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Show IT WAS ONLY A PICNIC. Tli MllrUae Snara I New Dtlaril la Rin Baaa Oaly a Fiaaaare Fatty. London, Sept. 15. It is now stated that the Mitylens scare has arisea from the fact that a party of British naval officers Saturday last picnicked on a desert islet off Cape Sigri, and that they re-embarked tha same evening on board their vessel and sailed away Monday. Vienna, Sept. 15. The Political Cor-rr.sjjunJcnee Cor-rr.sjjunJcnee of this cily in explanation of the reported occupatioa of Mitylene by tho Hntish fleet says a reaction occurred oc-curred in the sultan's mind that he recognized rec-ognized that he bad been "The victim of a shameless intrigue." The same paper adds that the sultan is no longer suspicious of a plot against his life and has requested an audience with the P-ritisb minister and others in order to learn the truth in regard to tbe recent ocrrrences in w hich the Turkish empire is interested. Pahis. Sept. 15. Hibot, minister of foreign affairs, has received a dispatch from the French consul at Smyrna, stating that the British naval division which had been maneuvering near Sigri, on the island of alityleae, had lelt that island. IJr.iii.tx, Sept. 15. An official dispatch dis-patch received he-e from Constantioo pic, denies that Sigri was occupied by a British force. |