d that yet another sum should be handed
over to the Powers to secure the payment of her other debts.

The proposal also stated that when Greece had put the funds into the
hands of the Powers, Turkey was immediately to recall her troops from
Thessaly.

The ambassadors all agreed to accept this plan, which, in truth, gave
both Germany and England the points they desired. After the foreign
Ministers had decided to accept it, it was shown informally to Tewfik
Pasha.

This official also appeared satisfied with the arrangements, and gave
the ambassadors to understand that when it was formally presented to him
he would be able to accept it in the name of the Sultan.

It is therefore expected that the details of the peace treaty will be
settled in a very few days.

Greece, the country most interested in this settlement, is the party
least satisfied with the arrangement.

It is felt in Athens that the terms of the peace are very hard ones. The
frontier question has been so settled that Greece is powerless to defend
herself against the Turks if they should declare war on her again. The
mountain passes and the important places in the mountain ranges will be
in the hands of the Turks, and Greece will lie at the foot of the hills,
a ready prey to any army that may descend on her from the heights.

In addition to this, she has to pay a heavy war indemnity, and to do so
must turn over the control of her revenue to foreigners.

It will take many years before Greece can recover from this blow.

The blockade of Crete is to be brought to an end, or "raised" as it is
called.

The Cretans having accepted the Home Rule offered them by the Powers,
there is no longer any need for the allied fleets to remain there, and
therefore the war-ships are to leave the island.

It is difficult to see what good they have accomplished. When Djevad
Pasha arrived at the island, giving himself all the airs of a new
Turkish governor, the Cretans accepted Home Rule in the belief that the
Powers would protect them from the Turks.

Not being wily diplomatists, they did not insert any clause about the
withdrawal of Turkish troops from the island, and therefore the Powers
do not feel bound to demand this of Turkey, and are taking away the only
protection the Cretans had, and are leaving them just as much at the
mercy of the Turks as they were before Greece tried to go to their
rescue.

It seems a shabby piece of business on the part of the Powers, a