The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-01

Crete. where the traveller used 10 stay
is now no more than mere shell the
purport OF which Is indicated by the cid
| ssgnboard alone. But on all sides there
| are evidences OF progress IN the town.
which was once the greatest stronghold
o. Ottoman rule in the island. The Hotel
de Crete Is rising phoenix-like. from its
ashes; q fine European caravausary. the
Hoted de Gnosses. Just opened its doors,
in the main street. and the prices at thu
BARRIERS shops indicate that the standard
OF living has risen There are still con-
siderable traces Of influence at Gambia.
The town Is spotEessiy clean. thanks TO the
| herculean Efforts OF our men IN the days
| of Sir Herbert CherInsides authority. and
! there are still 800 soldiers Of the Ian
eashire Regiment in the cantonoments
there. They have been fifteen months at
Gambia. and are soon TO leave for Gil
braltar. being then replaced by 500 more.
Thanks TO their presence and that OF
their predecessors one can pay at Gambia
in English money, and 20 the same source
may be traced such notices as VERY
reasonable beer is Sold In the Coffee hop
OF Sion." and Paradise: Ind Coope and
Co. Beer, I'd. per glass. They say that
they have not lost eight men by sick
ness during the winter, and all are Ia
mepting that they have had no chance
OF lighting IN South Africa. One Tommy
Atkins. with whom l spoke. was loud in
praise of Prince Georges soldieriy bear
ing and physical strength. which he had
noticed during the High Commissioner -
recent visit TO Gambia.
The Cretan fiag-a white cross on a
ground of blue. save in one corner. where
a splash of red with white star stiu in
dicates the suzeranity Of the Porte-was
flying from all the houses in Gambia In
honor of Greek Independence day when
I arrived. and was another innovation
since my last journey here. The excel
lent new Cretan coinage and stamps are
not only vast improvement on the COM.
plicated Turkish monetary system, but on
the dirty paper which stir does duty In
Greece. 1t is noticeable that on the larger
pieces those OF nifty lepta. one. two and
I've drachmai, with the rather curious IN
scription: Prince George Of Greece. High
Commissioner OF Crete takes the place
OF the crown which figures or the lesser
values. The purchaser in Crete observes
a once. too. the important fact that the
Greek paper Is stiIi enormously depreciat-
ed Thus. while an English sovereign
viii fetch forty-one dTachnai at Athens.
IL will be worth twenty-five at Gambia.
This Is not the least argument advanced
against TIE union Of the Greek isiand'
with the Greek kingdom For. as the
Cretan officials are paid in silver and
the Greek IN paper the latter VIII OBJ
viously desire to- flock over TO an island
where the scale Of remuneration f. much
more liberal As for the stamps-ihe work
OF an English arm. MeSsrs. Bradbury.
Wilkinson * Co. OF Lahdon-they are
most artistic. and one could only ~ish
that the British government could have
done as well with its own new issues this
year. Another instance OF further civil
cation II Crete Is the growth q the local
press, similar to the great expansion of
papers which followed the reforms q
Lord eaton in the Ientsn islsn5s In 1873.
There are now no fever than xix papers
published in Crete. FIVE at Canea and on
a. Gambia, all n Greek. most q them