The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-03
CHARLEST ON
THURSDAY MORNING. JANUARY ssIlS67.
yJIr PETOLUTION IN>e1ETE.

THURSDAY MORNING. JANUARY = s1o..-- 1901. =
THE REl=ol U77oN -1y1e1iE7E
\ little over thirty yeafs ago the inderend-
cncc or.tho kingloplof Greece was es'aollsneu
after several ype,s of severe lighting. charac-
,or;zc,, hv urucl and barbarous 1croeay on the
o,o s;Jt and the most heroic selt-sacrlcc
an zt1lc other Tic result was moi brought
labout until after the armed and active lheula-
lion of the Great Powers oil Europe. turkey
had 10 be first thoroughly lumiliatcd before
she acknowledged this severance OF the Classic
| territory from her domain. The Mnsuom oi
Greece, we regret to say, has been lar from
success as an experiment of the constitutions
monarchy. STILL however the country may
have been retarded in progress and prosperity
bv domestic brawls and monthly changes Oh
their ministry, twill; be generally conceded that
Christian people is more secure OF liic anu
Justice when ruled by soycrcisns oil their own
confession, than at the mercy Of Turkish ru-
ler, and prosecuted by the petty tyranny ana
blind bieotry of the fanatic Mussulman ofhclais-
II is for this reason we think il pity That
the Great Powers did not do their work tho
roughly when they were engaged in it in tho
first instance. Crete had achieved its independ-
cnce from Turkish rule, but it did not suit the
dnlomacy of the day 10 sever this Island from
the Sublime Porte; and its people were once
more handed down by their Christian brethren
| AZ ciaao of
They bore this yoke as best they could, tor
thirty years longer without any serious oppo-
sition to the constituted authority. few
months aco, however the fame, so long smoth-
cred, broke out afresl,-the whole island is in
insurrection, and the full strength of the Turk
ish power is brought to bear ngainst it. We
hear of an army of 6fy thousand men in tue
field, and formidable navy engaged in block
aiding the Cretan ports. Greece, and the re-
naming Greek and scmi-Greek provinces OF
Turkey (Scryia, Cephalonia, and Bulgaria are
in hearty sympathy with Crete. Italy, SO re-
Gently engaged in similar struggle, eI-
tends her sympathy and assistance to the IN
surgents Russia also is understood to be
friendly to their cause
France and England alone, the two great
leaders of Christian civilization, are in sympa-
thy with the Turk. England fears for her
Eastern possessions. She must, at all hazards,
keep an open roadstead to the Orient, and any
| movement tending to the disintegration OF Tur-
key, is considered dangerous to British Esat
| tc nr0tfer-
| ed tho use of her feet to enforce the Turkish
blockade of Crete. She frowns on The present
movement from different motives from Eng
land. If the Greeks and any large number Of
Italians engage on the side of the Canadians,
the struggle must necessarily assume very for
midable proportions, an array oil the East
against the East. In such q combat, France
cannot remain mere neutral spectator She
must become involved as principal. But we
cun readily sec why NAPOLEON should not be
desirous of becoming embroiled in foreign
quarrel. lie is bent on having peace in Europe
next Spring for his Exposition, and the reopen
ing of the Eastern question is entirely incom-
patible with that desire. Moreover, he has
been SO signally unsuccessful in his Mexican
expedition, and in his Geralan diplomacy, and
more recently S. lin the naval attack on Corca.
that he cannot feel much encouraged as yet
Cor new foreign enterprises of any magn-
tudp.
There is great uncertainty in regard to the
actual state Of things in Crete. It's affirmed
that the kilograms wc croceivc in regard to ii
emanate from Turkish, therefore hostile and
partial, sources These dispatches, it is fur
ther asserted have the endorsements of the
English and French Consuls, and constantly
report the defeat and failure Of the insurrcc-
tion, with. view of preventing any assistance
from without.
Syra a Greek island very near to Crete. is
the depot whence the Cretans obtain their sup
plies of food, arms, volunteers, etc.. through
the Turkish blockade. SYRIA is to Crete what
Nassau, was to the late Southern Csnfcderacy
There has been much suffering, nevertheless
among the people there, as these supplies arc
both inadequate and irregular. IT, however,
the Cretans can hold out few months longer
it is generally thought that Greece will join
them, and risk success or annihilation upon
the issue. If she does, Austria, Russia, and
the other Powers will in all probability become
involved in the quarrel.
Much stress is laid by some of the cores
pondents on the brutal conduct of tic Turkish
commanders and the troops under them: against
the people of Crete but VIC deem il :.llaeccssa-
ry to dwell on tbs point; it issnlieion: to say
that this conduct is now jus! hat it always
was under similar circumstances.
The Central Crcisn Committee al Athens
have sent petition 10 the United States for
help. This country will doubtless give them
considerable moral support. and perhaps much
also in voluntary contributions from individual
citizens, but we do not tlliuk that the United
States Government will do ought to become
mixed up with this the most s:entangled' of all
European ..ullnnccs'
Some interesting dispatches will be found in
ourtclegraphic columns this morning, relative
to this new Greek revolution.
A New GAME.-Some ingenious person has in
vented a new game, which contains all tho best
features of billiards. paror croquet and ten-pims,
and is purely parlor game. 1t furnishes h alth- |
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