BRITAIN AND TURKEY.
THE TROUULE IN EGYPT. Received May J6, 8.55 a.m. CONSTANTINOPLE. May 15. M. Constans, the French Ambassador,' made representations to the Grand Vizier, head of the temporal Government, on his own initiative, that he would support Britain, and then told Tewflk Pasha to inform the Sultan that he joined Sir Nicholas O'Ccnor in protesting against the Turkish occupation of Tabah. Herr Bleberstein, the German Minister, then followed the French Ambassador's example, thus producing a great impression in Turkish circles. PARADE AT ALEXANDRIA. Received May 16, 9J5 a.m. CAIRO, May 15. The British garrison at Alexandria held a parade in order to impress and reassure the people. General satisfaction is felt at Cairo at the Porte's surrender. IZZET BEY DISGRACED. . Received May 16, 9.30 a.m. LONDON, May 15. " Izzet Bey, a pan-Islamite, and the instigator of the Tabah policy, has bebn disgraced. ' TURKEY REALISES HER PERIL. Keceived May 16, 10.40 p.m. . LONDON, May 16. The Porte only yielded after Sir Nicholas O'Conor had communicated to Ta.wfik Pasha and the Grand Vizier a statement -causing Turkey to realise her peril. The aoceptanue of the demands constitutes the first recognition of Great Britain's protectorate of Egypt.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIX, Issue 8140, 17 May 1906, Page 5
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