Turkey anil Greece.

Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8608, 12 March 1897, Page 2

Turkey anil Greece.

(Per Press Association.)

Athens, March 10.

Sharp fighting occurred at the gates of Canea, during which 60 Turks were killed. In consequence of the grave outlook in the East, the Servian reserves and militia have been called oat for drill in April.

March 11. Sir Alfred Biliotti found that six thousand insurgents had surrounded] Candaro, and incessant firing was going on. Sir A. Biliotti called for the services of six hundred men from the European forces, and a cordon of soldiers was formed to protect the refugee?, who were safely conveyed to Cauea. The refugees, numbering 1930, including women and children, after being succored, were first embarked on board an Italian transport, and then taken to Selino.

An armed rabble menaced, and fired a few shots at the Convoy, and afterwards burned a portion of the town. London, March 11. Lord Salisbury, speaking in the House of Lords, said he was surprised at Greece basing her insiatance to a position in Crete on sentimental and religious grounds. Lord Salisbury contended that the Government were in the position of trustees, and it was their duty to maintain, above everything, British interests. Constantinople March 11. 55,000 Turkish troops are massed on the Greek frontier, while Greece will have 13,000 there shortly.