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(PtenAMocistlon-ElsctdoTelegrsph-Copyrinfit) • THE CRETAN TROUBLE. ' TURKEY'S DECISION?' ,'j •>- (Beccmd February 18,5.30 p.m.) _ Athens, February. 17. ■ Tho .Greek Government.Las instructed Colonel Yassos not to nttaok Canea, or come into collision with tho Powers in any way, Constantinople, February 17. : The Sultan has ordered military measures to be taken on the Greek frontier, and he is also calling out p further regiments. lurkey has decided to leave the Powers to pacify Crete, while Karatheodory Pasha, formerly Governor of Crete, has beou sent to represent tlie Turkish Imperial interests there.
THE CRETAN REBELS JOIN VASSOS. TURKEY'S WAR PREPAKATIQNS, ' (Berthed February 19,9.M a.m.l Athens, February 18. Admiral Canovare, senior admiral of the Italian nayy, lias • been appointed commander of the combined squndtotis, and lias urged the Greeks and Turksto remain quiescent pending a si-s blement of the difficulty A being arrive! at by the Powers. The Pow ;rs have occupied the towns of Candia, Retimo and Citia on the northern coast of Crete,
A thousand Cretan rebels, who ]omed Colonel Vassos, are occupying the interior of the eonnlry. The Greek Cinisnl at Canea rehoisted tho Greek flag, but was directed by the Powers to lower it, Consstantin'oi'l.h, February 18. Turkey is equipping ten ironclads and twenty torpedo boats. One half of this force is to rail for Crete in two days. Fifty thousand men ot the Turkish naval reserves have been summoned for service.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5563, 19 February 1897, Page 2
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