EUROPEAN SITUATION.

Waikato Argus, Volume II, Issue 111, 25 March 1897, Page 2

EUROPEAN SITUATION.

London, March Loud Salisbury is suffering fluenza, and is unable to attend the Cabinet meetings. Constantinople, March 21. Seven Turkish '"ronclads, three frigates, and seven torpedo boats have passed through the Straits bound for Crete. Their departure created intense enthusiasm. March 22. The Athens correspondent of the Daily News wires that 80,000 Greek troops are massed on the Turkish frontier, 17,000 on the Gulf of Arta, and other bodies of troops at Larissa and Trikala. The Athens correspondent of the Times says the Greek Government would gladly defer to Europe's will if the Turkish troops were withdrawn. On the arrival of the Powers' troops the moment •would be favourable. Athens, March 21. The Queen of Greece refused to receive a visit from the Russian Ambassador at Athens. March 22. la accordance with the decision of the Powers the blockade of Crete was proclaimed yesterday. Colonel Vassos declares he will resist the blockade, and has arranged for an immediate conference with the Cretan insurgents with a view to concerted measures for resistance. Two thousand Christians in Syria and Palestine are preparing to fight. The Greek Government has informed the Turkish Commandant at Prevesa, on tbe Gulf of Arta, that the erection of forts there is contrary to the terms of the Berlin Treaty.

Servia has mobilised her reserves near the frontier.