A remarkable illustration of the want of finality in the
present position of Greece has just been brought to notice. Some refugees from provinces still annexed to the Turkish empire, (by the arbi- trary fancy of treaty-makers rather than by geographical or social reason,) have sought to share the nationality of Greece ; Candia being one. They have hitherto been thwarted. Desire, probably, to limit the number of competitors for place, made the Greeks, in their new constitution, exclude from office all but natives of the fraction of Greece at present recognized by that name. The refu- gees elected members to represent them in the Legislature ; the Turkish Ambassador threatened ; and the Legislature have put a new rebuff upon their brethren beyond the frontier, by expelling the "Member for Candle." This, however, cannot either settle the question or really contribute to the strong hold of the Porte over its alien provinces. The affinities of race and aspiration, the course of events, are too strong for the Turk ; and Candia will one day obey its attraction, and join itself, not by a refugee and nominal re- presentation, but bodily, to the kingdom to which it as naturally belongs as do some other provinces on the continent. The dis- ruption and new combination cannot be prevented ; they may in- deed be retarded ; but of far more importance is it to secure that the new organization of the elements shall be conducive to the wel- fare of the native races and the prosperity of Europe.
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