THE SULTAN'S DELUSION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 112, 15 May 1906, Page 2

THE SULTAN'S DELUSION.

AN UPHILL STRUGGLE

IF TURKEY HAD NOT YIELDED

THE FLEET STILL READY

(Received May 15, 1.10 a.m.) LONDON, May 14

The Sultan, agreeing to withdraw from Tabah, declared that the status quo ante was restored. This was regarded as insufficient, and an explanation followed, Avhich, according to the "Morning Post," is satisfactory.

The "Daily Mail" states that the Sultan' tried to secure demarcation by Turks and Egyptians. The "Daily Telegraph's" Constantinople correspondent .states that the Sultan was practically alone in resisting the delimitation of the boundary by an Anglo-Turkish Commission. He considers Egypt a vassal State, and that there can be no frontier argued. He originally confided the Sinai Peninsula to the Khedive's personal administration.

The "Daily Mail" aserts that Britain intended to shell the forts at the entrance to the Dardanelles.

Information' from other sources makes it still uncertain whether the Porte's submission is unequivocal. The " Times's " Athens correspondent says that at best dilatory tactics can be renewed.

The fleet remains under steam at Phalerum, ready for immediate action if necessary.