The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-01
THE CRETiN -THE
CASE FOR TTRkEI.

/ out her own way TO freedom at the point
| OF the sword Greece has been the spoiled
! child Of Europe THIS has been due not 80
much To tho appreciation Of great deeds
| OF valor done IN cause for which every
lover NJ freedom had evident sympathy a.
to two sentiments which appealed strongly
| To modern EuroDc. one perfectly honora BILE.
| the other too little lie interested 20 command
our entire respect to-day Because OF it,
ancient culture. which had become The basis
of much Of our own. Greece invoked chiv-
alrous sentiment among Nha' the Germans
cell culture nations who fanried tina, .
revived Hellenic Power would mirror forth
| the eNcellencie- and the Virtues that We had
been taught o Pdmire in tho defenders OF
Ihermopylap, but there was also he feeling
| hat any help accorded TO Greece would be
a shifting on tho hip for the infidel Turk. one
I step further In the final spbiection Of the
East by the West
crete participated easily in the general
pro- Hellenic feeling Of Inodsrn Europe.
and tho nisrule and cruelty incident TO
Turkish sway In the past over IL subject
people, encourage the Christian Powers TO
pcrssyers In an attitude that was strictly
anti Oriental. hut politics - unfortunately
a strong corrosive OF all forms OF chivalTy
Tho needs OF ths great Powers to preserve
the continuity OF the Turkish Empire a. .
pawn Ia tho game each was PLAYING for
supremacy IN the Mediterranean produced
quickly a cross current which was bound
sooner or later 10 come into conflict with
" he tever generous sentiment tho struggle
Of tho Young nationnllties In the Balkans
NAV have invoked Before The whirl be-
came too sw,f, several % tho former prov
inceS OF the Turkish Empire were able to
save their separate existence and become
independent States Down to the year
iSos this process went It's inevitable course.
and had Abdul Ilamid continued . ai, upon
the throne a. Constan'inople u would have
continued. crete. Macedonia and EpIrus
ON the northern side OF the Mediterra mean
and Iripoli on the southern would inevitab Div
have fallen 90. or have been snstched from
their alloRian'e to he Satan The reVolu-
ion OF 1908 added another and determining
factor 70 compliCate the A'uation The
Powers that had given their mora and
mat erial support 10 the smaller Balkah
states In their Aspirai tons for freedom
could not we'll DENY q similar support 10 q
great nation that had vaIiantlV thrown OF
he woke OF the opprsssor aud whose mod
GRAFTON 81 he moment OF victory compsllsd
the admiration OF the civilized world IL
vac this third current sdded 10 The two
former that caused the maels'rom ia which
Crete has been caught
II Il no use attempting 10 blink the fact
ths' the reluvenation Of rUrkev into mod
cru European state has put q totally differ
ent aspect upon the whole question Prior
TO this Turkish misInan ma cement, to use .
mild term. had outlawed all sentiment in
favor OF Turkev ANY measure. however
Illegal and high handed. that would save
portions Of what was called the Turkish
Empire from the hands Of The rod Sultan
and his enlssaries was deemed Justified and
lAudable hut now that Turkey Ia en,leav-
orins In an honest manner to approximate
constitutional government its claims before
rho forum Of tho worlds Judgment have
acquired weight that demands their EAR
mes consideration These claims are partly
sent mental aud partly material ard 20 NV
own mind tho nrS' are AZ real ~ are the
seyond
The -evere-t blow received by tho Young
TurEs. and a. the very beginning OF their
r"gime, was tho severinR OF Bulgaria end
Bosnia Herzegovina from their nominal
dependence upon ConstantInopIr uwaSa
blow ~ their prestige which made thnn,
sragger FOR n must not DO forgotten thai
however much AL sections Of society in ths
empire had SuFered under The n,olerAbla
de- poiism OF the former sultan. he s,iII
represented 20 the multitude the power and
the force which Mohamrnedan state doe
trine demands Of tho recognized Cnliph
For over thirty years Abdul HamId had,
at least outWArdly succeeded in hold.
serving he Integrity Of Mohkmmedan pos
sessions lac vague expression su7e-
rainty Suficed TO satisfy he needs OF an
Ignorant popuac". especially IA the East
where he word a. opposed TO tho fac,
has ALWAYS carried more weight rhan /, has
N the Wes' The final severance OF the
provinces men'ion gave the reactionAries
an occasion 70 marshal all their foru - ia
order To disor"dit he Young Turk leaders
they had been forced To for~go this blesa..I
word "suzerainty la IOs tho Govern
meni a. CORstanlinopls VA zoo powerIe.s
20 resist Bulgaria and Austria Since then
'wo years have passed BY The Young
Turks are nrrnly sealed in the saddle They
could not even IL they would give way so
easily in regard to another province
In addition 20 this the Youna rurks fs.I
that simple scduiescence in . de faoto sta.s
Of Affairs would set . precedent that would
weaken their hands decidedly ana would
undermine their strength in dealing with
other portions OF tie empire where various
intrisue- are stirring to produce q state of
affairs analogous 70 that In Crete | have
IN mind principally Ma edonia and Albani.
but also Tripoli and Arabia The Mace
DOMAIN question IL NJ course far removed
from settlement Tho Young TNirhs MAJ
point with truth to the dangers Of ,ny mch
simple settlement OF the Cretan ou.., ion a.
the Cretans desire They do no, force,
that IN 1921 the Turkish population in en-,
Nora was exterminated. Greece stu con-
ttnues TO support Grecia ian agitation I'm Mace
donia. and Macedonia has At times received
distinct help just from those Cr.tAn. Mo
are loudest in their demands for anneYa-
tin TO tho kin gdom Of the Helene. rIson
record that in 1905 q band Of 700 cr.tan.
crossed over into that country to helm IN.
Greek bands working there Nor mus, 4,
be forgotten that ~ the Berlin consres. In
1873 the demands OF Gr~ece induced IN.
ces-lon OF Thessaly and Epirus a. we'll az
OF irete. Ihesssly was wrested from IN.
Turks nv diplomatic pressure. n cret.
were now to go by the simple process, Of
looping on the branch. what warrsn, 4.
there for the Turks that In a few years thu
same process " III not he applied 20 Epiru.S
ar course the answer viii he that q perfectly
anomalous state Of things exists in Crate
but what guarantees IL thers that similar
conditions may not artihcially bs created
in Epiris' Turkey has the risht to be
suspicious OF the doing- Of tho European
great Powers
This IL not all. The fear EXISTS among he
,.wn l. -.