TURKEY AND GREECE.
FIGHTING IN SAMOS.
Athens, May 29.
The Porte ha» violated the international treaty by sending troops to Bunos, owing to a. disturbance following ttie Governor's refusal to summons the Assembly. Fighting continues, and 150 have been killed and wounded. The Governor's residence is blockaded and the troops an besieged in their barracks. The Forte Insists upon the Greek Conraft recalL
flktaos h an historical island in the legem, clos* to the coast of Asia Minor. Between Somos and the mainland ss the narrow channel of Hycale, When in 470 &C tie Persians were totally defeated by the Greeks. The pomdttioß of the island, in 1900, was HBSO, all Greeks. A portion (from M EC) of the Roman province of Asia, »nd then » Byzantine possession, gamos •ran conquered by the Turks. When the (ti of independence broke out in 1821 od Greeks ware more ardent patriots ttsa Ik* BunhUM; and deep was their jWsinilifllUlTt when, at the close of tie •trade, European policy assigned them ft» tkev former masters. They are, fcowMef, gowned (since 1833) by a Greek, tfc» Prme* of Samoa, and by a native OMKO, paying tribute to the Porte.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 137, 1 June 1908, Page 3
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194TURKEY AND GREECE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 137, 1 June 1908, Page 3
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