ANGLO-TURKISH CRISIS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8108, 12 May 1906, Page 3

ANGLO-TURKISH CRISIS.

TURKEY QUESTIONS BRITAIN'S SINCERITY. MAY EEGBET THEIB OBSTINACY. Beceived 11, 11.27 p.m. London, May 11. Bear-Admiral Lamb , in the Minerva, proceeded to ( ro to watch the Suez Canal. The Sultan's advisers. icipate thai Britain'* measures are merely similar to those the is accustomed to employ. "The Times' " Constantinople correspondent states that unless Tabah i> evacuated before Monday the action oi Britain will be so decided and energetic that the Tnrks will bitterly regret their obstinaacy.

NOT A CASE FOB ARBITRATION THE SAFETY OF SUEZ CANAL. Received 12, 12.12 a.m. London, May 11. In the House of Commons Mr L ipton asked whether the Government would consider the advisability of International Arbitration in connection With the Tabah incident. Sir Edward Grey replied that Turkey's clainu raised the issue, going far beyond Tabah. He added, "we eannot refer the safety of the Suez Canal and Egypt to arbitration. The best method of defining the frontier is by a joint commission." Sir E. Grey's references to Turkey's elaims, point to Mukhtah Pasha's, demand on behalf of the Sultan that the Sinai peninsular boundary should run from Elrafah to Suez and from Suez to Akabah.