Allgemeine Zeitung 13th of February 1822 A lengthy article from a Levantine newspaper in Smyrna: The Greek islanders can still be saved. None of them will be able to withstand a serious attack by the Ottoman fleet. The Porte regards the Islanders as its stray children who will return to their duty once their foolish hopes have faded. However, they have fixed their gaze upon Russia and the Peloponnese. For the second time, the Ottoman fleet has returned to the Dardanelles without harming the islands because (according to the article published in Smyrna) it is the Sultan's will to show clemency. For this reason, they focused their efforts only on Crete and the Peloponnese.The three islands Spetses, Hydra, and Psara, which were once wealthy and prosperous, must abandon the insurrection. What follows is a detailed analysis of the costs and benefits of the path toward potential independence. The article concludes that, in either scenario, the islanders will be the losers. The Turks will attempt to suppress the revolution many times, and eventually, they will succeed. The piece ends by asserting that even the greatest Greek successes, purchased with rivers of blood, will ultimately lead to a different outcome, as the dream of independence will eventually vanish without external aid. (The article strongly echoes the views of the European Levantines regarding the revolution.)