The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-07-20

Turkey.
Within the past few days we have had several severe
thunder storms with abundant rain The last rains of the
generally about the first of June The silk
crop this year abundant and prices good The country
has psed into quiet again since the Damascus difficulty sub
sided The departure of the Sultan for Paris seems to have
produced but slight impression the public mind. The
bgoted Mosems regard him already ndel since he
has had his photograph taken and that simply going
land of the nfdels will not make him any more 1t is
certainly critical journey He takes with him the heir
apparent his two nephews and the most enlightened of his
Vzie Fuad Pasha and should the Greek prvaee happen
sink his Maey craft the state of the Emperor would be
very dangerous.
In order reconcile the sultan's trip Paris with the
letter of the koran which assigns to ruler of the faithful
whatever country he his foot on will be had
legal felton, in virtue of which the soil of France will be
considered Ottoman territory during the time that the
Sultan shall abide there but with the reservation of subse
quenty making retrocesson of the country to the Emperor
of the French.
Crete.
The friends of Crete in London have recently organized
Candote Refugees Relief Fund Already during the short
period of its existence than have been collected
The needs of the Ceans become every greater and it
therefore, of importance that the sympahizes with the rising
of Crete everywhere should continue to be liberal in support
of the good cause.
The Provisional Government of Crete have addressed
circular to the Foreign Consu exposing the internal cruelty
of the Turks who massacring men, and children
wholesale More than fifty places mentioned and the
date given where these horrors perpetrated.
cANDIoTE REFUGEES Relief FUND.
The committee recently formed in the city and composed
most OF Greek merchants OF high
raising fund for the relief Of the Candiote refugees report
that they have received contributions amounting about
10000 in ALL in addition liberal supplies of clothing and
materials for garments and that they present remit 1850
weekly from this country Athens which is expended by
committee there in providing shelter food and clothing to
the destitute and otherwise perishng refugees almost wholly
and children, who have escaped to Greece The
number thus maintained by the committee Athens 467
according the latest accounts There are however, 600
who landed at the Pireus fortnight ago. and
about 5000 others who distributed about Greece and the
adjacent islands, making total of nearly 1000. Owing to
the increase in the number of these utterly destitute
fugtves the Relief Committee have been compelled
diminish the little pittance which they expanding for
their maintenance by one-h letter received by the City
Committee Monday last from Athens states that appre
hending falling off in the supplies from this country the
committee there had reaned from undertaking the charge
of the and children, about 600 in number who had
been landed the Pireu that they had learned from
authentic that hundreds waiting the
shores of Crete for opportunities to embark The Greek
authorities and communities he states doing all they
provide for those poor refugees but their entirely
Inadequate and the prospect is alarming