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Show SULTAN IS GIVEN A BAD SCARE BY CRETE Plan to" Annex the Jsland toTcreecc Arouses the Alarm of the Sublime Porte. PARIS, Sept. 1. The departure, recently re-cently reported of Prince George of Greece from Crete, of which island he is Governor, on a mission said to be with the object of Inducing the powers to consent to the annexation of Crete to Greece, has aroused Turkey to energetic ener-getic diplomatic action. It is stated that a note has been received re-ceived in Paris from the Sublime Porte to the effect that a certain number of Cretans have decided to raise the banner ban-ner of revolt against the Sultan, to pro-' claim the Independence of Crete as a preliminary to demanding the annex- i Jion of the Island to Greece, and to send a petition to Prince George, who Is en route for Copenhagen, acquainting him with this decision and asking him to accept the new state of things and incorporate in-corporate it in the basis of his negotiations. negotia-tions. The Porte does not guarantee the strict accuracy of this information, but instructs the Turkish embassy in Paris, in the event of such a proposition as is outlined being made to the French Government Gov-ernment to protest most energetically against any interference with the integrity in-tegrity of the Ottoman empire. The Porte adds that it cannot believe the, European powers will break their oft-repeated pledges to maintain the stafus quo in the near east. |