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

! aAAiAed. morally ana mAtNrhHys Nv NV
mother country. Greek and Cretan Lead
er-. however. with whom have talked pre-
tend that Grecian activity In Macedonia 10
directed rather against the BnlEarian-.
whom they most cordially dete-t, than
against The Turks. whom they profess 20
hold IN some esteem They point To the
activity OF bulgarian bands In Macedonia
which - undeniable. to the overt assistance
which these bands get from Sofa, which In
patent. and to the fact that the new title
assumed by Ferdinand Of IobnrR 10 Gar
. % the Bulgsrians," and not simply -CIsr
of Bulgaria. meuacinR the Bulgarian hope
10 the succession OF the byzantine Empire
Greek pat riots pretend that they see in Bal
Earian propaganda greater menace than
In tho strengthening Of ottoman sovsF-
eighty. though they keep iudiciously silent
/ regarding their own aspirations In the same
direction. lie this "a II may. II only Greece
will recognize that IL 10 for the present good
/ of the balkans to consolidate Turkish power
/ In Macedonia and will work frankly with
| Constan,inople toward the contamination
of such a project Turkish statesmen. II
/ they are large minded. may come to see
4 that permanent peace in Macedonia and q
good understanding with Greece are worth
several Cretes. both TO the renommee Of he
Turkish name and to the material welfare
| OF the country. Unfortunately the in
/ transigeHnt attitude adopted by the Greek
/ Orthodox Church in Turkey ia refusing TO
accept the law passed by the Chamber Of
Deputies regulating the partition OF the
( Macedonian churches and schools between
their own body and the Bulgarian fxar-
chate singularly complicates the situation
and makes such q lf-denying ordinance AZ
~ hiniei at above q yeritable counsel Of
perfection
And the Powers As they have shown
themselves 50 much concerned about the
tslN
10 ash what payment, beyond that Of send
ing wArship= and disembarking soldiers.
they would he willing to make for the real
ization Of their hopes One might venture
TO think that as they have been calling The
tune for the last hfteen years they would
DO willing to pay the piper. more especially
as solution would release themselves from
an embarrassment into which they have
come OF their own fault but any action In
this respect must be OF European concert
and not Of one Power alone
II has been suggested that Great Britain |
might be willing to bare its back to the |
stripes. and by cedinE Cyprus to Turkey |
In exchange for Crete and then by cedins !
crete 10 Greece. a. II did With the Ionian |
Islands In 1891 not only save the Turks |
sense ~ honor but also n sterially increase
its own influence boz In Greece and TURKEY |
The Cretans themselves seem TO have hsd /
some such idea In mind In isas when they |
threatened 10 place their island under Eng
lish protection. Now II - true that In acOuir-
ing cyprus nv a secret treaty with the Porte
June :. Is?s Disraeh did not exhibit si,her
the astuisness OF q master polticisn or the |
cleverness % good man Of business The
island har no harbor at all: It 10 unproduc-
tive ~ any wealth. and strateEically II 10 Of |
little value ia regard to either the over .
land or tho Tea route 10 India. The propo-
sltion IN tins form seems to have come