THE WAR IN GREECE.
Athens, May 26. The Cretan insurgents, raiding in the vicinity of Retimo, have burucd the environs of the town. ' It is reported here that Great Britain threatens to withdraw from the concert of the Powers if Turkey is allowed to occupy any part of Thessaly pending payment of the war indemnity to Turkey by the Greeks. A report from Lazo states that 300 Turks crossed the neutral zone between the armies in Thessaly, but were compelled by the Greek gendarmes to return. The Duke of Sparta protested against the movement as a violation of the armistice. May 27. — Signor Fellice, a member of the Italiap Chamber of Deputies who has been acting as a volunteer in the Greek army, has been deported to Italy for grossly insulting M. tUlli, the Premicrj in his own office. Constantinople, May 27. The Turkish Grand Vizier Calif Rifaat Pnsha implores the Sultan to rotain Thea- Baly, otherwise he contends the Sultan will alienate the sympathy and support of the Moslems. He reminds the Sultan that he proved victorious when he resisted European dictation in regard to Armenia. London, May 2G. The Standard states that Prince Francis Joseph' of Battenburg will be appoiuted Governor of Crete when autonomy ia con ceded to the island. May 27. — The Times' correspondent at Larissa states that more fighting between the Turks and Greeks ia expected shortly.
AUSTRALIAN.
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