| Show IUlU mOUiL REPLY II 1110Iossferstly Daell to obey the Vassar Alums March The reply aller acknowledging Ibo receipt of the Identical I notes of tile powers and recognizing the extreme gravity of I oialble results I busted up In the situ I a faces proceeds aa follows 1 run uoverumeut bla malI i King George having examined with I the cloitet attention the points whereon where-on the gloat powers are agreed be leaves a duly lo submit to the power I lie opinion 01 Ibo measures proposed by them an opinion which li the out couldoollongexperlerico ana prolouna knowledge of thu Cretan situation 1 Moved profoundly < by the Beets Monte animating the pumvirs anti their solicitude for tins general peace the Greek uovernint1 will nol tail lu Its duly becnuseUr Also bat au ar door desire to contribute the main lonan 01 POICOOnal < 10 Irrvo train uimpletu rulu the Island aa solely trlti i and so nUn decimated Vfe believe the proposed aulouoruy will uufortu I palely fall to respond ta the liable In f brlbJ I teutloua which Inspired I U and will i bUilertbODAMOIALO as many previous 1 uoaucccislul I experiments In YorIou Tire reply refers to The six I Previous I i Insurrections In Crete Seats argues the unlikelihood that the present iropaial 01 the powers will It rmlufttu the state of I revolution Itcoutlnuet Anarchy will ravaso tile country fire and word In the ands of blind < lartaott cloth will decimate mate pxoi e who do not reserve nona non-a fate In Ibo face of such K roBpect nor reircnslt Ilitles would be euormoua II wo failed earnestly lo urge the powers to restore lit Creto what she already 11 1 ad at the time ol the enlran nlaernent of the other Greek pro vli cet and lo lead her back to Urcece 10 whom she properly belongs eIII Ibo prracnce of thu recent cone of ro sacre and cl lagc tile urulng ol Carter and the frightful i anguish Christians wore exposed to aDd menacfd by Ibo bcuudleus fury ot Mussulman our whole ojmtry was torn with remirao for Its own roei oust bllity It assumed last year 10 per toads the Cretans to lAy down their arm but the raltfortunu which All awed < forbid < us again to undertake ub a task Even bad attempted II I our voice would have been only a feeble noting and would not have seen it 0 it < the Cretin people Aa autonomy would not fulfil the noble aim of the powers It la obvious what must bo Ibo situitlonol tb unhappy un-happy Islanders from today unlll the eetabllehmenl of autonomy If the flowers persevere In their dccltlon in I lie l face of tile foregoing views then lu the mine ethumanlty 1 well aa In the Interest of Crete the pacifying ol which I the unique object of the soil cltudoof tboowerr we Ila nol hesitate to appeal I ti them ou the subject of anottstr mea nee proposed < by them namely the recall of our troops U the Presence 01 the foreign squadrons tend the conviction that they by preventing the lending Dr lurklah troops render ullncoary the pretence ot Ibo Greek fleet lu Cretan aters the presence ol they Greek the-y In Crete I nevertheless shown 10 be desirable from sentiment 01 Immunity and < lathe Interests ol a dellnlte restoration of order Duty forbids ua to abandon Ibo Cretaua to the mercy ot Mussulman fanaticism and 1 Turkish tyranny which also deliberate y ou < Intentionally Intention-ally shared In Iho aggressive aUI of the populace against the Christian is Moreover II our own troop Which are worlh the fullest confidence uf the powers I had recc Vid a mandate to really the Island their desires and intentions would have been promptly received with the luoet perfect sills faction Then order being restored It would be possible to Qeeertutn the Ireulj utpreBied desires of the Cretans lor a decision an to their tale The aorrowa which have regularly recurred lu Crete for mostly doodoo nol Duly profoundly agitate tee Hellenic people Lut Interrupt our social activity and disturb our domestic economy I and finances ol the Btu Lveu I we admit < the poailblllly ol forgetting for a single Instant our community with the Cretans In religion race and blood we could not in iiloucu allow the powers 10 assume that the Greek itato la I able louger to resist such Bbocka Thereforr wo appeal to Ibo gem one sentiments anlmllng Ibo power I aDd we beg them 10 permit the Cretan people Iborh 10 declare bW they utalre to be rovetned11 00 Ibo lox ot Ibo reply becoming gorally known throughout the city bopulcu exhibited great excite mnlaud on all citrus there v bald discussion of the consequences likely to follow The warship Hydra at ready < baa been called from Cretan waters leavlni only two Small Greek vessels lu that quarter Ibis Is regarded re-garded 1 a virtual yltldlni toi Ibo lowun BO la I the fleet la concerned con-cerned I la Bald however that the powers Cannot now but the door against further negotiations The cabinet It is said wa unanimous as 10 IborplY the text 01 which seat tho personal work 01 ilia kinK The offers 10 place the Greek loroa In Crate under a foreign general Indicate the readiness of the government to regard the forces aa leusd Norman to assist Ibo foreign morlu In relorlul order |
