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ROBERT OFFLEY ASH- BURTON CREWE-MILNES, MAR- QUIS OF, a British statesman. He was born in London, 1858, and was کہ FORT AT HARBOR ENTRANCE, ISLAND OF CRETE and Prince George of Greece was appointed the high commissioner of the Powers in Crete.

In 1904-1905 there were revolts against the high-handed methods of the commishighhanded methods of the commissioner. A revolutionary assembly sought the annexation of the island to Greece, but the Powers forced them to abandon the attempt. In 1906 Prince George resigned. In 1910 Venizelos, Cretan leader and Premier of Greece, formed the Balkan League and, as a result of the Balkan War of 1912, Crete was annexed to Greece.

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