TURKEY AND GREECE.
FURTHER FIGHTING -IN THESSALY. TURKS ATTACKED BY THE ' PEASANTS. THE SITUATION IN^CRETE. Press Association.-Elictric Telegrapb.-Copjri«ht. Athens, August 5. Fightino has taken place between Turkish soldiers and the peasants in the mountain country of Kalarryhsin North-west Thessaly, near the border of Epirus. The Turks are reported |to have suffered considerably. London, August 5. Reuter's correspondent in Crete states the Admiral in command of the combined fleets is preparing to oppose the entry of the Turkish squadron into Cretan waters, The Turkish squadron is now at Mitylene.
London, August 6. Mr. Qoschen has informed the House of Commons that Turkey has been
informed that her fleet will not be permitted to enter Canea Bay.
Constantinople, August 5. Djevad Pasha, the Governor of Crete, lias informed the Porte that Crete is in a state of anarchy, owing to the incompetence of the Powers and the ignorance of the Admirals of the combined fleets. Djevad promised to crush the rebellion and conciliate the whole population if supplied with munitions of war and additional ttoo ps. Constantinople, August C. Ismail Bey lias informed the Admirals of the combined squadron that the Turkish fleet has no intention of landing troops in Crete, but the objeot is to carry out a series of manoeuvres in the Archipelago. The fear of Pjevad Pasha's intrigues is inducing many of the Cretan Deputies to assent to the scheme of autonomy proposed by the Powers.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10515, 7 August 1897, Page 5
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