, 1870-05-12
GREECE'S SHAME.

DAvD l. Wells.
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GREECES SHAME.
Antecedent Incidents OF the Brig
andH, Butchcry-Proceed In
the British Pnr11nmcnt-The Was
sacre to Prove n Political Event.
From. TIE London 7ines, Ap7ll Is
The intelligence Of this terrible catastrophe
reaches nE simultaneously with full detalle Of
the incidents which accompanied the captd1a
the conception Of the event 3 knowledge Of
previous outrages OF the sane character had
enabled us to FORM. On Monday, the uth-
M this day ,he foFtnisht-the @ o;ns travellers 1ls1
exclusive Of guide. four ge''daT7nes and
and Mira. Lloyd and thalr little daughter, Ir-
F. vyuer, 1ate NJ F. for Ripon, Nj. Herbert,
Athens, and the Secretary Of the Italian Lega-
ton. Lord and Indy Muncaster and Mr. W
ner were travelling together in tbs East. Mr..
Edward Lloyd Is = member OF the English
Bar, who has been at Athens for come little
time past in connection, we believe. with the
ed by his wife and child ut the beginning Of
tho year. It may be remembered that
Nj. Vyner WAS one of the. hurting
party. who, escaped the SAD; &C
slingsby and several othera vera drowned LIST
year and it is a strange coincidence that
another, Nj. E. Lloyd, was then in the boat
and was sxTed with him The Secretaries Of
the legations vera, OF course, stationed at
Athens in the course Of their dTsy: It Is de.
refused to grant q military escort, on the
ground That brigandage had ceased to exist,
but he afterward 80 far relented as to order
four geadozmes to accompany tho party.
4 We Gmnot At once aecspt stsssment .ea q
it is. not, indeed. supported BY
the intelligence derived from Lord
Muncaster's letters-there are especial rea-
sons why its accuracy should be thoroughly
examined. A belief uas certainly entertained
gauized band OF brigznds infested the Mara
fhon road, and our Correspondent went so far
~ To nsme the Chief Of the band-Spanos-in
letter published BY us OF the sd Of October
last The Athenians did not scruple TO attrib-
ute completely in tue designs Of Captain
Spanoa to persons in high position It
IS remarkable, too, that as soon as
the capture was reported at Athens it
WAS positively declared to be part OF
!. political movement designed to en-
Of Ministry The trngicl issue OF the cap
ture dlspels This suggestion. but the fact that
Il 1aa stzrted and Accredited 1emaina- TO
turn, however, to the travellers. They set
out. as We have said, early IN the morning,
and were permitted to crnas tha mountains,
and survey the famous field OF batt1e in peace;
but while traversing narrow defle On their
return they were suddenly attacked by about
thirty heaT1y-armed briganda. One Of the
gc7adGrmes Was killed On the spot, aud another
received wound OF which he died this next
morning The party being thus orerpowered,
the ladies' aud the child, with she two remain
ing ge7dd1Mes, were after q while liberated,
md sent to Athens. The guide remained with
tho prisoners, and served es interpreter be-
tween them and the bHgands After day
sam Eere arranged, and one Of the prisoners,
Lord MuncAstar, VS. despatched. to Athens 70
negotiate the payment Completa amnesty
and ], 1,0Go, 900 dtachmas had been demanded,
ness in the report OF the sum- Greeee
has I forced paper currency, and the
only silver coin found in the kingdom are \
few Austrian zwan1gers- A sum OF 81, 600
in English gold WAS finally agreed upon, and q
banker was found resdy to advance it. The
from many others, and the negotiations which
followed between the brigands, the friends Of
the captives, the Greek Government, End the
foreign Ministries, in which Lord Muncaster
passed to and fro as messenger % parole, WIS
In accordance with many precedents- The IN
happy truth would seem to be that bad the
travellers been entirely undisting guiahed they
would have been released after cettain
interval upon the payment Of moderate Ean-
som but their rank proved their ruin. The
insisted upon the full aum, besides d pardon.
On the other hand, the Crock GoyeEnment
felt they were bound to make especial efforts
to rescue party containing two members Of
!. foreign legations A, troop Of cavalry md
some infantry we're despatched on the nigh night
from fear that the pursuit might produce the
very catastrophe that has. sinca oc-
CURED. But the humiliation Of having
to negotiate with the hrigaads aoon be-
came insuppo1table. No nation exceeds the
Greek in the passion, Or. perhaps We may say
eruments had borne without reproach the ig-
nominy OK allowing bigands to haggle over the
ransom OF their captivea, but this transaction
was one which drew upon Greece the attention
i Of the whole world. The troopa we're agzin
despatched in pursuit., and the htiganda having
quilted their strong position in the naounsaina
for the plain By the sea, found themselves M
able to Eeep together. Tho end has been told
The prisoners were all murdered -
The House OF Commons met April &c, after
question from 3fr. Monk, confirmed officially
The intelligence Of the murder by the Greak
brigands Of their prisoners He stated also
that our Minister At Athens had been -unre-
nitting in his exerhons to avert their fate;
that there had been no difficulty nbout proId.
pressed the Greek Goyeznmens to grant the
amnesty which the brigauda da1nsnded- I'm
fortunately, this concession not being made,
and the brigauds being attacked by the G9sak
troops, they put Mr. Herbert ind the ItAlian
SecFetary Of Legation to death At once- Mr.
-VyneE and 1r. Iloyd they carried OF, but uuly
to share the same fnte shortly afteEWard-.
Mr. Vyuer, he added, had been carried Ms far
Is Thekes before he was murdered. The
Foreign Office WIS anxiously visiting for de-
tails Of the affair and in the meantime he had
1lready laid on the table the communication
our Minister At Athens in regard 10 it.
We believe thlz massacre viii prove GO 70
great political event. It has filed up Tue tug
Of Greek misgove1ument- It has e1,anf e1nsf Il
the patience Of Europe At tbs Hu a.1s1ara-
would be useless to ta1k Of Greek sss1Id ~onId
listen to the advocates Of naaon III, T nn1rn.
i6 infested always and eTeIy"nei ";tas .Ie Al |
shed crime, and whose h,st9ii ha}ias1,t trsvelisr
most as inaccessible 70 sse e. hsTs no hesitation
p - &c -. III ia +ba ti1e has come Wnen ,tnis
- s.1; .41,;;acnyernment should be nouBnA
to ao an end. l. The three Riosecang ,Rl, Rons
e1s did NOT intend etsts 70 e1ehis Thieh Should BE-
Eosope themselves aud to civilization But
siat aise can Greece he Raid now 70 PEG
Here are few Of ts sdas Who WI aen5 M
lts - ~ tstes1nen wiser than its own rulers !
s1eseise wnlca over it. Safety Of life and property
e ieaat must be assured il the tutels Sc of the
q e1est vt powers is not to be 49, : nocEsrytt st
not b. captured and murdered i country
Th;ch enjoys cur protection II its rulers are
powerless, then authority must be ezestsd p p
= French and British force to check tha WAT
Ike propeDsities Of the Court, and We DO not
fear to say that similar step would be equal
ly justi6sble now We spent nine milhona
upon an expedition. to AbyIsinia, uude1taken
It less p1uJocation We should have no such |
difficulties aa awaited US tha1e to encounter IN
Greece. Three or four 1egimets, undar an
efficient commander, such - our lnd4An amy
make the trzcks Of Attica - sAfe a. the high
roads Of England bafore many months vete
oveI- -.
From As L1saeon s:azdsrd, Aprr r. -.
Tho fnI1nwinp memorandum is pe11ned by