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Show SEIZURE OF FRENCH SHIP CAUSES TROUBLE .iJjfii8, ,an The gravity Of the Situation arising through the seizure of 'iic I rem h steamer Manouba January 19 Oy Italian fleetroyers while on a voyage f-om Maivcllhs to Tunis has beer, increased in-creased by new tacts which came to light It now appears thai the captain of the Mnouba, which Included among u pas-sengers pas-sengers twemy-mn.- Turkish nursea of SJ; kV 1 :S-rul "oclaty. only aUrren-gored aUrren-gored th Turks on orders from the French embassy at Rome, h had heen Previously reported that the captain had d embarked he Turks on his own initl-atlve initl-atlve at Cagllari. In Sardlola, and was tlien pei nulled to le.i c the port The Frem h rorelgh office deelkres thai no such orders emanated from Paris but that, on tiie contrary, the consuls have been lustructed through the embassy io oppose -Th surrender. It a further stated that the question 01 the Turkish nurses on board of the Manouba was discussed by Premier Polncare and the Italian embassador. em-bassador. Signer Tittonl, on Wednesday the ambassador declaring ne ,w fulfv atisiif.i with the premier's promise that i rev should be subjected to tP,.(d si rutlnv u Tuple, The action of the French government in demanding the release of the Turks is approved throughout France as the only means of removing what otherwise would 'in an indelible utain in tin. French flag |