AliTllormi the action of Greece in denying the authority of the Powers may be in tho highest senso imprudent, it should be remem bered what great moral claims they have upon Crete. Tho great bulk of the popu lation of tho island are Greeks. They have been subject to the same terrible oppression as the Armenians, but they differ from the Armenians in that they have the determi nation and ability to resist. Although their island became Turkish property by conquest two hundred years ugo, they have never accepted the Sultan as their sovereign, but have steadfastly refused to pay taxes lo the OLtomun Government or to recognise any but Christian Governors. Desperately cling ing to their Grecian nationality, which dates back for centuries, when Crete held proud dominion over the seas, successive occupation of the inland by Homau, Saracen, Venetian, and Turkish conquerors has not succeeded in eradicating Irom the hcnrlß of the Cretans the love of their fatherland. Encouraged, no doubt, by the successful revolt of Greece against Turkey, tho Christian Cretans havn icbcllud again and again during the hvst half contiiry. In 18."iO they made such a brave and long show of resistance that the Powers eventually intervened, and placed the coun try under the Viceroy of Egypr. When the government drifted buck into Turkish hands tho Cretans took the field again, and were granted what purported to be a measure of independence liy the Treaty of Berlin in 18CS. Again, in due course, the Turks obtained contiol, and again, in 1577, there was an insurrection. The Pact of Halcpa then drawn vp — an agreement under which the Cretans were to have representative government — wna duly violated by the Porte, and in 188!) tho islanders had become so actively resentful that Tuikish soldiery in vaded and subdued tho country. Since then thero has been Mahommedan rule, and a long succession of uprisings ugainsl foreign autho rity and misgovernmunt by the Christians, who comprise the majority of the population. The latest outbreak was the result of broken promises on the part of the Porte. Instead of granting reforms and giving Christian Governors, tioops were sent from Turkey, whose wholesale murdering and pillaging raised a ferment among tho inhabitants. 