cm-TK. 



tiri, ami, displaying the ' flair, advanced 



tin- Turkish fort at Cm-. I mder 



iuallv into (he for- 



< >f the guns of the foftreas, made a 



n back, sallied forth ;_.>. 1.700 

 strong -.I. 



...-. . . , : . : - . 



niriit at Athens and im 

 incut to send war ship- 

 and the populace entl 



and Greec 



had escaped on foreign war 

 thane* distributed by Greek 



the wildest 



e ChamU-r 

 illy acclaimed the 



."HI Cretan- 



' 

 steamer- to t he I' 



Syra, and rarious Greek i- 



union with Greece as the only 

 .Hi poffriblc after the signal failure of the plan 



a'i'1 applied tlllder the direct 



: In l.ii.nike lletairm. 

 :. ct.-d funds f..r 



the furtherance of Panhdl. ni- aspirations from the 

 uiea in all -, .unt rie-. and had now worked 

 up the Cretan ami Macedonian agitation to such a 

 pitch that not ev. -n the King would dare to stem 

 the tide of popular feeling, published an address to 



I proclaiming the union of (ir. 

 he ironc].. : ." the cruiser " Myl 



and the gunboat " Alpheios" sailed away for < 

 ami the M Speteai" and " Psara." the cruis, -r " Mia- 

 oulis." and several t-rp.'do bouts were got rea<ly 

 i, the Greek Mini-terof Foreign Affairs called 

 Upon the representatives ,,f t}. at Athens 



to assure them that the concentration of ' 

 ships in < ' n was not intended as a hostile 



demonstration against Turkey, but mm-ly as a 

 measure for the protection of "the numerous Greek 

 and for the rescue of Cretan fugi- 

 tives. When the Turkish Government proposed to 

 strengthen the garrisons In Crete, the ambassadors 

 approval of such . urg- 



ing that a- Mtion of the troops or the arri- 



ifopements would only increase the ex- 

 f th-- Christian- and render the situation 

 roiis. The Greek Government was 

 at this time rapidly summoning the reserves to the 

 military depots and making large purcha- 



I'he Greek Premier made reply that 

 the Hellenic Government, having full knowle<: 

 the situation, did not hesitate to a-sunie the whole 

 respon-ibility forth it had taken. 



lorej-ii Occupation. Tot G. rman Govern- 

 ment considered that thi* unqualified defia 1 

 the will of KurojM' precluded further diplomatic 

 steps at Athens. On Feb. 1U (Jreek troops after 

 \v-d by the Crown Prince, embarked at 



The 



ambassadors at Constantinople agreed to the British 

 l-ter Ixith d the 



Turkn from landing tnn.ps or u-ing their naval 

 forces to assist either of the .-..ntcnding '. 



-.and. but also to occupy jointly in the name 

 of all ih- powers the ports of Canea, Retinx.. and 



Hera'K JV) l.lu.-jacketw were land- 



Mil Austrian, British. Frem-h. Italian, and 

 Rossian ships at Canea. Another detachment was 

 debarked at Sit ia on ; ,i ad the pow- 



ers assumed the responsibility for th 

 and maintenance of order in Crete. Mu-hnN 

 mail Ber, to whom Georgi iV-n.vich Pa^.a had 

 delegated th- P.ATS of administration, addressed 

 nander*. gladly accepting 

 ni requesting thai 

 uno. SHino. and ..t i 



The Greek corps of nr-i-iipaiion. i-.n-i^tir 

 2,000 infantry, artillery, and 

 bv Col. VaSSOS, chief aid-de-camp to Kir. 

 effected a landing at Platania. nine miles west of 



'.vitish. Italian, and Kusxian consuls 



. when- i were occurring 



in the village.-. 104 Mussulman men, women, and 



children ha\ ing I.e. n murdered in Barakina alone. 



i.le to enter into negotiations \\iih 



the In lligerelltv . deterillilicd to light 



;. Both >ide- had massacred their 

 C|mxlian> at Candaiio lir.-d upon 

 the COIIHII' known and I- 



HHI \\ere ma.: 



including 'JO women and '.l chihlren. and an .inal 

 niimlHT in the surrounding village*. ia. in 



: the i-land. 1 



\\omeii. and chilrlreii. almost tin- entire population 



age-, had been slaughtered, only al-mt 



is escaping. Tin- \ >i i.ren in- 



\vn their ani; liri-tians, 



who promised them i it toSitia. The life 



of no Moslem was safe out-ide ,,f the cities. F.i-hi 

 villages were surn-unded ly the in-nrg. -i-tx The 

 Mohammedan villager- in the neighborhood of 



nduct into the to\\ n 



through the intervention of the bishop. Imt when 

 arrival there they -ei/ed 1 ")i> Chri-t tan- and 

 detained them 1'he f<.rt at Bui 



>ned by 600 Turkish troops, underwent a long 



a large force of well-armed in-ur. 

 Col. Vassos on Feb. 16 captured th,- Turkish fort 

 at Agliia. taking 400 pri-on.-r*. \N'ith the aid of 

 the regulars the in-urgents mounted gun- on the 

 heights of Akrotiri. and prepared to attack tl.- 

 According to Turkish ollicial n-p..-- 

 villages had air pillaged and burned, and 



more than 87,000 Mo-leins had been killed. After 

 the precipitate departure of Georgi Berovich I'a-ha 

 the duti.-s of his otlice were provisionally intru-ted 

 to Photiades Pasha, who received the Offer oi 

 finitive appointment as Vali of Crete, but, at fir-t 

 declined. Karat heoilory Pa-ha wa- then a<ked to 

 go t<> Crete as the Sultan's High Coinnii i'iier. and 

 he also declined, after which Photiades Pa-ha Was 

 again offered the govern- -hip. and finally 



ted. 



On Feb. l.-> the Greek Minister of War i ued an 

 order appointing Col. Vassos to the command of 

 the troop- sent to Crete. This document set forth 

 that the Greek Government, in con-e|uenc- of the 

 stale of anarchy pn-\ ailing in < frete, had decided to 

 dispatch an army corps to occupy the island and 

 .nd order. The Gn ment 



on the same day communicated to the ; 

 absolute decision to per-i-t in the occupation of 



and the protection of the Cretans, who had 



declared that tln-y were prepared to sln-d their last 

 droji of bl.M.d for the fulfillment of their national 

 a-pi ration-. ( 'ol. Vassos is-ue<! a proclamation to the 

 people of the island Mating that t hey w -re suffering 

 from the exi-ting state of anar<-hy and the excesses 

 of a fanatical populace, and that therefore the King 



of Gf-.'ce had decided to put all end to t ' 



things by a military occupation of the island. 

 Vassos promised to res|ect the honor, life. pr< >t 

 and religious conviction* of all the inhabitm 

 whom h- was brine jr, When 



the Greek consul at Cam-a rai-ed the Helleni 

 the naval commanders of the pow.-r-. \\ ho- 



the t..wn in token of the occupa- 

 tion in which Greece had no share, ordered him to 



lower the flag. The Greek guard was like\\ 



moved from the consulate at their command, against 

 the protest of the consul, who closed the consulate 

 a few days later and joined Col. Vassos in the in- 

 iiuunicating to the variou- c-.n-uls 

 the intelligence that all the province- of Crete had 

 voted in favor of union with Gr 



. -k Mini-ter of 

 Foreign Affairs, replied to the demand oi the pow- 



