The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-01-21


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THE ORIGIN OF THE DIFFICULTY BE-
a TWEEN TURKEY GND GREECE "a
The London Times publishes a long
letter from itsgcorrespondent at Ath-.
ems, dated the 10th ;plty in which the
immediate origin of the present diff
ultXsiss pointed ORtd Aecerdingto
the writes the YGeyernmeBt of Bqls
cares WishiRgteg gain ReRqlaEitys and
feeling the necessity of bringingthe
expensivei business Sef feeding an in
sprreetiepa in the Gretab moqptains To-
an END in one way oranatheE at any
raskdbegan lately TO Patroaize,e epen at5
taeksa on oTqrbeg asAslaEge, seprPsrof
adEentpFers paid i'm. s6vaqces and
eanipPed ata the public exp pensea ibut
called Eolqnteerss lectedsoat
Athens. Bands of these men, dressed
iRa.neH uniform, devised fOEthe-oe-
casiop, were seen walking about the
streets OF the Capital as If to attract
attention to the expedition. Their
leader, Petropoulakes,i who headed an
expedition to Crete year ago, drove
past the residence of the Ottoman
nfnisfsS, Hiaplay ing Z Greek dag ffoh
the, coaehfbpx, and attended, as the
Greek papers say, by 150 fol lloweFs, in
the new 'ii uIlifof9n. g GFeuPs of the ad-
yent1rer IN hRssir ne " rMs psssed
ssalsos atsid seryal efose the ettoman
ana @ British LegaA ems. for tive days.
When they went, sdeWnatei Pi@ns ito
embark, theyiWere attended by q band
Of music and cheered by crowds Of
admirers. 1t was said that the Gov
ernmeht had suppiied Coionel IPetro-
pontaka ttl With Ii 600 1dfaehnas, for
his expedition. and that he had 900
men asEtejofh hiEnfH Mama. At
Sy1as sport said the Goves1ihh hhent had
paid 5000 drachmas for fitting out the
Erosis and Crete as armed cruisers,
and sup piled u hhem q e AfmstEong
guns and ammunition from tie arse
nal at Nauplia and the. dockyard at
Poros. M. Bu1gares, who is Minister
of the interior, al; as 'weIf as Prime Min
lister, had also refused when solicitedi
By Photiades BeS, the Turkish 1iiihhiisE
ter, To- send police force to protect
the Crefan families at Argos lAegina.
who desired TO return to their Homes
but were intimidated by armed mebs.
The Ottoman } Government ebuldsn hot
overlook this open hostility, Photia-
des Bey who is,ia man Of talent, a
Greek, and sincere friend of Chris
tian progress and good government in
the East, was ordered osdemand from
the Greek GoyeInment a direct assn
rance that itWouid prevent the depart
ure of the troops from Maina and the
armed blockade-runners from rSyras
and in the future to give due protec-
ton to the, Cretan families that1wished
to embark foF Crete In case the Cow
ernment refused to give this assurance
the minister WAS ordered Ito break ali
relations with King George Govern
n1ent and quit I tliens on the 18th inst.
AT the same time he was to inform the
Hellenic GgEeEument that i'm case of
rupture the ports of the. Ottoman, EN-
pirea would ybe closed against Greek
vessels, and all Greek subjects would
be ord defea to depart from turkey
within o fixed term. 8 Eheswfiter. then
proceeds to show BY quotations from
the Greek papers the spirit qnI which
these demands of Turkey were sre-
ceived. The Greeks Che saysj gener-
ally argue that all the, EnEnpean pow
ers, except Russia, dread the opening
of the Eastern question. The have
manifested their terrmO by the RacilIas
ton of their conduct during the Gre
tan tinsnrrection. and when their ad-
vice was not listened to. they an
nounced that they would leave to ,Tur-
key alone the whole 4esponsibility of
the course it adopteds On the whole,
itissegident that the. Greeks persuade
themselves they are entitled to act as ass
they have acted, and they believe con-
identiy that the protection Of the
three great powers will save them
from any disastrous consequences that
might result from aIruptnren with the