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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 845, 17 June 1910, Page 5

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PRESSURE BY POWERS. AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT BY Silt E. GREY. By TeloirraDb—Preea Association—Copyright London, June 15. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, has proposed that each. Power should send nu additional warship to Crete. In the House of Commons, Sir Edward Grey, replying (o JTr. T. Gibson Bowles (Liberal member for East Lynn), denied that Great Britain differed in opinion from the other l'rotectiug Vowel's (France, Italy, and Russia) with regard to Crete. Sir Edward added that if the Cretans further provoked Turkey by an attempt to alter the status quo, the Powers would take action, which would not be to the Cretans' advantage. NO CHANGE DETRIMENTAL TO TURKEY. GREEK ATTITUDE CORRECT. (Roc. June 10, 11.15 p.m.) London, June lli. In the House of Commons, answering a question with reference to Crete, Sir Edward Grey said that the Protecting Powers had decided that thero should be no cliango in the status quo detrimental to Turkey, The attitude of Greece in the recent troubles had been perfectly correct, and bad given no provocation to Turkey. CONFERENCE PROPOSAL. CHOPPED BY FRENCH MINISTER. (Rec. June 16, 11.15 p.m.) Paris, June 16'. The French Minister for Foreign Afj fairs, M. Pichon, has abandoned his proposal for a conference of the ambassadors of the Protecting Powers on Crete at London. He states that lie never suggested a fuli-dress international conference. He only proposed to deal with the problem of the Moslem members of the Cretan Assembly (who have been excluded therefrom by the Hellenic majority). •