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LANDING OF THE ALLIES. REPORTS FROM GREECE. Athens, March 29. The newspaper Hestia .says that two British cruisers filled with troops arrived at Suda Bay. The officers landed and visited the Consul at Canea. Ten more Allied warships were sighted off Canea. The paper adds that the Allies are preparing to land troops. Other reports from Canea state that a personage attached to the British consular service visited the fierman Consul, pretended to be a Germanophile, and offered to revictual German submarines. The German Consul perceived the ruse and denounced the visitor to the Greek authorities, who imprisoned him. Five Allied warships arrived at Canea on Sunday and demanded his release, also the surrender of the German Consul. The prefect, after communicating with the Oovernnicnt, refused, and the Allied squadron initiated a blockade.
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 March 1916, Page 5
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134CRETE. Taranaki Daily News, 31 March 1916, Page 5
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