The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-03
THE EASTERN QUESTION.

INK SAoiEhN QUeSttUa.
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The Sultan's Refusal to Cede Crete-Progress
Of tho War-The Revolutionary Movement
In tho Other Islands, &c.
lAtnens april III Correspondence OF London Times.
me ADVICE OF the i've great Continental Powers
Sick Man" should submit TO the amputaton OF Crete
has been paempcyrsected by the Sultan He declares
that far nom being SICK he felt better. only
he has received in Crete are traing and that
he can heal them with patience and little gun
France the Ottoman Minister Of Foreign 1s Affairs
is said to have observed to the French Ainbas-
sado that since the year 1855 the sutan has been
tihuaiy occupied IN making concessions 10 the Chris
tlans, and cuery concession has created dicunt
The Sultan consented TO the Trans Danuban
sia- When the Prince OF Honenzollern was elected
hereditary sovereign the sultan conceded virtual nde
pendence to those provinces Of his empire In Syria he
made every concession demanded by the French EN-
pcror He has yielded TO the demands OF Servia and
made every concession that has been required 70 satisfy
the Aonencgrina But no concessions consistent with
the maintenance Of the Ottoman Empire viii ever
satisfy tho Greeks OF the Hellenic Kingdom and the Sui
tan feels himself compelled to the demand for the
cesson OF Crete TO Greece by decided refusal. Any
concession OF the kind would only serve as an introduce
ton 10 demand for the annexation OF Thessaly aud
Epirus TO Greece, and the Sultan cannot believe
that the Christian Powers contemplate employing
violent means to enforce such measures At all
events, the Sultan e prepared 70 do his duty as
Sovereign OF the Ottoman Empire. He leaves the
issue 70 Divine Providence throws ha responsibility OF
any untoward events that may gov ernents
Just authority even at the risk Of another Navarno
Such Is reported TO have been the substance Of the
verbal communication OF the Ottoman Minister 70 the
The life of the Ottoman empire In Europe can
only be prolonged by the Sultan making a great
effort TO avert the Acknowledgement OF his Chris
tan provinces. His dominions are held together by
few bonds except those OF central administration
r. % and the persona. Of
sgond destroy the fabric On the other hand. tho prin
ciple Of political vitality every day gaining strength
among the Christian in European Turkey. Sclavo-
mans and Bulsarians demand equal rights with ther
Ottoman rulers The Abanians, Mussulmaus and Chris
tians alike agree In seeking more anarchy than they
enjoy and the Greeks Will be satisfied with nothing but
national independence The power OF the Sultan and
the progress Of his Christian subjects place them in
state OF irreconcabe hostility. The present political
condition Of things cannot endure, and ventures
to suggest any practicable step towards the inevitable
unless II be tho dismembcrmeAt Of Eu
ropean Turkey
The war in Crete continues. The Ottoman troops
march through all tho cultivated parts Of the island,
except the district OF Seiinos without encounterng
serious resistance. But the instruction reyives when
the army pas The insurgents show themselves from
time to time even in the vicinity Of Canea and thcy re-
main perched in their eagles nest at 0maio wishin
days march Of the headquarters Of tho Ottoman army
The Arkadi makes its voyages in quick succession.
stores Rodakiha in the district Of Aghos Basilios;
last week it landed similar cargo At Suia in Scnos,
~ s ~ssn visited one Of s bays = zoe
the present therefore, the insurgents have received am
pie supplies
Chief Of the Ottoman army complete but the Crooks
acknowledge that Governor General Of the island
Be conducted himself with great prudence and humanity
being better solder his military skill will be put 10
the proof Tho that Omar rashs, with reinforce.
last night aud overy sr. - bs made to reduce The
ssAnd TO APPEARANCE Of tranquility and drive the
. s
pressing the instruction would be conclusive reply
tns Of the i've Continental Powers, and under
they expect speedy and complete success.
The Greek government has replied 70 the complaints
~ 3 arg
Greece repudiates all idea OF nourishng insurrecton In
frontier provinces Of neighborng State with which
sdes that the condition OF the Greeks in Turkey ought
TO be decided By universal suffrage, and that tho natural
limits OF the Hellenic Kingdom lie In regions much
tnsr north than the present frontier.
