The New York herald., 1868-04-28


tunes were invested In the olive plantations directly
by the right OF property and indirectly by hypctne,
their aid to the destruction OF the security OF their
own fortunes Is is not more likely that the lncen,
Of Se
had the only interest In committing the crime
RePrisals were committed and who win wonder az
or the Mussuman religion for these actsS 1t should
not be forgotten that there are IN the island Of Crete
moved from savages that they are Incapable of curb
ing their passions as well their interests practice
their respective religions. It became necessary to
look into the facts which have Influenced public
opinion and exaggerated beyond all proportions the
In the meantime Panhellenism which have cited
set ali its resources at work. have already indi.
dhe pars pSyed oy the press Committees were
the Greek colonies Considerable sums su were set
apart for the purchase Of arms and provisions 70 the
enrolment Of volunteers who II is believed did not
supply arms and provisions to the revolt without
principles OF morality being preceded by renunca-
tion Of diplomatic relations.
Cretan insurrectOn that it seems useless to dwell
upon this particular scandal. This precedent will,
have shaken the respect for treaties, and from which
the principles Of international law and public order
1t win be out Of place to reply here to the ac-
cusations Of meekness on the part OF the imperial
government Was 1t necessary to declare against
GreeceP or what would be equivalent to it-seize the
as a refugef Certainly the Imperial government had
hestated to authorize t. even at the risk Of war but
for the very great interest elsewhere manifested from
advances Identical in their basis made with view
to obtain the annexation OF the island to Greece The
and duties in the Cretan Question should silence
every calumny and insure for 1t the sympathies OF
the independent possession Of the island of Cretei
Is there desire to sacrifice the right Of conquest
tionaitiesi But Who does IN not see that it would be
necessary to recast the map Of Europe and to plunge
time before certain provinces belonging to certain
Powers were conquered by these latter Does 1t mean
that these Powers have decided to sacrifice their own
rights and that the concession asked OF Turkey Is
to become the rule In EuropeP Such is, unqueston-
should we offer ourselves for the practice of theory
which no one will apply to himself to the greatest
detrment of European interests Is 1t that the re-
spective position OF conquered provinces was diff
ferent elsewhere, because in Crete there Is a differ
ence of language and religion between this govern
ment and the governed ? But there are Mussulmans
who the subjects Of Christian States and Catholics
In orthodox countries. Is it the natural anpathy of
the conquered for the conquerorY Who will venture
to say that 1t is greater here than elsewherep Is 1t
tnat possession is contrary to treaties But, without
going very far back, Of the most noteworthy con-
temporaneous diplomatic acts-the treaty Of Paris,
signed scarcely twelve years snce-solemnly sane
empire and places that integrity Under the collective
guarantee OF the Powers and there is great reason
for surprise that the idea should exist that the I'm,
hands q treaty concluded at the price OF the
greatest sacrifices at the risk Of authorizing
by this precedent all Interior claims and
OF itself giving the signal of dismemberment.
The imperial government Is convinced that in main.
act Of European conservation; for the arguments
resorted to to wrest from it this province, eads to
0fpublic order, the result Ofa bloody work which
has taken ages to accomplish, and to retard cviliza
In sustaining the contest in Crete, the imperial
government believes 1t s defending the very princi-
s 9 ed to Wa the Of its a lust until
the time when right sha prevail. Is it to be blamed
for this course OF actions I,oI' Time will tell: ,.
forciby the reprOach Of weakness which has been
imputed to it. The Island Of Crete Is entirely In
efforts OF Greece, combined with the sort of coalition
that has parayzed the action Of our army and fleet,
natter itself to suppress promptly the revolt Of one
OF its provinces unfavOrable to military opera
hundred aud sixty leagues OF coast receiving material
support from neighboring country, and long
the nons last ne
| surrection was on the point OF extinction when
1t was at the moment when omar Pacha had carried
the heights of sphakia which served as the boule
prayers Of submission flowed in from ali sides. The
foreign volunteers fastened to quit the sle and the
OF she an
then invented general massacre OF old men, women
and children and certain powers issued orders to
their ships Of war stationed in the Mediterranean to
undertake, under the. name OF sanvetage savago)
the transportation sol these poor creatures threaten
ed In their life their honor ana their worldly gOodsn
This measure, undertaken for phanthropic pur-
pose, and continued until the present time by the
important an influence for the government OF your
Majesty not to have the right in it disguis
much this intervention, practlsed in the of hu-
manity which does not ask the religion OF the unor
only intended to protect exclusively Chris. Ts-
tian families, while. while the M1ssulman families
results The revolt revolt resumed fresh courage. Courage
for II the imperial government had reason
to believe itself In the presence OF European nler-
vention the same impression prevailed In the insur-
gent camp. OF this we had proof in the warlike
stimulus given to the bands In the ovations offered
the foreign ministers at Athens, In the addresses OF
gratitude voted by the Philhellenc committees, and
In the declarations Of the Prime Minister of Greece
to the Parliament Of his country, December O. 1867
This declaration goes so far as to doubt the motive
OF the Powers being that OF humanity as they pre-.
tended. ais it to phiantlropic sentiment. gentle.
men, that we must attribute the transportation OF
leg Without Without Par,,nSng Of the doubt q the
humanitarian ends sought for by Europe have been
attained: When we see the Cretan families dragging
| out miserable existence on Uelienque soil, and In
| view OF the ravages death Is making among them,
| We can but deplore generous movement which, In.
dependent or the Inevitable abuse of which IL has
been the cause, has only had the effect of introducing
into international practice an unheard Of mode Of In
| teTNentOn, cOHpuCdteu tne VIOLATION OF an enec-
| tive blockade, and have delayed the immediate
return to q normal tranquility Russia alone thinks
| prpper a persist.
| The report ends thus:-My first act on arriving In
Crete on the 4th OF October 1867 afos confirming the
order Of your Majesty, the amnesty and truce pro-
claimed by the Serdar-i-Ek Omar Pacha, was an
act OF justice. ] Immediately proceeded TO release
the prisoners whose detention dated from the reduc
ton Of the grottos OF Sphakia to whom the general
| amnesty was applicable. Besides and notwithstand-
Ing the grave results that might arise from such an
il-timed act OF humanity, thought proper to regu-
late within Just limits the Introduction bearing upon
the suspected villages to obtain provisions In the
cities In order TO relieve inocnsive persons from the
rgors OF war measure. Aid In money and pro-
visions was distributed to Mussuman and Christian
| Inhabitants who had been driven from their homes
TO seek refuge in the fortesscs The public health