New-York tribune., 1866-12-27

. TION-KXPLoITs OF A GREEK sTBAMER-IE-
CREASED EXCITEMENT IN GREEcE-RBPoRTED VIC
TORIES OF THE ISsURGENTs-sERvIA IMPROVING
HER OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES INsURRRCTIoN IN
ALBASIA-THE CYPRUS DIFFIoULTY-AMERICAEs
IN COSsTASTINoPLR.
From Our Special Correspondent
CoxsrANnNorLE, Nov. 30, 1896
Europe depends for her news upon two great tele'
graph agencies, Reuter- and Havas Whoever can
buy up the agents of these Companies at given place
ban have such news sent out may be agreeable to
Rim. 1t would seem as though Turkey and France
had invested largely in this business Of late. Even
turing our war the telegraph never lied so sysemat
ealy and meanly as it has IN reference to Crete
France does not wish to have the Eastern question
Brought up now when her prestige is compromised
by her i'll success in Germany and Mexico, but the
Emperor knows that public opinion would compel In
reference for Crete if the truth were known about
the continued struggles OF the people against the
Turks. The Turks know the same thing! So the
public must be humbugged. AS few people read any
hing but kilograms, the telegraph has been pressed
Into service against the Cretans.
Official telegrams from Athens contradict these lies,
but unfortunately the Greeks themselves have such
reputation for lying that no one believes these. They
8epend rather upon the impartial ID kilograms oi
Reuter- and Hayas. How impartial these are may be
seen from the following specimens Of Reuter- sent to
England:
m end Since the engagement Vysscs the insurgents
Nov 6Accorng to intelligence received here from Gambia
nAe Sphakoe leaders completely submitted 70 the Turk
lh authority and have laid down their Most Of the
10 Greece Many Greek poner however have been brought
NOV The nsurrectiOn in Gambia be end
hree engagements place at Geada In which the
SS ss1s mSde asir submission Aka Tssho is to be Gov
ernor.G enera Of the island The Grand Nzer will obaR
Nov S~Nomeroas Greek ships expected in Gambia to
bring home the Henes who have taken part in the late re-
Nov lInteeence received here from Gambia states
an the submission Canadian insurgents Musapha Pasha
proclaimed general amnesty and gave notice that the rebel
leaders and foreigners liberty to quit the island
Here the whole thing is historically complete. We
know not only that the rebellion put down, but we
have q detailed account Of what has happened since
the end Of the troubles there Now am able to as
tnre vou that the rebellion has not been put down,
that very few of the ableboded Cretans have shown
Hnv signs of Welding that no Greeks have returned
from the island TO Greece except those wounded IN
battle, that no such amnesty had been proclaimed,
and that if any rebel leader foreigner were caught
by the Turks ne would either be shot sent in chains
10 Consantinople No less than l9 such have arrived
this week and others on their way.
The Greek Island of Syra is only few hours Dy
eteam from the Cretan coast, and II Is doing Tor
f,rete what Nassau did for the COnfederates. The
Greek steamer PauheniOn has made some 20 tnps
10 Crete with ammunition and recruits.
Some Of those have been very exciting and sne mas
narrowly escaped capture by the Turkish bloekadlng
s0uadron The Turks call her the SheitauVapOr
IDevils steamer) and they are this week fitting up
one of the fastest Of the Sultans private steamers 10
capture herif they con. On one trip after the oate
of the last telegram above, she landed 800 men with
breechlOading rifles and four cannon. This week she
has made two trips Zone faiure) and landed large
quantity OF ammunition, 60 bales OF leather, large
number of bayonets, all from England, and 800 ad-
htiona volunteers, including II Ganbaldians and 81
Montenegrins. She is TO be joined In lew days by
new steelclad steamer which can run eighteen knots
an hour and it is expected that they Will put 900 men
week upon the island, with all necessary supplies.
The excitement in Greece has reached point be-
yond which hardly 60 without forcing declsra
kion of war between Greece and Turkey. Every one
now from the King down, Is in fever OF sympathy
for the Cretans. Every available gun and feld.piece
in Greece has gone already and volunteers are gong
every day. Even the stolid, selfish Greeks OF Con-
stantinOple are moved. This week some 200 have
gone from here, and among them young men IRON the
Weathiest families in the city.
III the Cretans can hold out until Spring, and they
may be able to do so with the aid they are now re-
ceivng from abroad, have good reason to believe
that the Greeks have determined to stake their King
dom on a single throw and cast in their lot win the
Island Of Crete 1t would be bold step ior such
Kingdom, with less than two million INHABITANTS 70
declare against Turkey, but they have not forgot
len the Greek revolution, and they know that such
step would reopen the Eastern question with ven.
geance. My opinion is, that 1t would be the best and
Nsest thing they could do. They have little 70 lose
and everything 10 gain by such step. They have
lost their prestige and become a stencil in the nostrls
of Europe especially in the moneyed circles but bold
step like this would VIII tnen llouOb anu sJInpd-
thizers everywhere. 1t would afford some scope for
their restlessness and they would be pretty sure to
come out OF the conquest with larger territory than
before France might prevent this by sending an
army to Athens but it hardly be prevented IL any
other way. -,
The Turks are protesting already against the aid
given by Greece to the Cretans and King George has
promised TO issue proclamation enjonng neutrality
but il will deceive one here or there Turkey
would declare against Greece to-day but Tor the
ugly " Eastern CUSTOM" which would at once be
raised. I'll
on her last trip brought news which was so fully be-
Iieyed that a solemn Ts Dswn was celebrated in the
Cathedral and the city was illuminated.
As have no official private news so late as this,
cannot vouch for the statements made at Syra, but
they are probably founded on fact, at least. They
cOrroborated by the known fact that Coneas the
Greek chief, had fortified the convent OF Alkad near
Rethymo, and was there in force on the 18Th Of No
yember This news is to the 25th 1t is said that he
had fortified aud mined this building, but being una
bic, after vigorous struggle Of eighteen hours, TO
hold 1t with the 1000 men under his command he
effected his retreat, leaving heroic old priest who
had volunteered 10 IRE the mine. On seeing the IN
surgeus retreat the essailants rushed into the build
ing aud the priest applying his match, ths whole
building was blown into the air, with loss 10 the
Turks (t is said) Of 1000 killed and 200 wounded.
The sOnn.law Of Mustapha Pssha was reported TO be
among the former, and OF the latter $50 had been
brought 10 Canes the remainder being taken y Re
.hymo.
The Turks Of course, would publish no such news
er the island had been pacifed and after the Greek
volunteers had all gone home; but am inclined TO
believe that the fact Of the blowing up the convent
will be confirmed. The other Greek commander,
EimbTakak at last accounts had taken the offensive
ind captured large sapply.train well a. part Of
he town of PemoniG. lie sfterward Tetreatcd 70 the
kmOus caves Of Melidorc, where the Turks left him.