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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2130, 26 February 1897, Page 2

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King George, '•**&■ his despatched c the Powers, in which he states thaVhis pYtience ie exhaasted' ' I'he; fortttetiotf of * mixed .gendarmerie ifli only refernv granted by the Saltan— ip, he says, uselea* and caused the Moslem rising. The King has giTeiSpreoiee otdere to the Greek array tocoiitiriae to occupy the country, and has decided to annex the i iland, The Porte professes to have asked for the united advice of the Powers, which k at present conflicliogy and is awaiting their decision. The allied fleets bombarded the Insurgents' camp for twenty, five , minutes, throwing seventy ehelle. The Greek regular forceß were not engaged. No bloodshed resulted. The Kaiserin Augusta, a German cruiser, fired shells charged with melinite. Nine Russian and French warships have-reinforced the fleet at Oanea, , he Cretan provinces hafe voted for union wipi Greece. A. portion !orfche,Bntisi:..na»i.;jeßery'eJa ttiobilieing. >The alliedl , fleets fired thirty shells atnongsi 'the Insurgent at Pbrudia ah 3 did Bom#'4aVoc-.in- tha *6brHtiat» the bardnient" at ,Canea'a Greek' .'.warship roceived a shot/from an eighteen-poonder. In the House of 'Commons, > the Opposition protested against firitish ships tafe?-, ing- part in the , recent bombardment in Crete. Sir W. V. Hardottrt stated thatv the separation or , " the drilypolicy worthy, of Britain to pursue. Marshal yon Mieberstein, Germany's F'prretary for Fnrpi<?n AffA.irp, confilers ilit' tidiin of Greece i> l«ni\ing. at ('rote h«s the anarchy. Pholiadee has been appointed Governor of Crete —Two hundred and fifty soldiers and 1700 Musseluians at Candanos and lOnO at Spauaboß and Selinb are in imminent, danger of eip'u r e by the. insurgents. The'GJonsuls of the Powers have arranged for a week's armistice —- Replying to a question, M. Hanotaux stated that the Sultan had handed Crete in nu>t to the Power?, and the presence of t li« Ail mi rale of the various nations wfis » guarantee that the island would not be replaced under the diwctoonlrol, of Turkey. , ..'_ ;