The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-15

tho several OF 1883 l5sl ava iooo wnen certain
mr., vieges were vrested from their rulers which have
baen carried into execution IL speaks o. the al
vanlages OF civilized government a. contrasted with the
influence OF tint rule OF tho Koran refers
- roc.n rspectfu petition for redress and 10 the
insulnr manner in which u had been refused II de-
cares that Christian population never under Turkish
rnle enoyed security for their ives honor property
that thew are especially subjected TO acts OF vo-
lence barbarsm and sacriiege driven 10 the noun
ta,ns for refuge into exile II then declares that for
all these and in accordance with the oath taken
Ia 1921 and with the general desire OF the people for tho
union and independence OF the whole Greek race. the
General Assembly Of the Crstans hereby Sanctions anu
l. The abolition, forever OF Turkish rule over Gambia
and its dependencies
O. The annexation TO Greece, their mother country,
under the scsptre Of his Majesty the King Of the Hell
lenes, GeorgeL
s. The execution Of the decree is connded to tho
courage OF the brave Cretan people, TO the AID OF thor
noble compatrsots and all Phheenes, TO the powerful
intervention Of the great protecting and guaranteeing
Powers, and 10 the puissance of tho Most High
APPEAL 10 THE pREspxSr or rnE UNITED STATE.
Among the manifsstos issued by the Cretsn General
Assembly in August special appeal to the President
OF the United States It gives succinct account Of the
history the island and OF the grievances OF its Christian
inhabitants II rscouns the struggle for liberty in 1921
their Of 1t through the interference Of the great
Powers and the failure Of those Powers to secure to
the rights and privileges which guaranteed 1t asks
the nescesson Of the United States TO obtain the aten
ton Of the great European Powers.
RARaARiTks THE TURKs
An illustration the barberous conduct OF the Turks
ia found in the case plage Of Assites the 9th
OF August described by George Spirdaks priest in
an aijayt made by him at Canea the 23d Of Septem
ber There was indscriminate butchery OF tho in
habants Spiridakis three killed before his eyes,
aud then lied with his family consisting of seventeen
persons They hid themselves In grotto Mount ST.
Anthony. but discovered BY the Turks and sum
mored to come out Spiridaks and his son came but
the others said through fear The Turks built IRE IN
the mouth OF the ana smothered all who remained
TAey then beat and loaded with chains the father and
NJ al to abiuro thsr religion While they held
prisoners upon steamer three Cretans were brought on
board and beheaed before their eyes, and they them
selves narrowly escaped the same fate After being
again beaten and matreated they put on board
another steamer and brought to Canes, where. being
personally known to Musapha Pacha, they were oy us
order finally released
MASSACRE NEAR RKIIMo.
on the third of September false report became cur
yon among the Turks Of Rehymnos Tor Retimo1 that
two Mussumans had been killed by the Christians at tue
village of Senia The cry for vengeance was at once
raised 1t with difficulty that the subgovernor
prevented q crowd of Turks from salying out OF the
town to massacre all Christians In the neighborhood
The departed the same evening for Canea
leaving the commandant of Rethymnos TO perform his
functions in that city This officer placed 8ennels q
the gates but hundred and twenty Turks
in escaping from the city by jumping over the lower
discriminatory, all the Christians they could fnd On
the next day. September O. the sub-governor had 70.
