TURKISH RAID.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1650, 17 January 1913, Page 5

TURKISH RAID.

CRUISER SWOOPS ON GREEK TOWN. VIGOROUS COMMODORE. By Telegraph—Press. Assoolation-Oopyright '• (Ecc, January 10, 10.35 p.m.)\ ■ .' Athens, January H, Tho Turkish protected cruiser Medjidieh, 3330 tons, slipping out of the Dardanelles on Tuesday iiight in fog,, eluded the Greek destroyers and reached tho Greek island of Syra at noon next'day. She.bombarded the magazines and coal depots without damage, but wrecked the power station. ~ Tho auxiliary cruiser Macedonia, which was being| repaired, was moored at tho quay, and fifteen shells were fired at her. The commander sank the ship to prevent her destruction, and the" crow, were landed. , ~','■. , / Men and women were killed at the coal depot; '.'■ , ; . ■ The Medjidieh-finally departed for Asia Minor. \ '' ,_" , v ' .■'"' '"r .THE. PEACE, NEGOTIATIONS. London, January'ls. The Allies' delegates, met to consider the situation, and decided to await the Porte's: reply to the Powers before pre : senting their Note.'. < i ''''. Syra' is tho commercial '.■ centreJ'of; the Cyclades, the group of GreeTc islands' which extend in.a semi-circlo from- tho coasts of Attica towards Asia Minor;:- Tho island of Syra lias an' area of 31 square miles, and its capital, Hermoupolis, evidently th'p :'spene of the bombardment, lies in a ' deep indentation on tho cast coast.: It is a town of 27,350.inhabitants, the seat ,of tho nomarch of the Cyalados,. a Bomahv Catholic Bishbp, and a Greek Archbishop; Its trade was fostered by its favourablo'situation, on tho; direct route of- steamers for Constantinople and the Black Sea. The harbour is protected by a breakwater, 1 and has a depth of from 25ft. .to 12ft. .•:. '•