New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-10
THE CRETAN REVOLUTION.

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Fnd. e,r snrplnc material aid 20 the struggling pa
.tt-.f a. Mediterranean island. Dr 5. &. Howe
- Addresses were made by him. by the Rev.
~ tI,,t;noton. and byWcndcll Phillips, who spoke
as follows: .u.... Tho o,orre.
Al, Cg,u,lty LADILS AND GENTLEMEN Inc sen'lo-
-, yrbo have addressed you have lntmhtcd PLAINLY
,.,pob the general grounds upon which we arc "'"o'
IL come together and take into consideration thc qu'
tn Of Cctan relief Whoaro The Cretcs and what Is 'ne
.,ion Of the relief of Cete9 Five thousand miles OIL
nm island not AS large as our own little Massachusetts
has risen, I'm arms TO claim its rights. Not primarily Po
Itcal rights; not first independence leglsiauon pt
lots: but the night 10 earn bread IN peace OHo
The right to worship God in safety tne Hsr' =,
yoau 20 her purity the right Of the child TO schoo anu
70 home the bare human rights pertaining 10 an human
nature everywhere under al circumstance o-sVeh
which no power has right, under any circumstances
foinyadc Applausel This is what CIe'e Il'oS 70 0'iu
What method does she take to claim Shoud say III
tho frt place no need for us TO ask HOW long sna
,,p submit 10 srch oppression My answer Is just so
long and up u that point where he has an honorable
.ha,ee "A oscaue from it, lApplauscl. The moment
,,tnr, and Cod mt within his reach the power of de
l,ver,nce II ia not only his right, but 1t is his duty
10 himself TO his children TO the world to tear the ciH'
off nj his limbs II for him TO choose whether TINS shau
1 1 orl1ct by appeal TO the good sense and the good
,r Of l,,s ,,,orcssor or by arms We have right to
iic,atc Trc choice lies with the VICTIM knowing now
,nUcb he las suffered how much ne can do, ana ihe
n lnc. mat an, he ore him and when man rises any
where the world over TO claim these rights anu m %
TO accord 10 others what he claims FOR himself Dy an e
conSdcrstions that make human brotherhoO6Lo Gou,
ono blood and futurc-he may clam OF ms IeliO"
man sympathy ana aid lApphsel ~ VI ir, 70
mcnt no parchment, however sacred mas any cmi a.
stand between man ana man in sucn eiuel i
meru abstract statement OF inc lelall9Is Us Pt MAJ
between "a man and his fellow the WOu over but VIM
bof round the cobel Ii an island pcopled
dstinctiVely by Ihat race mas cOilU 4
That nationality All Grecce-Greece proper anu an nSr
islands-for 500 years has never left one geneaio
ct. .gr1 NJ tVr
& gd 6f tbe Giant under the sister island, Sicily of
1ho ~ "r,iueau there has never De- a moment when
crete or me Morea has suffered i'm silence Their protest
r i,Si,I tbc Nr,lipclaco into storms. They may claim
that az no time within the history OF man mas tle co
of the Greek ever been given 70 the force eAouc
over them is such community that comes 10 us ply
testing against the sword without one eeleht ma mn III
nationality unbrOkcn they have submitted ony 10 aDso
lutte necessity Of silence when WON GA, ny gu
bOOdshed. Against what have lIey e pen SIosEs
They have been struggling against t9ilh, ne inHa
senfs IRON il has no right TO live. Crete
stands to-day under the heel Of a despouSm
claims the right to extcminate everything that does ho
believe its creed 1t sno pure , nhe 'ha t
which existed I'm feuda Europe, and IN ancient Tines D
n rs something which calls itself state founded on me
ri1cin thai one portion of the human has right
10 live Ana snuing against American ethics, against
Christian ethics, when say that power WMch uecs
The right Of The autagonstc Cretcs even to life has no
right in The eve Of God and Justice to assert its authority
Of government over races ara realms ial nav ioa 800
part OF the human under the mask Of government
has "a eNtcTulnatc
form of government against which tISlf mas aht9.S%
her perpetual protest; ana though stgIns P' o nGGt
jC f istance The moment thc Slightest ann
lifted against the Government Justics the Turk IN falling
back upon the Koran his var OF eAteIlnhaon y not e.
