New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-09
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
TURKEY.
AALI PASHA IN CRETE.


So say the Turks. The European press and the Well
informed agents of Reuter- and the American Asso-
cated Press echo the cry-crushed There is nothing
more left of these Cretan Rebels and Greek bugands
than just enough to give the most noble Padisha an
opportunity to show his beneyolence by issuing an
amnesty proclamation Aali Pasha expands the
amnesty into proclamation of his own very much as
follows: 49,
"Oye few poor starving vagabonds who still linger
half frozen upon the highest peaks of Mount lda
Come down and kiss the feet of him whose proudest
boast it is that he is the humble slave OF the most
noble, enlightened loving, OmnlpOtent, reDeldeyOur-
ing monarch in the world Come We Naked
fOrlorn stragglers, who, for whole year, nave Dcen
flying before the victorious hosts of his allgloTlOus
Majesty, and experience the unspeakable nap
pinesS Of allowing yourselves to be kicked Dy the
representative of the inexhaustlble magnanlmty
of your legitimate master, before whom even
Kings and angels delight to sun themselves"
Now, after that, who will dare to that Crete has
not been finally subjugated. In imagination we can
hear the faint shouts of JOY uttered by these few tor
lOrn wTetches on the peaks of da as they READ ths
benevolent proclamation We see them climbing
down the crags and fastening along the sheep pains
toward Canea in all perhaps ~, dividing goat-shh
between them 20 hide their nakedness. omar Gasla,
the ablest General in the Turkish service will draw up
the remnant of 5000 troops to meet them and con-
duct them into the presence of the Grand NlZier.
Then will peace and prosperity prevail IN Crete 10
the end of time So much for the play, when nan
the audience i'm Europe and America seem to fancy Is
reality as though the same play under little dlier-
ent form had not been exhibited dozen tmes' at
least. within year There are many IN Europe VINO
do not wish to know the truth about Crete; but IL
may be supposed that in America the case IS diner
ent. need not 60 back now TO give you history Oh
the contest, for / have given this from week 10
week in my letters, and All my statements nave
been fully confirmed. / can now recall but one
single case where have been mised by incorrect IN
formation and in that case | gave my authority tOr
the statement when / made 1t. l peneVe your COZ
respondent at Canea has been equally cautious al
though his letters have naturally been more clrcum-
stantial Passing over the history OF war then we
may come at once to the mission OF Aail Iil5a, ana
the present state OF the island 10 begin Where the
Turks do, assert unhesatingly that the rebellion
has not been crushed, but is as rampant az IL mas
been az any time during the past year. We have
proof of this here for the Government has Just
ordered a new CONSUMPTION, and has been sending
fresh troops 10 Crete ever since Aal P2sha left An
other fact bearing on this point Is that the rebels
celebrated Aali PaShas arrival by coming down IN
force and destroying Turkish village almost under
his nose, the day after he arrived. Many TURKISH
olive plantations were also burned. Another TACT:
The Provisional Government have replied 10 the am
nesty by issuing a counter proclamation ana by
sending TO Omar Pasha a declaration that
they are prepared for the aIternauye' an
nexaton to Greece or death. 1t Is sad
that this answer written IN blood. Another laGb
is that the Greek blockade-runner EunosIs Is sun
making weekly trips to the island with food ana am
munitiOn. One fact mOre-when the turks pro-
claimed suspension of hOsttles their troops were
in such an utterly demorallzed condition rom IL
success and sickness that they could not Keep Ihe
field, and when the Egyptian troops were OfdeIeu 10
be withdrawn, Omar Pasha made "a solemn protest
against It, AS he could not spare them. leave your
readers to draw their own conclusions from these
facts. In what condition are the rebels
is the next question. This Is more dlncut 10 answer,
but 1t would appear that there are still some oOOO
men under arms, under various leaders these men
can hold out if they WILL just so long as the 0reeks
can continue to run the blockade with ammunition
and provisions. and perhaps could get on i've or SIX
weeks without any outside supplies. From the nrst
the greatest difficulty of the insurgents has
been that, like true Greeks, they light each
other almost as much as they Go the Turks.
This is still the case There Is no unity
of feeling of action between the different leaders
Each one cares more for his own interest than for
the common cause. II has always been so with the
Greeks. The removal of the families, on the other
hand has been great relief to the Rebels, and III
creases their chance OF success tenfold lhe APP
preaching Winter season Will ad the DlocKadS run,
ners for the Turks MORALLY afraid OF wind, and
although il will add TO the hardshlps OF the Greeks
on shore, it will also prevent the Turks from acting
vigorously. As TO the territory, the Turks are now
lust where they were year ago. lhey nold only
the shore and ortresses. while the whole island Is IN
the hands of the CTetans. What is to come of Aall
Pasha's miSsioni Lest your readers should think
my epitome of Aali Pashas proclamation too bad
even for sarcastic paragraph, will append 1t YER
batim 10 this letter 10 speak for itself Aall Pasha
is a man of great shrewdness and of more honesty
than Fuad Pasha. He has taken $500 with him,
beside decorations and Jewelry. lis amour
prOpTe is enlisted, for failure would be disgrace
here In rank he stands next the throne.
If success possible to any one II would be To
him. On his arrival ut Cameo he took really con-
ciliatOry step in ut once releasing all the political
confined there ana al lie
first called together all the principal turks ana had
"A long consultation with them. Then he graclously
received the Christian magnates with their Arch
bishop. Atterward no issued his proclamation lie
cam no doubt, buy up large number of CTetans and
Greeks for il is sad fact that they are more open
to the influence of gold than of arms or OF patriot
ism. But doubt very much whether he can buy
enough To influence the nsurrect0n materially. Ills
plan of reorganization, so far rs II Is known To the
Embassies here, amounts 10 nothing more than the
organization ef a VitdWt, with Mussulman pdh,
Eos and mi gpnupIl
Chrlsians-the local authorities 10 be Turks or
Christians the population is one or the Other 1t
is needless TO add that this organization viii be
not whit better for the Christians than
that which existed when the revolt COM
meneed Even Christian ,I "a" 10 would niS!
a tool in the hands of the Turks. Indeed the Turk
named as probable pdi would make far better Gov
ernor than any Christian who has been suggested.
Even the Cretans would prefer Cabouli IaSha TO
Prince Arstarch or Sir Henry Bulwers old protege,
Dr. Samas. I'm word, l do not see how anything
can come of Aali Pashas mission. Asa Turkish OIL
Ger was heard TO say the other day. Ihere Is no use
in grying to conciliate such ungrateful beasts as
the Cretans. There is nothing TO do but 70 eXtermi
nate them" 1t would seem that the war must go on
until the Cretans cXtermnatcd unless Europe IN
terferes to their Independence DO not know
that can blame the Turks for holding ON to the
island and certainly one cannot but admire the bold
ness with which they have rejected and sc0rned all
the advice of Europe 1t Is at least open question
whether il would be good policy for the Turks to
give up Crete: but ON the other hand, the Cretans
have won the admiration OF the world, and the sym
pathy even of those who believe that annexation to
Greece would he a leap from the tryingpan into
the fire Even such are ready TO say,
if these people prefer the wretched Government of
Greece 10 the wretched Government of Turkey, by
all means let them have it, But there is one consid-
Grafton which has not been sufficiently thought of by
people generally. AT least one-third of the popula-
lion of Crete. when the revolution broke out, were
Turks. Annexation to Greece would compel the de-
portaton of all these families TO other locality.
Could a Mussulman government consent to such q
thing2 What right has Europe TO insist upon it
believe am able to say that this consideration has
had great weight with Lord Stanley. All the more
of course because it accorded with other English