The attempts which have been made with much
ACTIVITY by the Thessalian and Epiro,e committees
get up rsngs, outbreaks, emgrations and insur-
reciion IN Turkey have hitherto failed Victories
have been announced in kilograms, but they can
ons < h.ss sssrams which, was copied 's into every very
newspapsr. may serve - specimen Of q hundred
Il told tina. s insurgents had nirsnched themselves
In the plain Of Orta Thossay they had defeated
body Of Turks who Iefs three hundred meo on the
Geld Of battle. Tho whole affair was fabrication.
There was such engagement. The place alluded TO
WAS OF course Aria, which transformed Ora,
and transported from Ep'rus into Thessay.
AMOUNT
TO very little. banda Of armed men, which have
claim DO called insurgents but cannot fairly be char
scterized a brsands have maao their appearance It
consist of three hundred heroes, and they
raby attacked by three thousand TURKS. These num-
bcrs Of hundred heroes and three thousand
bates represent indeble Impressions the Greek mind
OF the Spartans Of fhermopyn, and of the wicked
OF Scripture or there fell OF tho people that day three
An invasion Of the Ottoman territory Of moro i'm.
porlance than the reported movements in Eprus and
AQrapha has occurred In Thessaly chief OF some
note in Greece Kyriakos whose presence in the
vicinity OF Athens was the Immediate cause OF the
Koronaos civil war IN 1868 crossed the frontier lately
with band OF followers, varously stated, but gen.
orally reported consist Of the inevitable 300 After
lcvyng contributions IN Christian villages OF
any bodies OF Insurgents he crept westward along tho
mountains until he found strong position ut Goor,
where he ntrcnched himself and waited to
troops soon surrounded him, and Skin
m.sEing took place. in which both parties boast
yea arrived. will in all probability be that Kyriakos viii
break through his bcsegers during the night, and
Goura Is only few miles from the Greek frontier he
viii return to the quarters provided for him by the hes
salian and Epirote committees Topographic tells
us that the Christians ~ Domoko have taken up
and burnt some Turkish villages and that hundreds Of
Families Of refugees arc fleeing IRON Thessaiy into
Greece The Ottoman troops have also been defeated at
Dsantza BY soma unknown muster Of insurgents.
As Il 10 supposed that Eprus and Thessaly the
eve Of instruction, Il would be satisfactory TO obtain
some accurate Information concerning the elements Of
which inc poputatlOH ~ COmpOatuL ~ - Woli KNOWN
that these provinces inhabited by Abanans Creeks
Turks and Walachans IN considerable numbers; but IL
IL extremely difficult obtain accounts Of
the relative proportions which those different bear
70 another.
The population Of Epirus including the provinces Of
Joannps, Devino and Avona, 10 about 351 $50 souls
according statistical account published In Greece
IN which the villages enumerated. or thcso about
100000 CHRISTMAS, Greeks and AIbaniaDs, and
l57 900 MussulmAns, A6aLinns and Turks ID the pro-
than 100, coo Christians ana hardly 900 nussama.A
In tina province Of Dslvno tho numbers Of the Chris
tians and Musuinans are nearly equal but IN Avlona
thsrs are upwards u 1000 Massulmans and only
a. 90 Christians.
with regard 70 rbssaly accounts vary strangely The
population Of the whoe country south OF Mount Oym-
pus aud the Cambunian mountains . estimated NJ about
400 COO 10 Greek accounts The nnmbes Of Christians IN
said 70 BE- about $4,000, and Of kussuimans only
40 0o0 but Turkish accounts give the number o. NUS
sui about $50 000 and Of Christians only oo0
Both are probably very inaccurate Tho agricultural
population Of ThsssAy consists In part Of hussulnnns
who settled in the cowntry by The usurcr John
Canlacuzene. about A. D. Hasa few years before the
osmanlses made hcir nrAs conqpess In Europe These
colouiss were Turks from the domnions ef the scouk
saan Of Iccnium, ana ars called By the Greeks koni-
asdes" They we're once In great numbers about Tur-
they occupied all main between Oe1a "a