ANGLO-TURKISH CRISIS

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 May 1906, Page 3

ANGLO-TURKISH CRISIS

THE ADJUSTMENT GIVES SATISFACTION. A LESSON TO TURKEY AND GERMANY. [b! ELECTIUC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT j [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION]. LONDON, May 14. Advices from Constantinople) state that there is undisguised satisfaction 1 Hat a rupture between Britain and Turkey lias been averted, which proves that the Tabali policy had very few supporters. The Tabali garrison lias been withdrawn. Thu Times, commenting, assumes that the I’orto will hasten to recall from Egypt, Mukhtan Dacha, the 'Turkish Commissioner there. ••The incident,” the Times says, should convince the Sultan that our determination to preservo the safety of the Suez Canal and Egypt is immutable. The incident is useful to ourselves, revealing the true objects of the railway policy of Turkey—a policy instigated by German military advisers and prosecuted according to torman plans with German assistance, financial and otherwise. It would he our fault if we allowed tin, execution of strategic designs against ns under (he cloak of the promotion of Moslomism.” . , ,

Tho Turks in agreeing to withdraw from Tabali declared that tho status quo auto was restored. Great Britain regarded this as insufficient, and Turkey’s explanation followed, which, according to the Morning Post, was satisfactory. Tho Daily Mail says that the Sultan tried to secure a lino of demarcation between tho Turks and Egyp-

tians. The Daily Telegraph’s Constant amide correspondent states that the Sultan was practically alone in resisting the delimitation by an Anglo-i urkish Commission. The Sultan considered Egypt a vassal State, and therefore there could be no frontier, and he argued that the Sanai Peninsula was confided to the Khedive’s personal administration. Tho Daily Mail says that Britain intended to shell the forts at the en-

Iruncu to the Dardanelles . Information from other sources makes it still uncertain whether the L’orte’s submission is unequivocal. The Times’ Athens correspondent says that at best the dilatory tactics have been renewed. Tho British fleet remains under steam at Pharlerum, and will be ready for immediate action if necessary. LONDON, May 14. Reuter’s Starnboul correspondent says that on Sunday night, O’Connor, tho British Ambassador, replying to the Porte’s agreement to evacuate Tuhah and the appointment of a delimitation Commission, declared that the form of tho Turkish Note was unsatisfactory and insisted on an unconditional and complete acceptance, of the British demand, and gave the Sultan a few hours’ grace to consider tho position. Tho ultimatum expires to-day.