The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-01

INC oNouAAu uoN9Ium4nN F1n
that Il has done lie utmost to safeguard at
least its ideal nights In the CTetan question.
| Under pressure. Il II true. from the great
Powers u has granted . large part OF the
autonomy that the island nov Possesses
In IsSs the provisions Of the liberal HAITI
Humayun were applied 90 Crete. enabling
many CrstAn villages to return to their
ancestral Christian faith. Ten years later
! isasl the so-oalled RARiemeni OrGaniaue
As-imilated the Christians to the Moham-
; medAna In the matter OF military service.
? int reduced The mixed tribunals. and adj
mitted Greek az an oficial language side
, by side with IuI kish. Again after ten years
had passed ns7eI the "PAot OF khaleps
suspended in 1880. but reintroducsd In
/ 1901 allowed christians 10 have a share In
the government OF the island, gave into the
hands Of the Assembly the power 10 vote
the budget every two years, RENTED the
income and trade taSes and provided that
ono half OF the taxes levied after the needs
OF tho island had been satisfied should he
kept in Crete. In 1895 the Porte Of its own
accord sent q Christian Governor, Kara
theodori Pasha. TO represent the central
authority The Christian retains however.
we're never satisfied with these concessions
they revolted ~ont inually and der,a nded an
notation to Greece. 81 Was quite natural
that Turkey refuseIl. 81 any Government
would rsfnse. and even aftFT crete had been
taken over by the four Powers TO be held hy
them for Turkey the Ports protested and
protested officially against any further
nCessions either forced b. the Powers
or executed by the Cretans ~ protested
against the appointment OF Prince George
of Greece as High Commissioner IN isas. a.
It had protested In 1881 against the pro-
! posal OF the conference in Rome that IN the
: levying Of customs dues Turkey should be
considered by trete "a on an equality with
other foreign nations. n protested in 1904
when Prince George asked tho Powers to
allow Grecisu troops 10 dlssmbsrk In Crete.
| threatening to send lts own trogps in case
Its protest was not effective and rscently
! II has refused to forward letters from Crete
4 which hear stamps surcharged -Rellas
A. every fresh attack upon Turkish suzs-
! rainty these protests have been renewed
when the oath OF allegiance was taken 10 the
KinR Of the Hellenes. aud hen the Moham-
Insdan Deputies were prevented from Sitting
in the Assembly The Porte claims with
! truth that when " accepted the principle Of
autonomy for Crete and placed the island
! in the keeping OF the four Powers " did 81
| with tho express understanding that the
-sugerain rights OF the sultan az they
| existed at that time should he preserved
and respected n has taken an exception
10 every act that tended TO change the
status Of the island 81 that time. and In any
would stand the Porte In good stead
| FINALLY Turkey claims that the welfare
neither OF Crete nor Of Greece would he
advanced bv tbs annsSs,ion desired 60
! ardently 10 would not sensibiv enlarge
the market for Cretsn pro,lucts. which
upon entrance into Turkey are not charged
any greater duty than are products from
any other part Of the empire thar arrive a.
q Turkish port Nor l. IL certain that .
Greek administration would cost the island
any lees than the present autonomous adj
minisiration does. IL would have 90 take its
share In the burden OF the Ureek debt. which
stands 81 10. 0oo. Ooo pounds sterling. while for
Greece the addit ioa 70 the financial burden
tina, would he caussd by the annexation
would hardly b COMPENSATED by the eco
nomic and military forces OF crete being
Joined TO those Of the mainland II il not 30
much CTete's share in the Ottoman debt that
would create the additional burdens. for In
1901 q convention was agreed upon bv which
q compromise vas effected relating to the
rights Of The Ottoman Debt Commission
in the island over one milton france
however stall remains unpaid The debt
81 crete amounts to 5 5000 francs hut
IN "a. Of annexation u u more than prob
able tina most Of the NohRmmedAn land.
owners would quit the island. and some
compensation would have TO he offered 10
them. 4 compenSat ion est mated a. two or
three million francs In addition 20 this
tho nee ess1ty DEVELOPMENT Of the resources
OF the island would necsasitA'e the under
taxing Of public works that Would also Cos'
man, millions Of france II 0reece abb.
and Il she prepared % boar such an incr.a -
, Of the load she - now CARRYING Her
finances are er'ainlv not matter OF envy 10
o her European states
u T. question how far Turkey Laws
weight upon i's actual A. opposed to it,
suEsrsin possession OF the island A. ,he
conference Of issi. which dealt with 'hs
rectiAcation OF the Greco-Turkish frontier.
Turkey itself suggested that she would give
up Crete in place Of Epirus Itself Il feels
how shaolowy l. the hold which at the very
best II has ON the island In one OF the
latest notes from the Powers 90 Turkey the
word -sovere.gn'y- wes used in place Of
-sn,ersinty. whether by mere mad ertsnoe
or by design IL not apparent but the Otto
man Government seized upon tho new word
with svidity: and whatever the proper word
nav be. and however indettrminats the
rights NAV be that u oonnotep Turkish
sentiment 80 far az 10 10 artieulate 10 behind
every action OF the 0overnmsnt On Jan
uary u. 1909. u was stated that zoo 90 people
attended q meeting held IN the hipp cd rome
AZ cuns'antinople 70 protest against the
Greek Govsrnmsnts raising ths question
OF the amer alton Of Crete. In Juns Of this
hammedsn Deputies would DO excluded
from the Assembly. . boycott OF Oreclan
ships was Effected In . number Of Turkish
ports. The -Comite du Guerre We onorniaue
a. the body that started the boycott styled
ITSELF. was . secret and . totally illegal
body but the 0overnment allowed 70 Q free
hand and was not disturbed In thip by any
rcmonstranoes made by Greece or the
Powers II was only when the boycott
went too far and rommenc ed to threatsn
Ottoman interests that the Government
stepped In and advised its discontinuance
On June Rifaat Pasha. the Foreign Min
istcr. declared to Q representative Of the
Tsm 20 that Turkey would not cesle ons inch
Of CretAn territory: that the question was
purely internal. and that the Government
mus, settle u in conformity with the ma
tiohal aspirations
In short. the position to-day IL this. one
eide saws I will not give way: the other.
i cannot give way such q situation IL
of courae imposSble for any lensth NJ tf,n.