ceptonal il is the cardinal constitution OF his realm Re
member then we friends of Greece not asking for the
sympathy Of the Christian and civilized world Tor ono
section Of nation contendng for political rights against
another. but we are asking Tor race, unalteraby
Christian. never divided never fairly conquered the lib
erty 10 rise until there hope in rising, against des
polish concealed behind creed which not only tocIates
but orders the determination OF man. woman anu emu
For one am ready TO say, in the face Of al cNhzgt9n
that see right I'm any Christian nation 20 acknowledge
suS1 i as9Se Dran s ANN 1 cIens from Stretching
their hands with any amount quality of and to the
g6T France g s6orlS rise against her Government
there rlt be limit beyond which the cAptdency ana
ynes of law Of Cnristendom itself would not permit us 10
stcp But The Turk is only encamped in Europe. He has
vet. viewed in the light OF the principles OF justice
and law. advanced the first claim 10 recognition AZ an
equal the sserhoOd Of nations That power which mn
dertosc to sarye Woae4 g1d SaIS, 70 % 70 i5
.n Gnris,an louT faith shuts you out from es-
cation of resistance eNtermnates population contend
Writ fic word scio on The TUX N record and all Christ
ianity and al law deny the night OF such power to be
recognized government in the ordinary European
year of the old conflict which commenced in 1921, the
prosperous fruitful, happy Island OF SEQ, with
some lA0)o Inhabitants, herself quit and neutral,
was visited by some two or three thousand
fmki, law upon which the Government let loose upon
or two months hut go living nn9n bSing3 Of St Popn
Iation Of 10000 le.t upon the land Only 10000
whole population; the resi- butchered their
hearths. is that what civilization nteTprets war
10 such poVcri IN the Social Scientific Congress at
Client ia 1885, H. tlm1Seren, a distinguished Frcncl!
acknowledging beigercnts-said: " what shall be the
critcron Hitherto i has been the fact which has given
birth to the right il the iccon lasts. The insurgents,
bnb.tjiute flT t sic AID Iis: tIc.e are bc IIpc
pies trst, If there b. oplr SION it must De manifested
ly the protests OF tine oppressed Who have exhausted
pacific means. Deny this rlle, and you cousecfae u-
American doctrine, and the time Will come when
the light Of tiis claim look briefly at the his
tory Of Crete You rtcvect, when the Greeks I'm
Turkish Empire assisted Dr. Howe hes related to us
10y the strength OF Egypt IT, 1897 occurred That battle Of
NaFalih2 10 when ne nos ioe reference shortly after,
the allied Powers made the Porte recognize tc indepcnd-
own WIZ lhey undeloHA % say 10 crete portion OF Che
Greek nation since history began, lying night upon the
recognized as such by Pimcrson him-elfan island that
had maintained the most desperate conflict oruiIc years.
CRIT IN s"i,,nf lo',i,, t ,,, ti ol S i
10 Egypt and 10 afrcTEard restored the Porte
1853 she made an armed re- stance In 1ss5 se beran
humanity could suffer ia her previous riInes Che in
Porte their respectful protest against the o11cs
siols OF AohammelaE law. This rglt, the ou~ is-
arms till he has exhausted a peaceful ueans Nothing
9nt atg,nenI M 3l"Ase oihloi every where, even IA
despOtisns oph0h beaiS sway h me last resort Victor
Hugo says, the flash Of the sabre moments gleam
ARE so dark the only light we get is the swords ectnl
Barbarsm bows 70 nothing else, knows no other logic
answering this protest n the why known 90 coustitl
uonal governments the Porte begun % let loose upon the
contest and Howe has told rs desolated lie leland
from end to end, shut up the combaants in caves, and
1nui0efcu every thing taken prsOnerncn, women, ana
of age sex or profession: eycrytbne but 20 The sword
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