THE CRETAN.
A naval officer, on a visit to Auckland, who has visited Crete, informs the Auckland Herald that the residents in the highlands are the most splendid mountaineers ho has ever seen. They have good houses and are comfortable. He enjoyed the hospitality of some of their chiefs. The Turks had never been able to conquer them, and lighting was chronic in the lowlands between them and the Turks. They were equal to the Turks, even if the latter are three to one, in the open. The Turks fought well enough in forts and behind stone walls ; us to massacres, it was six of one and half a dozen of the other. When the Turks had the upper hand they killed the Christians, and when the Christians got a chance in that way they did not miss it. The Greek priests were responsible for a good deal of the trouble. They wen; for the most part a dirty, low set. The Turk's cou(,d not endure them, and vented their spleen at every opportunity. fn his opinion Greece will sooner or later obtain possession of Crete.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 266, 9 March 1897, Page 4
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186THE CRETAN. Hastings Standard, Issue 266, 9 March 1897, Page 4
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