The Cretans were so enraged at the rescue, that in spite of the fact that they had promised the British commander that they would allow the Moslems in Selino to go free, they gathered at the gates and waited for the Moslems to come out, dashed through the soldiers who were guarding them, and tried to wound and rob them.
A Russian warship made a cruise round the island a few days ago, and brought back word to the allies at Canea that fighting was going on near all the coast towns, and that the whole island seemed ablaze with war.
Colonel Vassos has received orders from the King of Greece that he is to hold all the positions in the island now occupied by Greek troops, and to resist all attempts on the part of Turkey or the Powers to dislodge him.
A report from Crete states that there has been trouble between Germany and Greece.
A German vessel, the Kaiserin Augusta, ordered a Greek vessel, the Hydra, to come to a standstill, and fired a blank shot at her to make her obey. The Hydra immediately replied by firing a whole broadside at the German vessel, and went on her way.
This report has not been fully verified, so after all it may not be true.
Turkey, in the mean while, is following her usual method of saying nothing at all, simply waiting to see what happens.
The various Sultans who have been ruling Turkey ever since the affairs of that country first began to scandalize Europe, have always maintained this same attitude, in the hope that the Powers which insisted on interfering in the affairs of Turkey might at last get into a serious quarrel among themselves, and so be obliged to leave Turkey alone.
The Turkish troubles have been going on for years and years. The Armenian massacres, and the misrule in Crete, are only the last two of a long series of crimes which have made Turkey the horror and the despair of Europe.