The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-19
CRETANs WIZ FiGHr 10 THE End.
VIII Not Accept the Terms offered by the
Sultan, Who Ins Often HetraNed IheIn.

VIII Not Accept the Terms offered by the
Sultan, Who Has Often Betrayed Them.
The Heralds European edition pub
fishes the following from its corrcspon-
dent:
ATHENS, June Il, ls95.-Two Cretan
Deputies George Andrcdah and Themes
ticlcs Saounattios one q doctor and the
other . lawyer. have just solemniy af-
firmed before Inc, I'm the name of their
comtTymen, whose wishes as well as
chose OF their colleagues they repre-
sent that they Will not accept
FIRST Of all, any proposition made uy
tie Sultan that the Crotans SHOULD lay
dow? their arms before having oo'aireI
the iigits which they demand
Secondly viii accept no promises
from tie Sultan, whose faith 10 taem.
they say, has been so constantly pledged
ami so constantly broken
1hirdiy-Their ultmatum is that cry
constitutional reforms which are granted
must absolutely be guaranteed ~ the
Powers.
WHAT THEY DEMAND.
Their claims. they say. are unity with
Greece, or, II that Is impossible. autono-
my under TIE guarantee Of the Powers.
II neither IS obtainable they prefer 10
die fighting.
They claim that the reports from Con-
stantinople to the effect that the reyolu-
ton is expiring is totally false. on the
contrary, they declare that II IS only
just beginning. and THAT Europe VIII soon
learn facts that viii convince her that
such is the case Furthermore, they say
that the talk OF thirty-eight hattalions
Quelling the revolt in Creto Is absurd.
Thirty added 10 that number would not
accomplish the task.
] may remind yOu that I'm 1869 the Turks
had hundred thousand troops IN Crete,
yet they were ultimately obliged 20 ncgo-
tiate. And the broken pact Of .Chaleppa,
which was concluded by the Cretans with
arms in their hands in ISIS, with Ghazi
Mukhtar Pasha was settled in Ike man
ner. Should another treaty be negotiated
now II viii not be by n disarmed people.
They affirm that fighting is the only is
sue. and they make an appeal 20 the
United states. which gave them more sup
port during 1866, financially and morally.
than any other country. They ask tie
good Offices Of Americans IN tho present
uprising, which they sV will be the
Christians final struggle for free lon and
will be fought ont TO the bitter dehd. q.
POWERS WILL NOT INTERVENE.
a diplomaust who IS following closely
every move I'm the present course OF
events says there il no chance OF the
Powers guaranteeing any reforms or
promises made 10y Turkey. Such a pro-
ceciing would De inoppOrtune.
The Cretan Deputies here answer the
complaint Of the Turkish Ambassador I'm
Paris TO the effect that Christians haG
damaged Mussulman property and had
blown up a mosque with dynamite. They
say they think the mosque was a small
fortress. II II be I'm reality a mosque
they feel much regret but at We same
time. the evaporation OF the people At
having three Christian churches desc
Grated and thirty villages burned and
looted would be liable 10 lead 70 reprisals
on the part Of the less orderly section.
Those who now ind themselves home
less are. according TO the latest indlca-
tons getting the upper hand.-Now York
Herald.