The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

Sitlon was Indignantly rejected by the
turkish government. In all of these trou-
pies the Cretans have looked to the
Greeks as their natural allies for years
It has been an open secret that these is
landers were determined. al the first fav-
orable opportunity, to annex themselves
TO Greece and serious complications he
tween Turkey and Greece were only set
tied by conference of the powers in
The helping hands of the great pc IS
have been extended more than on t
late to aid Turkey i'm a critical moment.
Why is this? The explanation Is two
iold turkey Is buttress state stand
ing between Russia on the Black sea, Aus
ira IN the north France, Italy and Great
Britain on the west or Mediterranean side,
and while all of these powers admit that
turkey should he vanquished, the ques-
ton arises who is to have the spoils2
Again, Turkey is largely indebted to bank
ers and money-lenders in many of the
European states, and these men want to
know who are to be the naymasters If
the cruel government is disbanded. And
so the Turk hiding behind the Turkish
bondholders and playing on the jealousy
of the EuroDean nations. deals as he
pleases with the Cretans and Armenians.
Under pressure from the great powers
the insurgents in Crete submitted to the
sultan's government again in 1869: the
Green patriarch, in a pastoral, urged the
Christian Cretans to peace; the island was
restored to tranquility and all the ports
were reopened. From this time the ISL
and has been governed by pasha, who Is
both military and civil governor, and he
is assisted by two councillors-one Turk
ish and the other Christian. The island is
divided into five provinces, and these are
composed of twenty districts, eacn of
members, who are elected by the people.
The assembly, which sits annually for
which sends to the general assembly four
forty days, is presided over by the gov
ernor-general, who gets his orders direct
ly from Constantinople.
On landing at Canea one is impressed by
the mountainous character of the island.
Throughout its entirel ength IL is CEN
trally ridged by a chain of mountains,
which sends off to the south spurs termi-
mating in bluffs, while to the north the
mountains gradually slope to a low coast,
forming several excellent harbors, the
principal of which are Canea, RetmO,
Gambia and Suda. There are many
curious caves and grOttoes in the noun
tains of calcareous formation, and mere
was the famous labyrinth of the Mino-
taur, which was probably one of these
grottoes, made more intricate by the art
of Daedalus, under the direction of Minos.
Not more than one-third of the island is
under cultivation. Agriculture is greatly
neglected; olives, rasinS, figs, almonds and
other fruits that require little cultivation
are in abundance, but special attention Is
paid to silk-raising. Last year when
] was i'm the Aegean sea / heard the NUT
calling yoke and the iron heel of the
cruel and corrupt government at Constan-
tinpOle were becoming uncomfortable; Sc
cret preparations were then being made
for what Is now attracting the atten-
ton of the world. CretanS were making
love to Grecans across the sea, ana
Athenian gentlemen were returning the
Irritation, but, alas, alas, now, when they
are quite ready to Join hands and hearts
in national Wedlock, certain old grannies
shake their heads and say: wait awhile
my children, or we will give you a spank
mgr