TURKEY TAKES A HAND

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 106, 31 October 1914, Page 7

TURKEY TAKES A HAND

THEODOSIA BOMBARDED BY A WARSHIP " PETEOGEAD, 30th October. A Turkish warship, supposed to be the Goeben, bombarded Theodosia, in the Crimea, damaging the cathedral of the' Greek Church and the harbour breakwater. [Theodosia is the principal port of the Crimea. It has an excellent modern harbour and has gained much of the trade of Sebastopol since that town was made a military port in 1894. The population of the town is about 40,000, and consists of Russians, Tartars, Armenians, Germans, and several hundred Quaraite Jews. Theodosia was originally a Genoese colony founded in 1266, and nourished exceedingly in the Middle Ages, being the depot of a trade route reaching to China. J SURRENDER OF A TOWN DEMANDED (Received October 31, 9 a.m.) PETEOGEAD, 30th October. The cruiser Hamidieh demanded the surrender of Novogossysk and Government property, threatening to bombard the town in the event of refusal. After taking off the Consulate olficials the cruiser disappeared. The cruiser Breslau bombarded Theodosia (on the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula). [The Hamidieh was built in 1903, and is a vessel of 3800 tons. She has two 6-inch and eight 4.7-inch guns, and a speed of about 20 knots. This vessel and the Drama and the Medjidieh, also small cruisers, are 'the only Turkish ships less than 23 years old.] ODESSA SHELLED (Eeceived 31st October, 9.30 a.m.) PETROGRAD, 30th October. Two Turkish destroyers shelled Odessa Harbour and sank a merchant vessel. [Odessa is a Russian city on the bay of the north coast of the Black Sea. It is the commercial capital of Novorossiya, and has a university and museums. It is the thiid 'chief city of Russia proper. The population is chiefly Eussian, but the city contains great numbers of Jews as well as of Rumanians and Slavs and a large proportion of Italians, Greeks, Germans, and* French.] ALLIES' REPRESENTATIVES ANTICIPATED THE RUPTURE (Received October 31, 8.30 a.m.) \ LONDON, 30th October. Renter's correspondent at Constantinople states that on Tuesday the situation was nearing breaking-point. The British Ambassador (Sir Louis Mallet) on Monday informed the Grand Vizier (Prince Said Halim Pasha) that if the Turks crossed the Egyptian frontier it would mean war with the Triple Entente. The Allies' Embassies made arrangements in anticipation of a rupture. DEMONSTRATIONS AT PETROGRAD (Received October 31, 11 a.m.) PETROGRAD, 30th October. As soon as it was known that Turkey had opened hostilities against Russia., demonstrations Were made in front of the British and French Embassies. Ai; the Allies' Legation at Petrograd representatives of the Powers appeared on the balconies, and addressed the crowds. RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR WITHDRAWN (Received October 31, 11.20 a.m.) LONDON, 30th October. Router's Agent states thaf? Russia, has withdrawn her Ambassador (M. Giers) from Turkey. GREECE SECURES MASTERY OF CORFU CHANNEL (Received October 31, 8.30 a.m.) BUCHAREST, 30th October. It is reported that Greece landed twelve hundred soldiers at Santi Quaranta, thus securing the mastery of the Corfu Channel. This action has caused a great impression in Rome, as it is a contravention of the decision of the London Conference. It is believed that Britain and France are supporting Greece. [Santi Quaranta is a small seaport in Turkey in Europe, one of the ports of Yanina, about eight miles north-east of the coast of Corfu.]