TURKEY HARD HIT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 19, 22 January 1915, Page 5

TURKEY HARD HIT.

1 FAILURE OF LEASER'S PLANS. MUTINY IN ERZERUM. ARMY CANNOT EXCEED 80,000. (Times aud Sydney Sun Services.) f (Received 8.30 a.m.) ' LONDON, January 21. k The Turks in Erzcrum, the capital of 1 Armenia, have been mutinying on ac--1 count of the famine. Scores have been ■ hanged by direction of the German com- ' mandant. ? A correspondent states that it is con- ' ijidcred in Petrograd that Enver Pasha's 1 ambitious plans in the Caucasus coin- , pletely failed. The maximum force Tur--1 key ie now able to assemble -in the [ Armenian theaitre cannot exceed 80,000. [ The sole course remaining to the Turks •is to shut themselves in Erzerum and ; there die a valiant death, since it . is 1 impossible to expect help from any ' cjuarter. I - BEFORE TACKLING EGYPT. \ GERMANS WANT A HORDE. , BLOCKED BY LACK OF FOOD. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) . (Received 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, January 21. It is said that the German officcre want two hundred thousand Turks before they fee! strong enough to tackle Egypt. The lack of provisions is the greatest obstacle to an invasion. A Pasha who sympathised with the Allies was taken through the streets of Damai.cua, clad in penitential garments, and wearing a piacard inscribed "Trailer." He was pelted by the populace. Rcutcr's Cairo correspondent says the German officers in Syria arc pessimistic, as Turkey, while refusing reinforcements of trained men, is ordering an advanco at all costs without delay. CAIRO, January 21. Refugees from Palestine report a steady concentration of Turkish troops in the Beer Shcba region, 40 miles from I the frontier nnd 150 miles from the Suez Canal. They state that many German officers are much less confident of success than the Turks. Many eases of ill-treatment of Zionist Jews are reported. The Turks have occupied the Mount Carmel convent. • AUSTRALASIANS IN EGYPT. MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. AND WAITING FOR THE TURK. LONDON, January 21. A Reuters .message from Cairo states that the training of the Australians and New Zealanders is proceeding satisfactorily. ' The officers report that the men are making good progress. The men congratulate themselves on the fine training ground at their disposal, and on the good weather they are experiencing. The New Zealand contingent has ordered 40 motor ambulances from England to be ready when they go to the front. The men are anxiously awaiting the Turkish attack, which, according to the latest news, gives little hope of eventuating. RUSSIANS STILL IN PURSUIT. I CLOSE TO TURKISH BORDER. (Received 8.30 a.m.) ! PETROGRAD, January 21. It is officially stated that the remnants of the re.irgu.ards of the Turkish army defeated ait Karaargun and Ardahan, arc precipitately retreating. The Russians have occupied Ardanutsch, 40 miles west of Ardahau, and 10 miles from the Turkish border.