Friday morning's telegrams show that this is what the Sultan
is now doing. The houses near the camp have been demolished, and forty-three ringleaders base been handed over to Admiral Noel,—though the Sultan demands that they shall be tried by an International Commission. So far, however, nothing seems to have been done about disarming the Turks. Whether this would be a wise step to take under the circumstances can only be decided on the spot, but that the Sultan should now be forced to with- draw his troops cannot be open to doubt. This is the first step necessary for getting rid of the European claire Dreyfus which we have described elsewhere. It is very right, nay, absolutely necessary, to punish those who led the massacre of our soldiers and sailors, but matters cannot stop here. The whole Cretan problem must now be faced by the European Concert. We need hardly say that the notion of our "occupying "—i.e., taking—Crete is as absurd as it is mischievous.
