London vii Bombay, 28th March.
As a result of the discontent with the absolutist) rule of the High Commissioner, Prince George of Greece, six hundred armed Cretans have assembled near Canea as a the eh paar of M. Papayanna Provisional National any saar with Greece, ceolaimed the union of the The have appealed to the Powers not to employ force for the maintenance of the present regime.
The Prince has issued a proclamation appealing to the' people and denouncing the movement.
A Russian gunboat has brought reinforcements of Cretan gendgrmery to Canea from other parts of the island,—Reuter.
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