AN ARMED LANDING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 713, 12 January 1910, Page 5

AN ARMED LANDING.

GREEKS ANGRY. FIRE-FIGHTING, SAILORS BRING AN • . - . escort. : • By Telegraph—Ereaß ABBboiatlon—Copyright. ■i. Athons, January 10. The fire on the Greek Christmas Kvo at tho Royal Palace at Athens—at which Russian and British bluejackets assisted to -fight- tho ilamos and to . rescue art treasures—caused damage ' amounting ■ to ,£IOO,OOO. ;. :v : The ;four;.hundred, sailors who ,landed to'",extinguish tho -fire were accompanied jjy a hundred armed marines 'and a flag. .-Tho/force'''.pushed/ through the Greek troops, took a front position,' and mounted guard over'the art treasures r'esoued from the ." building. An; armed* 1 - escort also accompanied the , Russian sailors. ' ;/ The ' Greek . officers';.;- protested// against being summarily ./supplanted,.' and '/the Athens papers are angry.. The Premier (Mi; Mavromiohaelis, ' who; rules by / the Remission .of /the. Military: League) explains that the /escort was/in' accordance" with the,usual, practice, tut: the .subject is causing irritation. ENMITY OF LEAGUE AND NAVY. - MATTER OPPOSES A MILITARY DICTATORSHIP. THE NAVAL MUTINEERS. ' - , fltec.- January .11, 10.15 p.m.) ■ Athens, January 11. ■//.There "are. spribus ' disagreements v be-' ,twe®i;thfl Greek Ifilitary League ahd the : Greek. Navy.' ': The'; latter -objects . to. co-. ercion • of tho Chamber. of • Deputies'and to the threatened -.dictatorship.: The iMiHtaiT'/ League desires : thatyLieutenaht. Typaldps, (who ..was arrested after having . precipitated' .1 a naval mutiny, which was siippresed) and his associates should be released without trial. ... v;The/officers/.6f the ,Navy/reply/that, if' Typaldos is acquitted on the.ground that ■the revolution/ whieh'/he Jed was a political/ oflehco, ;-'they' : themselves will coortniartial the rebels. -.: - . . INVOLVED POSITION IN GREECE. THE LEAGUE AND TYPALDOS. iThe failure bf the Greek naval mutiny at >.the .end- of/ October /is a .matter', of history. ... Its. leader;-.'Lieut,; Typaldos,is thirty years .of ape, and has about : ten years'.naval. service, i- He-.was- born: in Cephalonia, ahd-cqnducted brilliant Taida as '-ihShreeht/. : in -Mace-, donia. When the Military League carried out ita . revolu'tion' in August, it /is said that' Typaldos .was.-, one 3of •: its, foremost leaders, in fact,- ho, is reported to /have 'boasted - in / "I; led the - last revolt, :'andv without me ; :it .-would'• have failed;- Now -you abandon- me, but I: will ■'carry'out a 6ecdnd : Teyolt 'single-hhndfd.". /.' But /the,.October: naval /revolt "failed; b\ringi. it/was'.stated at the time; to the MiUtary:/;League. and a' portion ■ ofthe .'Navy/combining with the authorities to suppress'' it:. ' .Oh tho... face ■ of : ' this,. it would seem that . the" Military 'Leaguo must be the/eneihy of Typaldoe, he hav-' in'g /led /a - naval ■: revolt against /; the; League's regime. -.' In.--fact,'.-it was' reported iihY!Ootober; that the-League .had issued -a his :name: off, its roll,': and/disowning ljim ias;havihg violated - his' oath. ;'Howj then, would tho .fea'rte /how /demand'-his /release .'without . trial ?.i. : Vv / : ;'-'.:/ ::i ;/,' //:- ■:/.'/ ;v The/;; only l -,; 'explanation',./ would 'seem / to be *in .the I ,.quick fchanges'/which occur in the.;,Gfeekj;situatiohj::.as'/is/indicated in theappended; V'mSssage'/'froni' ;.,the / 'Athons Wrrespohdeht/of; I "The;/.; Times,' 1 - /'dated :}f^«iiil)er.'^.v < .f.'THe.fin&sa^' , v'also' .fore"jHadoWs ■■- the/ 'widenihg'^ 1 , breach/' ,betweeii tliQ Military League' an'd 'the Navy.: ..It ■reads .as -follows//J /;) -; v /./ -/ : J, v/':

■; .'"ITor. some time past there havo been •symptoms,'of a i^sposiHoii''on''.the;part':of, 'the y officerssof ■"! the j '.fleet':' to.; take:•; iip \ ■ a", sbmewliiitv. independent > attitiido.V towards :tti6.:Milit(i^,^league,'VMa,/in''ficti■.;to'' : d6•■ mand, ,'h'ome rule! for the Navy.-y.Whe-.'ther'.this .may' end ;iii. the: formation a Separate Vhaval. league jis; difficult; to, say.: This, tendency has / become V. pronounced sine?, the irevolt of .CommandCT; Typ'aldbs,. ' the; loyal;/ officers "demanding . severe : :puh: ishment ; for .the. mutineers 'and;re&inting : the .Typaldos .which'is'be-: lievea to.: exist in certain '.'sections': of the. ; and ' ; even . in utile bosom of : tho' Cabinet.';;;.'t'.;.;: v yV ''. ■' :

i: "Afe; the;' result -of: a meeting which'/was. held the previous evening on board .the, flagship. Esiira - the'/ commanders of all the, shps : in •the : 'squadron'at- Salamis—l6' in;', numberr-addressed; yesterday, a mem-, oranduni.. to":the .'.Military, I'Loafiiej demanding (5) that the officers of tho fleet 'shall- '/beconsulted before' any decision is taken., in regard to naval matterSj in;MiiucK!:as.^.theT;Voannot.\:p«mi^,,.:the . in l , tervontion of the League,; on questions regarding /the'future of .'the.;,fleet; ~,(2); that shall'.be put. upon ' the judicial; authorities v,during:, the; trial { of the mutineers;-and(3);triafc. befoie;any guestionvof political;, character ~;is-.de: . cided upon the • opinion of the officers of the fleet shall be asked, i'-: "As tho : preliminary;' judicial inquiry, regarding :• the mutiny..- is': now; finished,; the. trial br.Typaldos.'and the; other officers will,'soon, begin, and further,'developments '.may possibly . present themselves."