OUTRAGES BY TURKISH TROOPS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9104, 2 June 1908, Page 5

OUTRAGES BY TURKISH TROOPS.

w ■ THE SAMOS TROUBLE. WOMEN AND CHILDREN KILLED. Received June 1, 9.10 a.m. ATHENS, May 31. Further particulars regarding the trouble at Samos have reached here. The Turkish troops sent to the is and by the Porte, in violation of an international treaty, killed eighty women and children on the first day. These had taken refuge in the interior. Armed inhabitants are occupying the heights around Vathi. Received June 1, 9.46 p.m. ATHENS, June 1. The Turkish cruiser Hamidieh. meeting with a hostile reception at Vatti, fired two rounds of blank cartridges, which stopped the firing from the island. Tranquility now prevails. Semi official reports at Athens states that the Turkish soldiers repeatedly fired at the Consulates. Those defending the Governor's Palace fired at passers-by indiscriminately.

A cablegram yesterday morning stated that the Porte had violated the international treaty by sending troops to Samos owing to a disturbance following the Governor's refusal to summon the Assembly. In the fighting one hundred and fifty men were killed or wounded. The Governor's residence is blockaded, and the troops are besieged in barracks. The Porte insists upon the Greek Consul's recall.