3-085-745 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Cretan Question: officers of the international forces now at Canea [Chania], 1898. 'Capt. Jedina (Austrian); Major Jameson (British); Col. Koraieff (Russian); Captain Amoretti, Commanding International Forces; Col. Famin (French); Col. Brusati (Italian). It seems probable that the vexed question future government of the distressful island of Crete is at last within sight of settlement. A very general opinion prevails that Prince George of Greece will be appointed Governor of the island by the Powers, Germany having agreed to fall in with the proposal, which now lacks only the co-operation of Austria for its definite fulfilment. A certain portion of the Mohammedan population of the island is, it is true, strongly opposed to Prince George's appointment, but other equally orthodox Mohammedan Cretans are anxiously in favour of it, in the interests of peace and prosperity, and it is thought that the opposition draws its inspiration chiefly from the Sultan's Court. Meantime, the Ambassadors of the Powers are engaged at Constantinople upon the scheme for the new government of Crete, and the officers of the International Forces, of whom we reproduce a portrait-group, are doing their best to maintain order in Canea and throughout the island'. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.