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r, was incredulous, and refused to embark 



until he received or. , Athens, The 



re dismayed, and .-r.- i first inclined 



lirgaii t when 



u.-> realiz- i - r .-... r >.. \ baf fora nai 



Melioration of Order, li ; ...-. ' 



par' "f !-! h lifi-t i.iii-> a; 1 M . . i i 



not willing t- 



>iad not tbe force to pre- 

 the maasarrr that w,.uM follow, and moreover 

 l> the Kuropeni 



. military cor- 



flO.ooo Mohammedans in the 

 -t the 60.000 armed insurgent* who in* 



half famished Moslem peasant* huddled in the town 



. .000 were in re- 

 ceipt of rvlief fr ;tan. 



Many times shot* were flml at foreign officer*. 



recommendations from 

 refused to accept 



onooixlnion that t! ."usly 



'inn ioiiiliati<.ii was de- 



Mi.ui'l- -1 I \ ' In -:'!. i' in 111 !>: r < SJsdfl thl Ball 

 _-U,-> of the <irc-k Im 



-fllccr*. and naval ofl 



ha.l foM.-f, ' LIU in fa 



replai-int; t!.-- 'I'urki-h l-\ the Greek GO 



1 1 naval ' 

 mud l-c lanoSil mill. 



Steps to check th- 



<- inland, gave countenance to the 

 assertion* of p 

 spita of protocols an-i | M- to the con- 



.iTer the i Mim- 



mated. '! . l.:!i Christian an<l Mussul- 



man. miMipplicd l.ut what 



of their own eyes as to tbe presence of 



troops, Or* k nna, an-i <;r., k jia." M hdlj at 



tarki: . in I sacking, lnr 



- of the Mohamni. 



H. i,. . P.. proapeeti ipsacafii] -.:.:. thai 

 seemed fair wh< rnational nV.-t- apt>eared 



in o\crwhelmnik' f'-nv in tin- latter par 1 

 ary. at which time 1 1. -ire of all parties ei- 



the Greeks appeared to A<lmiral Harris to be 

 for j.. ; . . an. | -,KX| government, soon were lost, and 

 the peace party disappeared in the background. 



*1 de- 

 all, a gov- 

 ernment that woiiM maintain law aixl onier among 

 :..n*. With tin- pro^-^of an 



d:m ,...!,;,,- ,; -. rrei In ! r, wiUi UK n 



an.l 



leasnres of idleness, so that it would take 

 years bof. m would care to re- 



turn :tunil to.. . Moslems, 



who ha.l lost most ami had most to lose 



r.-feed themselves ready to n--.-pt any form 

 MIT or government ny tin- c^ at j-owers, 



resist f nrcesaarT. The rough* 



of that party hwame trouble* |wir- 



< iurh were 



85.000 Mohammt.lan r. fu ji * cnwded into 

 raklion. many of whom. la<-kin^ the necessaries of 



for their 



from Ilrrmklion 

 rhs rfllar ' K,. ..... , -I-.., 



iaum, who Ul pHitiuoed 



..a, to restrain the MohammedaM 

 trespassing beyond the neutral sooe astab- 



li.l> n |r..un.ilai.dw. wl.i-i. th- laWMahtJ 



,:;- 



, ; - - - . 





eomlifionisu of II :,,.,,. after which the other 

 prisottar* war* sent to Ganea. Th* active inavr* 



'iriaJonai govemuMiit was 

 pmnsslmeil at Aliku 



hlrf. II. 



liii'l bean intn 



re on their emUrkatiou at I'laianu with the 

 t-k of maintaining order and Hr 



thanl 



..nh-rh and willing submiarion to Greek au- 



The first meaMirea that h* proposed to 



adopt were the enrollment of a stion*; body for th* 



. . '.':-.- ' ' - ' .. ' '\ 



whose special care woul.l U- th<- protection of the 

 Mohammedan property that had rraj*d pilUge or 

 destruction. lie recommended th* convocation of 

 a general assembly t.. ,-onsider the situation and 

 adopt such further measures as might be necessary. 

 In a second proclamation he appealed to the 



to show moderation ami :- ipim 

 ing and protecting the property of the 



an.l l>y living at |-aie w'ith them, declaring 

 that the il I upon by 



r Mohammedan brothers. 



but apmitft an incafttMc and unworthy govem- 



- la mat ions were carefully worded 



so as to avoid the l.-a.-: n f. rence to the question* 



of autonomy or annexation. The Cretan 



ns again began to dispatch 



One l*nd w> captured 



f arms and ammunition 

 reawl. Vessel* bringing back islanders to their 

 homes were permitted to land these, but no muni- 

 tions. Some of tbe most influential insurgent* who 

 ha.l left the i-land to ! unteers in the 



Greek army wrote to urge their brother Cretan* to 

 Milmiii to the inevitable and accept an antnoomou* 



tution. warning them against th* policy of 



n-tan com? 



fer t ^houid remain under tbe Turkish 



pashas rather than that it should be granted au- 

 tonomy under international guarantees. While the 



kef* in 



mat lonal forces, dt*t urbane 

 to occur at Candia. where- 

 powerleas in the face of the 

 population, which was compelled to go outside of 

 the pn.tcted none to obtain pasture for the cattle, 

 and thereby came into constant conflict with the in- 

 surgents. A series of raids culminated on June M 



t he villas of KaniKastaUb} 

 Bashi-baaouks. who killed more than ?: 

 villagers and returned laden with booty, which was 

 openly *old at auction in the town. Tbe foreifn 

 garrison was insufficient to protect Christian houses 

 in the town from plunder by this 1 

 medan element. The Ottoman authorities were en- 

 tirely impotent. The treasury was empty, no taxes 

 having been collected for more than a year. The 

 gendarmerie, who had received no nay for that 

 length of time, were confronted with rtarvatiCB 



: 



length 



and threatened to mutiny. 



dans who hatl taken posses 



In Cane* 



n of Christian 



