BRITISH FLEET UNDER STEAM.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 115, 15 May 1906, Page 4

BRITISH FLEET UNDER STEAM.

LONDON, May 14. The statements aa to the effect of the ultimatum are extremely conflietng. A»» :■. cording to several leading journals, tht i Sultan agreed to withdraw from Tabai and declared the status quo restored. . This-was regarded as iiseumctent, aai explanations followed, which, accordiaf to the "Morniag Post," were satisf actocy. A later statement has. been issued stat* ing that the Turkish garrison at Tahal hae been withdrawn by order of the But tan. '; .'■' ■.-■■■ /':.r-'-V --pvs

The "Daily Mail" says the Sultan trie* to secure demarcation of the bouadarf. by a commission of Turks and Egyptian The "Daily Telegraph's" Conataativ

nople correspondent says the Sultan wu ; practically alone in resisting tion by an Anglo-Turkish committing He considera that Egypt is a vassal StallV and that consequently there can be M , frontier. He argued originally th»til|e Had confided the Sinai Peninsula t» tfce. Khedive's personal administration. , If Turkey had not come to aa* agpitment with Great Britain ifc was inteaM says the "Daily Mail," that the BrittA fleet should shell the forts at the * trance to the Dardanelles. ' ''[ - - ; :-' " :.' -. : \T.ynat->^; Information, from: other Bources makMl. it still uncertam whether Vcrtitt " submission was unequiyocal. ,- Tihfi Athens correspondent of fßhl v Times" says at the last Turkey resueii her dilatory tactics, and the British lp» remains under steam in Phalerapn Buj ready for immediate action if qeceaai^^