THE ISLAND OF CRETE.
POWERS PIiOLOXCIXfI TllEHt OCCL'PATIUX. Received Hi !>.H( p.m. Loudon, .lane. HI. The I'Ott-ei". luivc decided Ki |irolung their ncruputlkm of tthe island '"I Crete. Last week Uie Porte rci|U«U'd the Powers to consider (lie mailer 01 postponing the evacuation of Crete. L:ist year tin' f"»v |iroti:t-tiiijf Powers—liritain. Russia, l-'nmee ami Italy-promis-ed the High Commissioner ol Crete (M : Zahuis, fonnerly I'rime Minister <H rireeee), that the foreign contingents "I troops would leave the island by July next. It wa< held that the native gendannei'ie would lie alile to maintain order, lint since then Crete has declared for union with (Ireeee. and Turkey, evidently reiving on forei'ju troop, in preference tii prn-(ircek Cretans, wishes to postpone evacuation. Postponement would gain time, while an evacuation in Julv would force the issue. Shcvkct Pasha has stated that, sooner than lost: Crete. Turkey would march 200,000 troops to Athens.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 119, 17 June 1909, Page 2
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148THE ISLAND OF CRETE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 119, 17 June 1909, Page 2
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