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Show 'POWERS II LENIENT WITH KM REBELS English Official Praises Rns-sians Rns-sians Tor Shooting Insurgents Insur-gents on Sight. LONDON, Aug. 19. A prominent official offi-cial who has for a long time resided in Greece, and who has Just arrived from that country, speaking to the Associated Press today, said there would bo no serious se-rious trouble in Crete, as the rising of tho insurgents failed in Its lncipiency. Had the leaders accomplished any big successes suc-cesses at tho beginning of the uprising, the people who always lean toward the successful side would all have fiockod to the (standard of tho Insurgents. There will be now, ho said, probably only 20) insurgents in the mountains and within cordons In certain interior districts. Russia Alono Busy. This authority believes that, had the powers acted decisively and cohesively, the revolution would havo been suppressed sup-pressed long ago. Ho says the Russian detachment Is the only ono that has been nctlng at all energetically, and that the Russians havo shot thTF rebels wherever and whenever they showed their heads. The otlu-r powers, of which Great Britain Brit-ain la tho foremost, hnvo been showing loo much leniency, with the result that all the bands have not yet laid down their arms. Heal Policy Is Needed. Tho officlnl believes that tho powers should act in unison and adopt drastic methods one way or the other. If they Intend turning over tho island to Greece, which is the earnest dosiro of the Cretans, steps in that direction should be taken at once; If otherwise', the rebellion agalr.at the present Government should be suppressed as speedily as possible. He says tho powers do not desire to permit the annexation of Crete to Greece, because be-cause such an act would immediately call for the settlement of tho Macedonian question, which none of them is willing to solve at present. |