Evening star., 1914-01-11

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CuosSuS. Gortyna ana IEdonla were
the thre great cities OF crete. They
dominated the
C;+;o, or rr.+o as. Of ~. ,I
oi'iea Vi eAe'e
Were p;t+er Rivols iaha 10 Ger
tain extent. The
three cities were great rivals and as
.ho .ont.s, for commnrcial and military
-, ~
supremacy "ased oach anu ioi 'i 'he
smaller independent cities such as Lyctus,
Rhaucus, PoIyrrhenia and others shifted
tbeir alliance. from on. .yiant to another
,..,.,,,,,,, -, oiro,,,,,s,o,o,s p,,+ tho 70
u''s 70 - '''t'
rioas cities, great ana sinai, nd" no piah
of mutual defense in case of foreign in
yasiou and thus they fell in due time
h,.,,, w. ,,sb ~ +ba oor,,,,sr;n,
.
ROMANS
The independent and fourlShlnS cities
of Crete We're able to oppose successfully
all the Macedonian kings who ruled all
around them, but they fell before the
d
ransement with Mithradates, and by later
going to battle AGAINST Romans in COM
pany with the Cilician pirates the Cret-
ans drew to themselves the bitter enmity
OF Rome. An expedition under @. Metel-
lus. in a three-year fight subdued the
island dwellers the cities falling one by
one By 81 BIC the legions of the Tiber
We're in complete control This dornina-
ton lasted for over 500 years. In s23
Saracen pirates took advantage of Roman
distractions elsewhere. and as the home
of pirates and the living hell of slaves
il was the terror of the Mediterranean for
recapture of the bloody isle in 96O. which
res+orad poynan oontio1 ,,n+;I +ba 20 ntura
Boniface. Marquis of Montferrat, who in
turn sold IT to the Fenetians.
..,oa axra,;a,,aas. oor,r,,s., ~, .l .ie
tan colopieIdesnotic % and No atisfactnrv s tme
prospey DUE Geutea to Genoeae nt
~ . 70 uoiiiiiisrce s ana lhaustrs- ihis oIo
The single neriod hetwaen IaOT and ,2e5
there were fourteen uprisings. fomented.
It Is interesting to learn. by colonists
rom Nenlce rather than by the original
for rno,a TO- ans i.s netr Lae.e
conquest of ConstantinopIe and Tho rest
of the Mediterranean world That the
sreeds TURK should overlook this rich
,,,1 ra,ritIIe ID iVs d .i'te - oiie oI the
Toward the middle of the savanteenth
century negotiations looking to the over
thfoW OF venetian authority We're begun
~ ch.risha5 - ,ai', a.iu tiie ttetans'
toman soldiers wo,lId be k;nder n,asters
than the Venetian traders The Turkish
conquest was started in 1915 with the
landlnS OF JoUo troops and the fall of
OI
sndl uas ,lle capitai was Candla- the old
oaraceh iorttess. ana the turkish siege
VI inns city - the longest IN the history
OF tne "ofld' iastihS as IL dld from 164S
10 lo"'.
In throwing off the thralldom of Venice
these savage islanders oncs tho o,,s
n, oi'iie VI ehe
hule ol 4uTkS Greclan arts'
certainly few
Even WORE CFuSnluS. To ills they
o,s;, l..
hhe" hoe o. ioi Sieee
came the worst governed part OF
the Turkish empire. Although most
:.; e,rd :, convenient
" " "a. fo. IT,
TO become Moharnfnssahs' hie.s io' .iie
purpose of getting nearly all OF the pollt-
80 -, ,-r.da
cohoItiohs wen, from o"u "
fell. the population decreased ana misery
abounded. A futile revolution was star
"a =; ---o f,.ba-s followed in 1891 1S33
- t .'.o ,ecs 80 ,ooo ,ene ,eo- RI a
1S4l, 1898, 1868, 1873, 1889 loao' 1921. Inc
Of continental Greece,
prospered in Crete for few months.
The Musselrnan population was forced
to fee to the walled towns for safety.
February 3, 1890, Greece became an IN
oependent kinsoonl' Ioilo" ihg a.e ihs s,,. !,
p,,aefo p,,, t,rate. 10 70 he annayed
to Greece was ignored by these powers
who had her transferred to Egypt, the