignorant to understand
or too vicious to appreciate the great
value aud benefits of its institutions
He makes no direct reference to Cuba
but his words under this bead may be
taken as sigoifioaot : *'We have cher?
ished the policy of Don-interference
with foreign governments first inau- j
gyrated by Washington, keeping our- j
selves free from entanglements either j
as allies or foes, content to leave uo- j
disturbed with them the settlemeo of 1
I their own domestic concern*. It will
bc oar aim to parsue a firm aod digni?
fied policy which shall be jost, impar
' tial, ever watchful of our national
honor aod always insisting upon the
enforcement of the lawful rights of
American cifiz?ns evervwhere. "
! Filibusters Active.
Two Expeditions Believed to
Have Sailed.
Philadelphia, March 2 -Two, pos?
sibly three, expeditions are said to
have left the United States to-day
with men and munitions of war for
Cuba One party is reported to
have left Barnegat on the coast of
New Jersey, on the steamship Lau
rada The expedition is said to be
in charge of General Carlos Roloff,
the insurgent minister of war.
On Saturday night the schooner
Donna T. Briggs, of Stonington,
Conn ,atid the steam lighter Joseph H,
are said to have left the foot of East
19th street, New York, loaded with
arms and ammunition in tow of a tug
bound for Barnegat to meet the Lau?
rada. Dozens of Cubans spent the
day loitering in the vicinity of
the lighter and when the tug was
ready to leave, fifty men jumped on
board and disappeared in the vessel's
hold. The Laurada left Baltimore on
Saturday, and the tug with her tow
lay off Barnegat ontil to day when
the sea moderated enough for the
cargo to be discharged into the Lau
rada's hold The Laurada's cargo is
said to consist of 7.000 rifles ; 1,700,
000 rounds of ammunition, 25 tons
of dynamite, 500 machetes and a big
supply of medicine abd surgical in?
struments It is reported that the
Laurada will return in a few days, as
soon as ber cargo and passengers are
transferred to another vessel
Another expedition is said to have
left the New Jersey coast near New
York on the steamer South Portland,
which sailed on Saturday ostensibly
for Barraquilla, Central America. The
vessel is reported to have been char?
tered by the Cuban Junta at $ 100 a
day and security for $25,000 was
given to indemnify the owners in case
the steamer should be lost while on
her voyage to Cuba Her "cargo is a
large one, including about 1.500 tons
of war material. She also carries
about 100 passengers. The South
Portland was formerly the British
steamship Caroline Miller.
The Bermuda is also off the Long
Island coast ready, it said, to cany
an expedition which left New York
on Saturday for. Block Island, where
the transfer is to be made. Thus far,
it has been impossible to receive the
cargo, ?ii board, owing to the heavy
sea running in the sound
New York March 2 -The captain
of a tug; arriving in this port to night
reports that when off Barnegat to?
day he sight d a steamer, which he
believes was the Laurada A 3
masted schooner and a lighter were
beside the Laurada, unloading goods 1
into her. It is presumed that the
steamer is setting; out on a filibuster?
ing expedition to Coba
The United Stttea revenue cutter
Manhattan left Batteiy pier to-uigI:t
for Barnegat, and if any arms and
ammunition are found on board she
will be poized', lt was also said that
the tug Volunteer towed eitl e* ti e
schooner or lighter down to the
Laurada. The Volunteer, it is a1
leged wa? sold about? mouth ago by
her owners. *
Ballimore, March 2 -The steamer
Laurada may have started on another
expedition for Cuba. She left here
last Friday, ostensibly for Philadel?
phia She passed Cape Henry bat
urday afternoon and should have
reached there Saturday, but her ar- j
rival there is not reported by marine
observers. Before leaving Baltimore
the Laurada took aboard sufficient
coal and stories to carry her across
the Atlantic It would not surprise
Capt Hart's friends if his vessel had
taken war munitions and should next
be repoited around the Cuban coast
New York, March 2 -A special
Barnegat. N. J., 6ays a filibustering
expedition bound for Cuba, supposed
to be the discussed one of Major
Castroverdi, left anchorage off here
before daylight this morning
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