National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1867-02-01
The cretan War.

The following items of intelh.
gence relating to the Cretans and
their cause we CLEAN from cores
pondence from Constantinople and
other places in the East:
"The Greeks in England have
raised Gl2,000 for the purchase of a
blockade-runner to replace the Pan
hellenion, which, in its eight sue
cessfnl voyages, received some hard
knocks, especially in its last, when
| the Sultan, finding no other vessel
of sufficient speed, dispatched his
own yacht, which was gaining on
the PanhellcniOn, when the latter,
turning round. ran down and sank
her pursuer, but was herself SO shat
tered as to be useless.
Men in Constantinople, who love
money, are now pouring 1t out like
water to furnish arms. ammunition
and provisions to the Cretans. What
is more, volunteers are going for
ward steadily to their support from
Turkey, Greece and Italy. Some
idea of the enthusiasm which pre-
walls may be gathered from the fact
that even common shOpkeepers are
giving as much as five hundred dol
lars a month, and are pledged to
continue during the war.
The Committee i'll England. IN aid
of the Greeks, has raised the sum Of
ElS,000.
The American Consul at Crete re-
ports that the insurgents confident
~ expect to hold out through the
winter, but that their plan is to
avoid any general engagement, and
to reduce their force to those who
are really able-bodied men. Others
will temporarily make their submis-
sion. Ii they can in this way man.
age to save Selmos from being raw
aged and desolated, they will do
well; but they will hive to fight
for this. The Turks now declare
that only two districts now remain
and that their Whole
force viii be concentrated upon
these. 1t is trne, too, that at the
seaports and tortresses there is no
sign of war, except.the presence Of
wounded soldiers. On tine strength
of this. an English engineer, from
Suda Bay says thet the war is real
ly over, but, in fact, the rebellion Is
as active as ever.
The poor Cretans are dying by
but resolute to the last
and everything for liberty.
1t is to the honor of America that
We have at C0nstantinople Il Minis
ter whose conduct in this affair has
won the hearts of the whole Greek
race. while commanding the respect
OF the whole Ottoman. The name
1f Mr.. Morris is to-day, where the
Greek language is read, regarded
as amor g its chief benetactors. His
labors among his colleagues of the
corps will have done
what all believed impossible, and 4
Crete is saved to Greece, it will y O
owing to him and his humanity.
Without ever leaving his diploma
tic rights, he advocated human
rights SO warmly that he has made
America tenfold dearer to Greece
than ever before.
The last advccs from Crete are to
the effect that the insurrectiOn was
far from being suppressed. 1t only
lies quiet till the SHOW is Off the
The troops have not
penetrated any OF the strongholds,
and probably will not. The insur-
gents are purely on the defensive, :
and will remain so until Epirus and
Thessaly are ready, when fire will
fly wherever Turk oppresses Greek.
Mustapha Paslla WAS defeated ut
Lakos, with grave losses. His ar
my is now Ill the gorges OF the
mountains of Selinos, where de-
feat may annihi!ate him. There is
no truth, so far, in the report OF the
submission of the Island, and, no
present probability of it and in II
few days more all the districts now
quiet may he in a blaze again. OF
course in war all is uncertain, but
lOur-iiiths of the chances are now i'll