ITALY AND TRIPOLI.

Evening Star, Issue 14688, 4 October 1911, Page 6

ITALY AND TRIPOLI.

THE GUY TO BE BOMBARDED. GATHERING OF ARMIES. PITIABLE STATE OF REFUGEES. ITALY NAMES HER PRIDE. GERMAN CRUISERS TO SAIL THE MEDITERRANEAN. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. AT TRIPOLI. BOMBARDMENT BEGAN YESTERDAY. TRIPOLI, October! 3, (Received October 4, at 8.5 a.m.) The town is untenable, but the troops will probably garrison several forts in the hinterland. ROME, October 3. The ■ Tribnna ’ says that tho 'Turkish transport Derma, which carried war material, was shelled and sunk. In order to enable the inhabitants to escape, three days’ notice was given. The I>ombardment of Tripoli will begin to-day. Two- dirigibles have been sent to Trijioli. THE PEOPLE FLEE. LONDON, October 3. (Received October 4, at 10 a.m.) Private advices state tliat the bombardment of Tripoli has commenced, and tliat the inhabitants are fleeing. REFUGEES FROM TRIPOLI. AN AWFUL TRIP. THE HORRORS OP WAR. MALTA, October 3. The steamer Castle .Grath has arrived from Tripoli with 1,200 refugees. These unfortunate people were huddled on the deck for three days during a continuous storm and rains, suffering terribly from seasickness. There being no cargo the steamer pitched horribly, and the refugees were repeatedly thrown on tho decks. Seven went raving mad as a result of their experiences, and the minds of tellers are unhinged. The majority are penniless, and. many of them fell on their knees imploring aid from the journalists and officLtls who boarded llie Castle. Grath. (They clamored for food and water, holding up their' emaciated children. The refugees state that an infuriated mob of Arabs and Turks besieged the Italians in their Consulate until a battalion of Turkish infantry escorted them to the Castle Grath. whence an admiral transferred the Italian refugees tor another ship owing lo tho crowded condition of the former. AN APPEAL TO GREAT BRITAIN. INDIGNATION IN IN DLL CALCUTTA, October 3. (Received October 4, at 8.35 a.m.) A meeting of Mohammedans here urged Great Britain, as the greatest Mohammedan Power, to check Italy's aggression, and appealed to Turkey to defend the honor of Islam. A strong committed was formed to take steps with a view to restraining 1 lost, ill lies. Tho meriting formed itself into a society, lobe-known as the Rod Crescent Society. TURKEY’S SECOND APPEAL. HOPES THE POWERS WILL INTERVENE. LONDON, October 3. (Received October 4, at 10 a.m.) Turkey's second Note to the Powers has Iteen published. The Porto says it is convinced that it- is still possible to end the war. Although Turkey is entitled to employ against Italy any measures which the situation permits, besides those automatically arising out of a. stale, of war, such measures will he postponed in order to show that the Government are striving to stem the enthusiasm of the Ottoman people. Turkey hope® the Powers will respond to her appeal. THE ALGERIA PRECEDENT. ITALY MEANS TO SLAY. ROME, October 3. Forty thousand troops will sail in three

divisions on the Bth, 9th, and 10th inst. The Prime Minister (Signor Giolitti) proposes to administer Tripoli as an Italian province' similar to Franco’s administration of Algeria. THE PRICE OFFERED. PARTS, October 3. (Received October 4, at 8.35 a.m.) It is reported that Hal v is willing to pav Turkey 60.000.000fr (£2,400,000) for the cessation of Tripoli, being a similar price to Austria’s payment, for Bosnia-Herze-govina in 1908. LEADER OF THE YOUNG TURKS. TO ORGANISE THE ARABS. BERLIN, October 3. The well-known young Turk leader, Enver Bey, when interviewed on the reasons for his recall, said ho expected to lie, sent to Tripoli via Egypt, to organise the Arabs ;uk! fanatical anti-European tribes. If these were properly organised and led by otpablc commanders, they would offer almost indefinite resistance. He expects moral support from the Servussi tribesmen and active aid from the desert Tauracs. who are particularly suited for guerrilla warfare. 60,000 ARMED ARABS. LONDON, October 3. (Received October 4. at 8.36 a.m.) The ‘Daily Chronicle's’ Malta correspondent reports that 60,000 Arabs armed with Mausers are stationed 50 miles inland from Tripoli,* where they have a natural stronghold. ITALIAN PRESS PERTURBED, NO LANDING AT PBJSVEZA. ROME, October 3. The newspapers arc greatly perturbed over the adverse criticism of Italy’s action, particularly that of the British Press. The landing at. Preveza k officially denied, and it is added that Italy has no intention of landing anywhere except at Tripoli and Cyrenaica. Her naval operations are to bo exclusively directed to protecting the Italian coast and shipping from Turkish raids. It is explained that the Turkish torpedoers which were sunk at Preveza were only 150-ton, vessels, which carried small guns for uso against smugglers. A TIRELESS COMMANDER. ROME, October 3». The Italian destroyer Nembo and the toipedoer A regia, which were in collision, liave returned to Augusta (Sicily) for repairs. Messages from the Adriatic squadron emphasise the Duke of the Abrnzzi’s tireless activity, which lias given- the impression that he does not sleep nor- rest..

Orders fall like hail day and night, and his flagship, the Vettor Pisani, seems to b© possessed of the gift of übiquity. '' [The Vettor Pkani has a displacement of 6,396. tone. She was completed in 1897, has a speed of 19 knots, and carries 12 6in, 6 4.7 in, -and 20 smaller guns.] A BUSY SULTAN. RESERVES CALLED OUT. CONSTANTINOPLE, October 3. The Sultan spends some haters daily at different shrines, and holds frequent audiences with the German Ambassador, who, it is understood, advocates the cession of Tripoli, the Kaiser undertaking' that Italy will give adequate compensation-Se-ven classes of leserves V*eem called out, and preparations are being mad© to call out nine further classes. TURKISH MINISTERIAL CRISIS, I , CONSTANTINOPLE. October 3. Kiaanil Pasha’s refusal to accept tho tutelage of tho Committee of Union and Progress prevents the ending of the crisis. As a condition precedent to assuming office, he demands the dissolution of the i committee. ; Tho Minister of Marine (Mukhtai Bey) i has resigned. ■ Parliament has been summoned for the i 14th inst. AN INSURANCE PROTEST. IJDNDON, October 3. (Received October V at 8.35 a.m.) Lloyd's Insurance Agency have asked Sir Edward Grey to urge upon the Italian and Turkish Governments the great importance of allowing lights to continue on tho highways of commerce, particularly in the iEgean and Red Seas and the Dardanelles. where their absence will interfere With the grain trade. 1 tali;in ships engaged in the Black Sea irado are not insurable. A GERMAN SQUADRON. . WILL CRUIS’eThE MEDITERRANEAN. LONDON, October 3. (Received October 4, at 8.35 turn.) . It is reported in naval circles that Germany is sending a cruiser squadron to nuise from end to end of the Mediterranean tin's winter, and will show tho Ger- | nan flag at the principal ports, REVENUE CUTTERS DETAINED. LONDON. October 3. The Southampton Customs officials have ;aken possession of four Turkish revenue miters which were built at Thorneycroft's pirds.