Sadık Pasha's telegram stating that public order was in order in Kardiçe and Tırhala, where he was on duty, that he received news of the incident in Kalabaka when he returned from Palato to Tırhala and that he had inquired about the order given to evacuate the Vlachs with their belongings in order to avoid another incident, that the Porta and Muzaki straits were under constant threat of bandits and that public order could not be ensured unless a major military operation was carried out.