TURKEY AND GREECE.
POSITION GRAVE
BRITISH SQUADRON LEAVES MALTA FOR THE SCENE.
CONFLICT WITH GREECE.
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Peb Pbess Association.) LONDON, Feb. 4. A serious position' has arisen in the Near East, and the outlook at present is rather grave. The Porte intimated the other day that the sending of Cretan deputies to the Greek National Assembly would bo considered as a casus belli, and thereupon the protecting Powers resolved not to permit any such provocation.
The Turkish fleet was ready to start for Piraeus, the port of the Grecian capital, and the Third Army Corps was ready to enter Larissa,,jthe plain in Thessaly. A British squadron, consisting of a battleship, three cruisers, and four destroyers, has left Malta for Greek waters, presumably to watch developments. It is announced at Athens that the National Ascmbly will not be convoked until 1911, and then will be restricted to the kingdom. Received February 5, 9.40 a.m. ATHENS, Feb. 4.
The strain is relaxing because Greece has given a formal assurance that no Greek representatives from abroad should take part in the Assembly.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9134, 5 February 1910, Page 5
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