New-York tribune., 1891-09-16
MITYLENE NOT SEIZED.
rHE sRITIsH FORCE THAT LANDED ON THE
TURKISH ISLAND HAS GONE AWAY.
xs rosrY1cAuoNs CONSTRUCTED THERE-ThE
CAPITALS OF EUROPE EXCITED BY THE
MISUNDERSTANDING TRYoN TAKES
COMMAND OF THE MEDITER-
RANEAN SQUADRON

RANEAN SQUADRON.
Berlin, Sept. l5.-An official dispatch recei'eu
,.-s from Constantinople denies that Sigrl has
hon occupied by a British force.
London. Sept. 15.-While IL is now admitted tnS'
!. british force has not seized the lsland U,
u,tvlene news TO the effect that the lslanu nav
s.sn occupied was received from Mityiene anu
.leyhere by the various embassies at Oohsso" 20
,nople and in this and other capitals Inv
french. Russian, Italian and Turkish "oNei"
ments and the Sultan personally recel'eu IL
,ormation of the alleged landing OF Dil'NN
force. These reports concurred in statlng .n%V
division of the British Mediterranean hee' n"0
landed at Sgri force Of sailors ana marih''' '-
sorce being augmented by several held-pieoeS "NI
Gatling gums; that Sgri had been occu"eU ~n'
fortiaed and that British warShlpS h"o eul'
,ounded the island with submarine mines "uu 00i
pedOcs. Ala Interior tele
..-,Ohad 70 The british Ambassador at OoiisO"h'l
nonle Sir William White, asking uhe la''el =,
explajn the reports Sir William, ln rePiS' S'iO
that he was entirely ignorant oil the an@' Du
he added, it was probable that the crews Vi SUN,
british warships might have lanoeu on tile iei'iu
AZ Nitylene in the course OF the regular Do"'
drills and landing exercises Inc BRUSH AM
bassador assured the Turkish Minister tnat ho
tortiHcations had been constructed on the lsiaho
bv British troops. This view OF the case waS
conArned by dispatches received here during Oue
ntght. which stated that the force whloh hau
,.odsd from the British warships had re-embarked,
- that the men-of-war had left Mitylene fer
Marmonto
20 the other embassies.
ii ayNifampnf 0lUlO-
r,a4o circles for short time, and it is still as
s.,t.a that those same "manoeuvres" had at least
A. nnrpose of showing the Sultan and his advisers
s0r easily England could change her boat drills
,Oa landing exercises off the Island of Mitylene
into dangerous reality.
IA "a now stated that the Mitylene scare has
b,ssn from the fact that party of British naval
oaacers on Saturday picnicked on a desert islet
~, Cane Srri and that they re-embarked the same
evening IN board their vessel. and sailed away
on Sunday.
II NJ 6 Nile. ten guns. IL ,940 tons, 1000
borsepower. Commander Thomas McGill, arrived
Of Gibraltar today after fine run OF nlnety-two
hours from Portsmouth. Upon her arrival at
Gibraltar. vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon, X. Q. B.,
bOisted his flag on board II. NJ S. Victoria fifteen
guns. IO470 tons 900 horse power the great
si1O.gunner" flagship Of the British Medlter
ranean Squadron, thus relieving from the command
Of that feet Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony II. Hos
kline, T. c. B., who will return TO England and
assume the duties of Second Lord of the Admir-
atty, otherwise First Sea Lord of the Admiralty
"The Standards" Odessa correspondent says
that during the coming five weeks 10000 troops
viii be conveyed by the Russian volunteer fleet
from Batoum to sebastopol and Odessa.
Vienna. Sept. 15.-The political Correspond
enoe," Of this city, as an explanation of the re-
ported occupation of Mtylene by the British fleet
says that reaction has occurred in the Sultan's
mind, and that he has recognized that he has been
"the victim of a shameless intrigue" The same
paper adds that the sultan, no longer suspicious
that plot against his life is in existence, has re-
quested audience of the British Minister, Sir
William White, and of Others in order to learn
the truth in regard TO recent occurrences in which
the Turkish Empire is interested.
Paris. Sept. l5.-M. Ribot, the Minister of For
egn Affairs has received a dispatch from the
French Consul at Smyrna, stating that British
naval division which has been manoeuWing near
Sign, the Island of Mitylene, has left that
Island.