THE WAR CLOUD.
THE FREEDOM OF CRETE SECURED. PEACE OF EUROPE DOUBTFUL. {Per Pit*** Axxoriati")! —I '"pi/ri;/ht). London, April 3. Mr Gladstone, in a letter dealing witb? ihe Cretan question, says that the are not entitled to choose a rnler of Crete. The "Cretans are entitled to claim a ruler. He is disposed to recognise Ottoman suzerainty. In fhe House of Commons the Hon. A. J. Balfour, in replying to Mr Labouehere, said the fredom of Crete would certainly be secured, but he was unable to speak with the same confidence as to the prospects of the main tenance of the peace of Europe.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 289, 5 April 1897, Page 3
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104THE WAR CLOUD. Hastings Standard, Issue 289, 5 April 1897, Page 3
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