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Our Historical Archive
San Francisco Call Bulletin
September 1, 1904. This article is reprinted below.
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errors, or omissions.
Cretans Plan to Rise in Revolt
Propose to Proclaim Their Independence of the Rule of the Turkish Sultan and Seek Annexation with Greece
POWERS TO BE ASKED TO GIVE CONSENT
Turkey is Aroused to Energetic Diplomatic Action in Effort to Preserve the Integrity of the Ottoman Empire.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1 - The departure, recently reported, of Prince George of Greece from Crete, of which island he is the 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 diplomatic
action, according to the Times dispatch from Paris.
It is stated that a note has been received from Paris from the Sublime Porte to the effect that a certain number of Cretans have decided to
raise the banner of revolt against the Sultan, to proclaim the independence of Crete as a preliminary to demanding the annexation of the island
to Greece, and to send a petition to Prince George, who is in route to Copenhagen, acquainting him with this decision and asking him to accept
the new state of things and incorporate it in the basis of his negotiations.
The Porte does not guarantee the strict accuracy of the information, but instructs the Turkish Embassy, in Paris, in the event of such a proposition
as is outlined being made to the French Government, to protest most energetically against any interference with the integrity of the Ottoman
Empire.
The Porte adds that it cannot believe that the European powers will break their oft-repeated pledges to maintain the status quo in the Near East.
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