NEWS OF THE WEEK.
tir TRICOUPIS, the Greek Prime Minister, telegraphed 111 • on Monday to the Greek Diplomatic Agents at the European Courts a Note dealing with the affairs of Crete. The Note begins by pointing out that Greece has done everything in her power to check the insurrec- tion, and that her Consuls have exerted their influence with the malcontents in order to arrange a settlement. The Porte, though not censured for having sent troops to the island, is blamed for arming the Mussulman popu- lation of the towns during the armistice brought about by the Greek Consuls, and for thus having made the quarrel one between Christians and Turks. "In consequence, the Greek Government feels bound to call the attention of the European Powers to what is passing in Crete. If massacres were to occur in the island, the Cabinet of Athens, being a Parliamentary Government, might possibly not be able to control or withstand a popular movement in favour of the Cretans." The Note concludes by an expression of the Greek Cabinet's desire "to put an end to a state of things which might render Greek intervention inevitable." Whether any- thing will come of this veiled threat remains to be seen. Meantime, the Continental Press is beginning to notice with uneasiness that difficulties in Eastern Europe always begin with diplomatic Notes, and to wonder whether that of M. Trie,oupis may not perhaps be the beginning of "the great crisis."
