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rSrsciA.li to Pbhss Association.] ATHENS, Sept. 14.
Th« Greek Consuls at Mitylene and Smyrna announce that on Friday last thirteen ships landed troops and guns at Sigri, situate on the western side o£ the island, and, having hoisted the British flag, began to fortify the place. The Eussian and French Consuls at Mitylene confirm the occupation, and report that a small isle off Sigri was af terwarda occupied and surrounded by torpedoes. CAIRO, Sept. 14. The seizure of Sigri baa occasioned an. immense sensation here. PARIS, Sept. 14. The Parisian evening papers tonight comment on England's reply respecting the Dardanelles, in which the Marquis o£ Salisbury declared that Russia had no exclusive right to the Dardanelles. LONDON, Sept. 15. The Times considers the alleged occupation of Sigri by the British preposterous, and that it is simply a Bourse trick, either to create a fall in Turkish securities or to prevent the issue of a Eussian loan. Both the Foreign Office and the Admiraltydeny the hostile occupation of Sigri, but consider it posßible|that, with the permission of the Porte, British sea men landed there for reoreation or gun practice. ST PETERSBURG, Sept. 1». The horrors of the Russian famine are increasing daily. The rural clergyare starving, and the sufferings of the children are heartrending.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7270, 16 September 1891, Page 4
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