The whole of Thessaly, the province ceded to Greece, has
now been occupied by Greek troops, without disorder or resist- ance. The Christian inhabitants are, of coarse, delighted, and welcome the troops with enthusiasm ; while the Mussulmans have declined to emigrate. They find their property quite secure, and are as pleased as the Greeks at the absence of the brigands, who have disappeared, not seeing their way to arrangements 'with the new authorities. The Greeks, more- over, have taken trouble to soothe the Mahommedans, the townspeople in one instance waiting on the Moollah to request that the call to prayer from the minaret might be recom- menced. They had missed it. The liberation of Thessaly has, therefore, been so far an unmixed good, as would be the liberation of Macedonia, Armenia, or any province whatever governed by Pashas. The elections for the ceded territory will be held at once, and in two years Thessaly will be an ordinary division of Greece, interested mainly in education.
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