Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 Excerpt: ... accept expatriation? As we have said, there is everything to prove that that assurance was nothing but a feint, and that the real motives of the brigands were to appease all fears of their carrying away their captives, so as to evade the vigilance of the troops, and in the meantime escape into Turkey. THE COLLISION AND THE MURDER. Negotiations having failed, through the unreasoning obstinacy of the brigand chiefs, and it having been made evident that their intention was to carry off their prisoners to the interior, there remained nothing for Colonel Theagenis to do but to follow the instructions he had received from the Greek Government, and the foreign ministers. These, as we have seen, were to warn the brigands not to move from Oropos, and after investing that place with the troops at his disposal, "to prevent, with all his forces, the escape of the Arvaniteli with their captives," in case they ventured to leave. Mr. Erskine, in his despatch of the 21st (No. 3, p. 2), said:--"M. Zaimis has assured both my Italian colleague and myself that upwards of 600 troops are collected in the immediate neighbourhood of Oropos; and although there is not the least intention on their part to provoke a collision, they are fully authorised to employ force, should it unfortunately be necessary to prevent the escape of the brigands and their captives." And Count Della Minerva wrote on the 23rd (No. 9, p. 7):--"In order to prevent the brigands from carrying out the plan they had formed of taking their prisoners into Thessaly, troops were moved up on all sides, and were so placed as to be at two or three hours distance from Oropos." These measures were resolved upon with the concurrence of the two foreign ministers, who fully approved of the line of conduct adopted. That thi...
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