The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-30

remained fair nght between the two bsfgerents the
Greek and Russian agents have changed Their
Of fair combat between the insurgents the
hand and the Turkish troops on the other but
rather OF horrible butchsry, wherein the Turks we're
massacring women children and the aged THIS move
succeeded aud whom the question OF humanity put
IN place OF the military one al scrupes were removed
the purpose Of picking up the women who repre-
scented in dispatches 10 be wandering the beach In
nakedness and living on herbs and the leaves OF the vines
All this. however, IL must be admitted, was pure
fancy Tho frigate Renommee transported from Crete
TO Greece about i've thousand onen and children Not
one OF these women SAY the Turkish troops and Of
course, had 10 submit to i'll usage They all
came aboard with their baggage and provisions Of
their race, came aboard with merchandise, bags Of
wheat Jars filled with oil, and carried on quite a trade
bands made them 60 stating that the Turks we're
ing 10 kill them Moreover, the love OF home, and still
less that Of country Is ont slightly developed among
Germ about their husbands families or sad TO say.
about their children even.
However, this export movement OF women and chill
drcn has somewhat relaxed The Cretans. who had ex-
pected armed intervention the part OF France and
now see that abe confines herself merely TO work OF
humanity, are In less OF hurry 10 send OF their wives
and children, or rather they are TO be OF the
number who 60 themselves But this 10 positively for.
hidden.
Moreover the fate that awaits these Canadian women
and children in Greece tar from agreeable There is
great misery In Greece ana 10 spite OF the good will
the part OF Atnsnians help their Cretan brethren
the material means arc wanting As to the fate that
awaits the nsurrecton-n the event. OF course that IL
be supported by foreign ntervention-the follow
ing is the calculation made BY Omar Pacha-
There scarcely 900 TO 1000 armed men occu
plying the mountain positions OF these 7, 900 armedmeu
1900 at most arc from the Cre,an population; the
balance IL made up Of volunteers, nearly all Creeks
There not 6fty foreigners, whether French or
Italian. These volunteers, in bands OF sixty one hun
hired and two hundred men. hold the mountains the
west Of the island and there easily find impregnabs
positions. But can this be called really national IN
surrectiony
This mountain warfare may last . long whiIe-for
indefinite period even There ID but good way 70
bring 1t To end-namey by reducing the insurgents
through famine and preventing them from getting pro-
visions from outside In this connection the destruction
OF the Arcadion becomes Of serious moment.
1t romans to be whether the Greek committees
will find way Of setting adoat still another Ar
cadion. This Is question OF finances which
cannot give any opinion.
Lett 10 their resources the Cretans with the
aid Of foreign volunteers have coma help them,
could succeed in driving the Turks from their
island; and II the Ottoman government be we'll ad-
vsed and introduce into the administration or the island
liberal reforms that admitted 10 be necessary,
the political independence Of Crete be put OF to the
Greek caends