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Question: "Resolved, that England was justified in acting with the powers against the position of Greece in regard to Crete...
Question: "Resolved, that England was justified in acting with the powers against the position of Greece in regard to Crete...
...time of the breaking up of the Roman Empire, Crete was conquered by the Arabs. In the Italian crusade of 1204 the island was sold to the Venetians, by whom it was held during the next four centuries. The Venetian rule was so oppressive that the Turks were hailed as liberators when they came and after a seige of twenty-five years conquered the island. With the decay of the Turkish empire during the 17th and 18th centuries the condition of Crete became steadily worse until at the beginning of this century the mismanagement of the Mohamedans became unbearable...
...Powers stirred by the Armenian outrages have prevented further Turkish incursion, but in February the trouble began again. Before the Powers could interfere Greece sent 1500 men to Crete with orders to help the insurgents...
...present situation is extremely difficult and complicated. The sudden turn of affairs in Crete has weakened the triple alliance of Germany, Austria and Italy, and the double alliance of France and Germany. Austria is frankly hostile to Crete, and the German emperor shows considerable zeal for the Sultan. Italy would naturally follow the lead but for the great popular sympathy for Greece. Public opinion in England is also for Greece, but thus far the English government has shown itself contemptuous of it. The policy of France is friendly. Russia is the most important power of all, and her policy...