2 FEBRUARY 1867, Page 3

The Greek Government is about to raise its Army to

31,000 men, of whom 14,000 will be active. This is intended as a reply to certain menaces from Turkey, the Sultan being extremely in- dignant at the aid afforded by Greece to the insurgents in Crete. He wanted, it is said, to declare war, in which case the Eastern tluestion would have been on us again, but was dissuaded by his Ministers. Relations between Athens and Constantinople are, however, said to be "strained," which means, we presume, that either Cabinet would fight, if it could declare "a war with limited liability."