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tone* of the bland, the pacification of 



t h.- |jower, we 



10 ap|*J to them on the subj. 

 tier measures namely, the m-aii '. 



thai these squadrons will 

 Turk 

 ence al~. of w 



- unnecessary, the pnoaacs of 

 army on the 



. 



tot 

 rjMUfl 



hi 



i 





 fnlmti 



.- 'lurk: 



iilionally |art 

 t, ,.f the populace again* ' 

 ve all, if our troo|n mi the bland. 



had 



ou 



mmon re- 

 f tin- same 



tention* w<>uM nave receiv 

 It wo 

 eatabliehmfii' 



am the desire* 

 |--.,,,j,. f..r a decision an to ti 



o interrupt * 



I. the r. 



: U- t.> 



niHiniit thnt u he 



ligion f ' .in- 



f |I|NN|. W- rnlllil I 



r t his reason we appeal to the generous - 



meats animating; th.- J.-W.-P-. ami I 



nut thi- Cretan people themselves to declare now 



governed." 

 k ,-nvoys abroa 



'h.- Kuropean government-. that (ireece was 



riiinty of 

 the Sultan, to withdraw her met omj.lei. 1 . 



ininanil f any niili- 

 iwwere, senior in rank to 

 tin- purpos* of Rsti>rin.' 



the Wai nl. if the powers would agree to learc ulti- 

 decision as to th. :, th.- 



linn- 1-' "f the people. 



I.I i Hie Coa*t.- While Rnelan.l. 



Prance, ami Italy were disposed t<> r 

 Greek note ae leaving an ! I.M.I: f.-r f 

 onssinn, the g<> 



niin.-nt u 

 v lil.*-ka.L 



r <>. 



f-r tin- in-M'iit t" l>lnckaiinc th- 

 and baaing t- [a-i- 



1 |>rv|iariitK tl r the 



of a 





vas announ.-i-.i to liegin 

 I hut ilatr supplirn wrn liur 

 k t mom on the Ma ml \* I 





it. 



with- 



A nrhoonrr with muni- 

 To]iint> .ml was sunk lr 



ilxwtt I 



nirals issued a pn^lamation ait* 

 t uti'li r which autonomy 

 -ing the n ' meas- 



Dplrt autonomy, 

 y person, of what* 



'' ' ' 



' 

 . 



' 



n |rtie to lay down 



un the oo* 



: i - . 

 the MohaaiMed.ii ti*TfteM.-Tho 



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



nrrbcNiajMt t) 



. . . . 



"..,'- ' 



: a number of 

 Hi 



km 







' 



,., 





1 

 limn* 



their arms and surremlefW) aa prfa 



-. T: 



ul wan willing t<> ^'" t<> ' ii'lt" 



lln| 



The foreign shta 

 lino on March 6. ml 

 a lone ttmr with th. 

 . 



their fHBMHMe while thw 

 admiral protested against the obstacles plar^tl 

 r..|H- in tin* way of hi* action, and Coi, VasBoe 



vrr the inaur* 



. March 9 the Greek flert. after receiving 

 inenta, saill sway from Canea. The 

 liege of Camlano la>tii| thirty-five days, during 

 half of u ;.!< was iimlrr constaal 



fire. The place was relieved by a force of &V 

 ropean marines with 4 . i the 



recued people en the march to Selino. but was not 

 large enough t an\ <>f then from being 



attacked a; 



tan insurgents surrounding the refugees. The town 

 -' - . ' ' - 



detachnu i 



was averted by the efforts of 

 Vassos and tome of the insurgent leaders. An 

 armistice secured by th. -n of the con- 



suls was declared ended by the insurgents on March 

 H. and an attack was made on lleraklion. Kight- 

 as renew* , also in the 



- ami war ships were 



allowed to flrv HIM. n the insurgents. On the same 



ider Korakan attacked Hierapclra. The 



consul. Barakliv a \j*lled from the 



island by order of Admiral Canrvaro. ami this act 



The Selino dbtri t wa at 



Moslems, of whom 600 soldiers and 



2.5OO native* were brought away under the super- 



Mohammedans of Sarakma, whuh ** forced 

 to surrender before Candano. were actually slaugn- 

 .rgent Cr 



demolbhetl ly a U>mbanlmet 



admiral* of the 





tsandcl 



* that the Greek admin 

 mitt. the message confided to 



him offering Wand. v 



^urgent lemli-r* declared that only union 



hem. 



In ' : .ue at'Ma!aia.an hmir* marrh 



fnm Canea. the Turkish garri*n still he!<- 



-ions hal been brought on Mar :arty 



of 600 men from Canea, which wa* n the 



return march and the -mailer division driven back 

 with fearful lov*. on March S4 the 

 who had made no impression on toe 



