SAMOS.
• 6- . EIGHTY WOMEN AND CHILDREN TOB. TURKISH FEROCITY. REPORTS FROM ATHENS... ■ TELEQRAPH —PIIESS ASSOCIATION-—COPYEIOHI .Athens,' May /31. . Further particulars ..have, reached .hero, regarding tho trouble at the Island of Samos, off tho coast of Asia Minor. Tho Turkish troops sent to tho island by the Porte, in violation of tho international treaty guaranteed by Franco,: Britain, and Russia, killed eighty women and children on tho first day. Those, had taken refuge in tho interior. Armed inhabitants- -aro - occupying the heights around Vathi, a town and port at the head of an inlet on tho north side of Samos. AT VAT HI. ;. ; r . ALLEGED FIRING AT CONSULATES: ' (Rec. June ly 10.6 p.m.) v.-,., , Athsns, June 1. The Turkish cruiser Hamidieh (6700 tons), meeting with a hostile reception at Vathij fired two rounds of blank cartridge, which 1 stopped tho firing from' the island. "Tranquility now prevails. '• A semi-official report received in Athens' states that tho Turkish soldiers repeatedly: fired at tho consulates. Those-defending.tho• Governor's palace fired on the passers-by in-.'; discriminate!;.' • „
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 213, 2 June 1908, Page 7
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171SAMOS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 213, 2 June 1908, Page 7
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