A'ali Pasha said that he entirely concurred in the views of Her Majesty's Government. He told me that it had been definitively settled that Mustapha Kiritli Pasha should be sent to Crete with large powers; that this measure would show the Cretans that their petition had been seriously taken into consideration by the Sultan; and that he had reason to hope that order would very soon be restored. I said that I hoped that Mustapha Pasha's powers were not merely conferred with a view to quelling the present resistance of the Christian Cretans, but that they were to be exerted for the purpose of removing causes of complaint and placing matters in the island on a footing likely to be permanently satisfactory. A'ali Pasha said that Mustapha Pasha would be empowered to take into consideration all reasonable complaints, which were brought before him in a loyal and dutiful spirit, but, of course, he would not listen to men unlawfully assembled in defiance of the Government, and would repress revolt and treasonable attempts to change the relation of the island to the Porte. On being further pressed by me, A'ali Pasha said that no Christian blood had been shed; that he was confident none would be shed; and that it was the earnest desire of the Porte to avoid, if possible, a collision between the troops and the Christians. He added that he was convinced that the movement was due to foreign instigation, and that, if that instigation ceased, it would rapidly subside. INDEX. A'ali Pasha arrives in Crete, 143, 148; rebuilds church at Lakus, 157 _Abdou_, 128 Abdul Aziz, Sultan, accession, 36; rage over Crete, 111 Abdul Medjid, Sultan, deceased, 36 Afendallos, a Moreote chieftain, 30 _Agios Basilios_, 126, 131, 135 _Agios Roumeli_, 133 _Alikianu_, plain of, 88, 107; town, 156 Ali Riza Pasha, movement against Omalos, 105; rescued, 106; beaten at Topolia, 120 _Amari_, 106, 135 American Secretary of Legation at Constantinople, 116; intrigue against Consul Stillman, 118 _Anopolis_, 132, 133 _Apokorona_ district, 54, 58; Egyptians surrender, 66; movement against, 74, 89 _Aradena_, 133 "Arethusa" man-of-war, 61 _Arkadi_, convent of, 83; bombardment of, 84; butchery at, 86; effect on European opinion, 90 "Arkadi," blockade-runner, 114 _Asfendu_, 132 _Askyphó_(Askyfó), 71, 82, 102, 132