THE LATEST. WAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10411, 8 April 1897, Page 5

THE LATEST.

WAR.

GREAT EXCITEMENT IN GREECE

POPULACE CLAMOURING FOR

ALL QUIET ON THE FRONTIER.

SIR W. V. HARCOURTS

MOTION.

GOVERNMENT REFUSE TO

DISCUSS IT.

GREAT BRITAIN'S FOOD SUPPLIES. Athens, April 7. Great popular excitement continues in the city.

The streets are crowded with the populace hurrahing for war.

Affairs on the frontier remain quiet. The Turkish troops have not yet made the expected move.

The delegates have presented the King of Greece with a resolution approving of his action.

London, April 7.

In tin? House of Commons Sir W. V, Harcourt asked the Government to fix a day to discuss his motion, urging the non-employment of the force against Greece and Crete.

Mr. Balfour said the motion did not condemn the Government, and evaded a direct issue. Britain was prepared to join the other Powers in the blockade against Greece. As the motion contained no word of censure he adhered to his previous refusal to discuss it

The House adopted a motion directing the attention of the Government to the food supply of Britain in the event of war,

Mr. Sewn Kerr, M.P. for St. Helens, suggested a zollvcrein for the promotion of a colonial supply and the erection of State granaries.

Mr. Balfour said a zollverein would not touch the difficulty in the event of a blockade of the coast". He was fully confident that Britain could meet any possible combination, and in conjunction with America, could meet the world.