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; v THE.POLICY OF TURKEY. ', . . .'■ 'PREFERS; THE'-POWERS TO.;GREECE. (BY TEtEOEAra—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTBIGHT.) ' ' Constantinople, June 10. The Porte has requested the Powers ' to wnsider the matter, of postponing the evacu-a-tion of Crete. -. \ ' •'. ■ ' [Last yenr tho four protecting Powers-rßri-tain, 1 Russia; France, and Italy—promised .tho High .Commissioner of Crete (M; Zaimis, formerly Prime Mfnister of Greece), that tho foreign contiiigcnts of troops would leave the island by July,next. It was held that the native gendarmerie would be able to maintain order. Hut iince then Crete'has declared for union of Greece, and Turkey, evidently relying on foreign troops in preference to pro-Greek Cretans, wishes to postpone evacuation. Postponement would gain time, while an evacuation in July wonld force the issue. Shevket Pasha has stated that, sooner than lose Crete, Turkey would march 200,000 troops to Athens.)
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 532, 12 June 1909, Page 5
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132CRETE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 532, 12 June 1909, Page 5
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