The Warwickshire Herald. — 1890-04-10 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

CRUELTIES IN CRETE.  The Times correspondents in Rome and Crete give the following version of the condition of things in the island : An orthodox priest in the province of Concha, baying been arrested in the interest of two Mohammedan oreditors by the chief of the post of gendarmerie without the consent of the authorities, a very serious agitation ensued amongst the Christians. The Governor of Candi*, by the orders of Sliskir Pasha, immediately released the priest and arrested the chief of the gendarmes and the two creditors, and Shakir Pasha ordered • rigorous inquiry. On the 20th of this month a certain Husse in Gismalski (Mussulman) started on horseback for the district of Rianurio (Memoirs) on some business of hie at night. His horse returned without its rider, and, on search being instituted, his body was found near the village of Reravussia, decapitated and in • pool of blood. It is supposed that the murderers were inhabitants of that village. The misery in the island incises's every day. By every steamer women and children are leaving for Greece, beins in danger of dying here of famine. Three Christians who were imprisoned last year for ! having with seven others, now in Athens, taken part , in the sack of the village of St. George and the killing of one Husseinaki have just been released. Tried by court-martial, they were condemned to lb years' imprisonment in exile. Shakir Pasha, considering that in consequence of the amnesty it was illegal to punish the political offence,and that for the civil the sentence was excessive,wished to diminish it, but the oourt-martial refuted, and be then appealed to the Court of Cessation at Constantinople, and, pointing out the effect produced on the emigrants, succeeded in having the punishment reduced to that already suffered, so they were released. The consular agents at Retimo have sent to the Consuls in Canes protests signed by many respectable inhabitants against the excesses which they say were committed by the troops and gendarmes who were sent to capture the murderers of two gendarmes at Amari last week. A rumour, which was current during the last two days, of the death of the ferocious brigand Liapis is now contradicted by the Christians, who say that the man killed was another Christian. The strike of the school teachers, who bad had no pay for seven or eight months, is now terminated, Shakir Pasha having promised to pay up, and having given something on acoount. It is clear, says the Rome correspondent, that Shakir Pasha is doing his best to control the excesses of Mussulman fanaticism, but with very little effect, and that he himself does not know half the horrors that are oommitted. The Metropolitan of Candi* has rent in a protest against the maltreatment of the priest of Zeros, which seems to have aroused all the religious animosities of both sides, and, even by the admissions of this correspondent, to have called for immediate disavowal. Shakir Pasha has no control over the troop., and, as is seen, no authority over the courts-martial. Whenever • Mussulman or gendarme is found killed, the nearest village is seslimed to have been responsible. This is certain never to be the case, as the murders are committed . by outlaws, and the people know too well the fate that awaits them if • Turk is killed in their vicinity to run any such risk. The inhabitants are treated with horrible barbarity, their houses ars ransacked under pretence of finding the rourderen or of finding arms, and a certain number of the notables aro marched in gangs to the nearest pni• SOIL /den and women are beaten to compel them be ichaclose the whereabouts of the murderers, of whoa. all probability, they know nothing.  I