The Turkish Crisis.
[Per Press Association] Constantinople. Nov. 29. The Sultan's action in delaying the sanction of the extra guardships of the Powers in the Bosphorus is attributed to Izzet Bey, the most favoured adviser, who was straining and concerting to divide the Powers for which the Embassies were pressing. The Consuls have abandoned helping the starving in Sassaoun. The Kurds have destroyed the relief building, and decimated a large area. London, Nov. 29. Sir J. Currie, British Ambassador at Constantinople, ordered H.M.S. Dryad through the straits. The Sultan took alarm at this action and at midnight sent Said and Tewfik Pashas to beg for delay. Rome, November 29. Crispi, in a speech in the Chamber of Deputies, said the Government had sent a fleet to the East to act in concert with the other "powers. He was confident peace would be maintained.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 130, 30 November 1895, Page 2
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