The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-01-16
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.


La AaNeaFa All 4aa~Iaaaa-la-a --a.aN % -- L-N-Aa
! mJueat are i-Lnd--Cre-e, a. related % Turkey
al1 Greece, alI Caia. &c related % SPAN and
r1aibly, % tie Uai-e- Sl1a- Many F1iat- "
resemblance IL he two a-= vii -1zs- ;le@-
-a,ss y IL ~-ly1-hrr-l -~,g=Ihe-. q vel o. 2,
tie srezla-ise -aler
Tie Telegraph give 5g- tie er1L-t materials
fr Grmiuz e olune5@i account. y making q ON
es statement d. e.,aer a-e. bu- with =1ms pre-
vi5z= knowledge o. al= 20 wlrk and q-Ee=-lus
invoked. q t5lzzbIy Ei- vlzT q the =2-e aEa-
als nay - given - the present time
Turkey auI Greece arTar 81 --e e1l5icrins
rar-1es u tie r-a=e-- --azs ~ What j. called tie
Ea-,su Oae=-i1n. In ae-, however. tie reie-lirn
II Crete h1s been tle fir5. of disturbance For
two YEAR past tLe Turkish Gl-eruIeut La been
e5-oasntatins IT, Whole strength u crush The
GreeL-Chr--iau in-u-recti5u 10 TIA; i-laDt- That
the Christian Power u Eur1Te have quietly per
uitted The % p ga 70 the bitter end has been .
dz-zes q te P-e-ent a=e. e-PeeiaIy wien We
e5n-ster that The rraflcs11aI Tcliey u tho-e Powers
ha= not been nJ1-in-srveutiJn, but a Joint SUPER
vision g all tIa- r-a--pi-@ n Europe England,
ereaIy. H- ieen careful - Do nothing IN favor
u the Cre-az-. Er.IznI ia1- Russia N The
Eas-. arI B. zI5u- u Her Ts1sre-- through Cen
-aI IA. Ea--a hsIr- tie Greek p-we- wL=r-
e7er Il ez---. - ElzL-Id would d. nothing .
weaken Turk. Sic set cling % tie mistaken
policy Of lie C-imean War France and Russia,
b5UeTer. orierei their ve--ei- % convey irO-l the
BLAND eli r1~n-elmiaunts wh1 sought o eaIe-
The Gr.ek-. vince kin-1ea were gradually yield
inz ., thIs cruel var q determination, gave shell
tGr in their ovn eJ1n-y . over twenty th91-and
refugee. and =eu, =Nift steamers with provisions
arI munit..ns oT war % tag-e who Temainei IN
Crete.
The Cream. moreover, numbering one hundred
thousand Grezzs % only taIrry thousand Mussu!-
men. wi-ieI o. b. annexed ~ Greece. France al
vi-zI tie Turkish Government q submit thcque-i
zion % the vote of tie people of the island but
the proposition wac Indignantly spurned- q la'e,t
tele-raph.e di=TateLcs have announced . sd
de8ei lrieuds u liberty tie dying gsIs u the
rlrtv o. freedom IN Crete. The Instruction J.
- an end" Il seems. however. tLat the end u
the matter ! nJ- set. Greece i boiling over
with Indignation. TIE Greek Ministry boast
orenly of the a--i--anes afforded u Crete The
Greek blockad-ruulcr Er0sis. being hailei bga
Turkish =Lir-JEwar, au-we-ei with a shot, and
afterwards tJJk refuge IN tie port Of Syra- This
i Z Greek t5Tu On an island U: the same name.
second in =izs % Atlens. and a centre Of steam
navigation Tor tLe whole Greek Archipelago
Precisely what the Turkish demands were that
followed this affair doe not appear. There was
4 threat u blockade tie port uHle=s tie Eroas
wa safely Conveyed % Athens fJr trial Enthu-
siasm fJr war, however, Immediately broke out
in Greece. undoubtedly f=tered b. Russia, who
j. ready for any opportunity % secure tie en-
trance u tire Black Sea. The Great Powers. how
eEsE.tand agha.s q the threatened peaoe Of
whether BIZ France or Prussia doe not certainly
appear. ave that il j. % be ~ Paris, and viii in
all probability eide with Turkey,-le-t the peace
Of Europe be di-rurbei. which Is a Ear more i'm
portant matter 10 these Powers with their heavy
and evenly balanced than that justice
should be done.
y French popular journal, the Gauois, signif-
cantly hint that tie United States may take sides
with Russia in this matter. This l. significant,
not because there j. any likelihood Of such inter
~ventf.n, but ~ showin. that -iuce the i-sue u the
war in Ameriea the friends Of freedom everywhere
know where % look fr moral If not fr material
support.
From Cuba the news comes at a great disad-
vantage, because the means Of communicative are
all in the hand- q tie Spanish Government. The
insguectiOn, however, j. evidently growing III
power, despite the Sewardian bulletins o. the
contrary. The eastern part Of the Island j. mainly
in tie hands q the insurectiOnist-. Il would
seem very likely that the history d the South and
Central American Spanish colonies will be re-
Teated in Cuba. There l. no reason why she
should not attain Independence. The island con-
tain- over a million Of inhabitants, and has been
taxed very heavily u support Spain.-authorities
ny sixty millton- Ter year, MT onc-hith If which
vast revenue has been evIenidd In the island it.
NJ Na a -
Cuban independent government would Le with
her prerent type % population
That President johnson in bis late Me--age las
a5undautly c-pouscd tie theory Of absorption
AMI annexation u all neighb0ring insular terri
tory, j. T~eriaI- the aost damaging argument
that can be male against it, immediate adoption.
In the eazc Of Cuba, Spain a. "a Monarchy viii
never part with It except compelled by force.
Spain a. a Repubic probably must logically allow
Cuba o. De an independeut Republic If IL Gn.
prospect seems o be Of a chronic state Of ret
olution in both countries for years 20 come.
administration will not probably De On
Scvardian principle, and may not ooyet the tack
Of recon-tructing Cuba.
\ resolution was Ta-el in the American Senate
expressing sympathy with the people of Spain in
their effort o. establish a more liberal form II
government. and al-D earnestly expressing the
hope that they would abolish slavery throughout
the Spanish dJmiui,n-. \ popular vote On the
question Of a Republic or % Monarchy seems 70
been taken in SPAIN. but the only iniDrma-
ton We End on tire subject j. that the Mouarchisis
carried Madrid and the Republican, some other
cities.
American news Il not Of Importance. President
johnson, subsequently 70 the publication Of his
mc--agc, which WIS TeltcI very contemptuou-ly
by Consress. i--ueI hi- final amnesty Troclama-
ton, varI,uiug all aud each or tie late rebels.