turned, but fifteen hundred Turks broke out and
recommended the massacre. battalion OF soldiers
sent out TO restrain them made common cause
with the murderers. About one hundred and afty,
mostly old men, women and children were killed,
the villages plaged and the plumber publicly
exposed for sale at the Christian cemetery In the city
itself the Chrstanere obliged to take refuge :. The
The Greek Consul in fact, declared TO his government
that he felt himself unsafe
POLITICAL PLorrINGs
The Turkish government had been meanwhile pressing
forward reinfOrcements. which u drew partly from
suppression Of the revolt its continuance tended TO
unsetlle the condition OF his whole empire and bring
about general revolution. II seems that the COM
mander OF the Egyptian troops saim Pacha had repre-
scented himself having full to treat with ho
Cretans There o ruuor that the Vceroy OF Egypt
had offered to purchase the island similar 70
those on which he had recently obtained the Red Sea
provinces OF Souakim and Massowah Hts offer was TO
pay extra tribute of fSO000 the hrst year flOOOOO
the and successive increase thu latter sum
yearly fifteen years He further agrees to appoint ~
Governor General whomsoever the Porte snoud recon-
mend
Early in September Saim Paoha was recalled About
the time the Cretan General Assembly issued 500
oud protest to the foreign Consuls resident a. cAuea
This document refers to the previous protest. and also 70
report exposing the faseh0od and injustice OF
the pretsnsons put forward by the Sublime Porte COPY
Of which had been sent DO published In Greece" II
"upon the articles and sophstries Of the Turks and
then goes on TO call attention to the following facs:
"Plachg faith In the words of the Egyptian Srdar,
saim Pacha who repeatedly assured had received
full power from Sublime Porto TO treat with us upon
tins OF trckery and deception had not recalled In
time the deputies sent TO him in good faith Fighting
in arms for our security, we shall De compelled 70
replse the army II attacks aud endeavors To hunt
us out the whittier have been forced 70 re
treat with onr wives and children while waiting for the
august Christian governments 70 decide our fate"
They then call attention the dissertation Of churches
Cydonia Rethymnos and Candanos, and to tho tor
unarmed men were subjected 70 for refusing TO
sign petitions opposition those OF the insurgents
Apparently the policy Of the Sultan at this time was
to check the progress Of the revolution and paryse the
form. K,ri.ii Mustapha Paoha was delegated Com.
Chief TO the island, and fully empowered -
imperial commissioner, 70 treat with and oer amnesty
sulman is not bound BY any engagement he may make
with an unbeliever; and the Cretans had learned by
with this precept They therefore rejected all offers Of
Cancellation and determined TO pesevere IN their strug-
gle for Independence relying upon the distraction ths
Turkish government would experience from tho OUT
break similar rcvolts in other PARTS Of the empire,
such had already appeared In Epirus, Thsssay ssrva
and elsewhere.
The Cretans appear TO have pressed their military
preparations that they vert able TO take tho Initiative
Tho London a, Csnes says mat !;
daybreak on Sunday morning, septemoere Tho prte.
cpa fight veysses, in the province Of Apocorsns
OF two pacnas. The Cretsns succeeded In defeating
these with loss Of five hundred killed and wounded
and captured the remainder about -four thousand mea
The Cretans lost only fourteen killed and fortynve
wounded but among the killed was Demetrius Nerausis
one OF their chiefs.
convention entered into whereby the prisoners
were be remote part OF the island. and tho
day to receive their tents ana furniture on
beasts burden furnished by themselves Ten hostages
were intercbanged TO bind this agreement After the
Egyptians had departed letters received by the
Christians one from the province Of Heracleon I'm
which the town of Gambia is situated the other from
the province Of Nalevizion describing the atrocities
committed there by the Turkish troops and residents
The Cretans excited by these accounts that for
gstu Of their hostages they put the ten Egyptians
held by them 10 death The Egyptians retalatcd by
killing six OF the Crean hostages.
oTHER BArrLEs-rHE cRETANs vIcr0Ri0Ua
Another battle Is reported taking place near Can
d lasting three days from the 9th TO the l1th Of Sep
tember ne Turkish forces resisted with dinlcuy the
Cretan attack; and on the third day. the Facha OF
Gambia armed thousand Turkish residents OF the
town and them out. In the province Of Sclinon
the fortified town OF Kandanoe which Ii inhabited by
the worst indigenous Turks was strictly blockaded By
the Crctans Kastelion, another fortified town In the
province OF Kssamos, was also beleaguered aud har-
sssed by the insurgents. Three Ottoman steamers in
the harbor bombarded them but with little effect owing
70 the height Of their positions On the 18th september
the town OF Malaxs In the province OF Kydona, was
assaulted Up TO that date operations had been deo
dedy in favor OF the Crstans. They bad swept the
country clear the coast driving the Turks within the
towns least the western part Of the island for