GREECE AND TURKEY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LX, Issue 2356, 30 March 1897, Page 2

GREECE AND TURKEY.

• ..:-!. PebElbctric Telegraph-*Copy£ight. Pbe Pbeßß Assobiiitioß; v/ : - Athens, March 26. - Mountain guns stopped an attack made upon the Turks at Haleppa. Prolonged fighting has taken place at Keratieln The Christians hold the Turkish forts atCanea, c 1 1; ' The Turks lost 60 m a fight at Malaxa and the insurgents 200, .;;: ! Christians attacked the; garrison at Malata but; sustained heavy losses. Turkish warships fired on the insurgents m order, to coyer the retreat of the Moslems. , The ■ fighting ;was v pi ■ a desperate characterjand lasted for many hours, ■■ '■) , The : foreign. ; warships bombarded Malaxs, ; Pespite fcheshells that were thrown amongst: them, the Christians succeeded m blowing; up; a portion of the Turkish * blockhouse, and the, remainder of the fort was burned down. ■ „. ... ; .., .. .. : , March 2??;. The Moslems and Christians are still fightinß m the interior of Crete. , The : admirals |will reoccupy Malaxa, it being the key to Suda Bay. .'■',■; ,']' The fleet fired on the insurgents, preventing the erection of earthworks. . MarchV2B. A difficulty is being experienced m providing food for the Moslem refugees at Selimb. The public crier near Heraklion is exhorting the Faithful to fight the Christiana.-.'^ ■■■■•■ .■;•:■••■■ - :-■'"': The Cretan insurgents fired upon a British Admiral's launch at Suda Bay. The Crown Prince of Greece has started for the Turkish f ron tier to take command of the troops. . ■•,:-• -.■;., „ March 29. , The British warship sank two caiques and captured; two others for landing contraband goods m Crete. ; , . Seyen b und red Cretan refugees seized » steamer loading at the Piraeus, and threw overboard the provisions intended for the Moslems m .Crete and the British and Russian warships. . . ;: . JThe situation is growing worse ; trie action of, the Powers is leading to increased fanaticism on the part of the combatants. The Christiana are furious at tHe frequent bombardings. . V " " \'^ • - 1 ; London, Marfeh '■&'* A later telegram states that" the Czar sent 55,000 roubles to the Cretan- refugees instead of the amount first named. ~ ' r 'G^eat Britain made* 6 proposal to the Pdwera rth'at Tui'key and Greece be induced to form a neutral zone, and that the troops "be withdrawn from the Thessalian frontier. ' ' The' Admiral m command of the British fleet has been instructed to acquiesce m the action of the other Powers m the event of the Greece blockade, but the British warships are c not to take an active part m the blockade. -* -■'•■■-"■■■■•■ ■ ' "March 27. The Times hopes" that -the meeting of Lord Salisbury and- M. Hanotaux will hasten the withdrawal of the Turkish troops from Crete. Constantinople, Mar,ch 27, Thel Embassies 'here recommend the Powers immediately to determine the details of Cretan autonomy, as delay endangers the situation. The admirals ■ recommend • the withdrawal of the appointment of the European Governor. - \: The Turks^haye laid;torpedoes m Salonica harbour. .-.,?■ The Powers favourably regard the proposal of a neutral zone on the Thessalonian frontier.