The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-10
THE CRETAN IMBRoGLIo.


island of Crete
part occupied by large loyal population
people " he uno0u0ea property Of me ottoman Empire Since
S1 var there some Crete has been under allied commission
however eventually
and allow Turkey The foreign
atom the cretans demand union with Greece and will
and the Turks they foree til
We find widely different sources respective points of view
obligations says:
dealings Cretan attitude of the four
protecting has been such encouragement
announcement m these
July, of evauatg island within
year greatest JOY the Cretan who con-
dered the natural prelude Indeed once
the foreign eontgents withdrawn was natural
to suppose that the powers who had encouraged Cretan
1885, could them repudiatng action
The attitude that might by powers that their promises
gwen " the tns to look with favor their
given before the fall of the regime open to dispute
since such promise note the a
tive committee, this note saying:
The protecting consider Crete with Greece
as depending the of the contracted
They would to view with favor the
discussion of this question Turkey maintained the
island and if also the security population as
sured fOf =" d.
The Hamidn regime was by the revolution of nv
some three months prior to the contained noe
the conditions which of order and the
security of the Mussunan population having kept by
the Cretans powers has been summarized
by the British Hona of
Commons to the effect that nothing further prevented the departure
troops from crete Any withdrawal of these solemn
undertakings would have consequences island The majority
OF cans expect that the without dev
justified fs f VIA
of
OF Greece during the discussion comparison Turkey and
he says it remarked bitterness in Athens that c
mad been seeking to spirit powers would
have taken her
thinks should be directed to this
The duty of the convince
t no 0tnef souton for the cretan problem than
accept peeunay compensation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina Should Turkey the movers might ~
ner step toward fulfilling crean desires, retaining
the Ottoman flag Suda bay might be permitted 70 send
deputies to the Greek Parliament the Greek
and Cretan administration was the aa With
Roumania after the revolution solution
20 % at once atalnae the Cretah would
an nament of the liberation they feel thew are enta
he Ottoman view of the ucency by Hm pasha the
rand vzier. He " ' 'He
In the matter of Crete divergence Of onnon o+o
"nS throughout the empire No for
day it supported and be found even 70 ronosa
h OF the island to Greece viii further and that there
not man who could advise if there vere b
would be denounced have been an a
n turkey was merely raising difficulties to extort money
M price Tor Crete Hn you can that million
mlard would buy it. We accepted CONDENSATION
for Bosnia and Herzegovina had it boycott which
created dangerous international complication in anv ease these
two provinces had long been considered lost to u.s.
1t is different with We abandoned
and never shall The kilograms Greeks are in
IN revolution against the dynasty been able to
the island not concern MS We can t h ts
TO yield up portion the throne tho
King of the Helene guaranteeing powers so far have o
us assurances that rights shall respected before he left
Baron Mascha also proposition would come ~
Germany that could ~
We consequently look upon with mness BEING con-
~ he hee OF our own cause and in powers
themselves pledged their words to
our troops from Crete that
ever revert to Greece and hold them to their promise
The situation created something Cuba where the anpexa
Fly, every time the ,
s up row" the return of American governor In Crete if civil
breaks out on the departure of the
hn left to do but to recall the Join Greece
g a desires the Potectorate; NAV fail Of the first
1eet it should be easy for her o compass second
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