THE DARDANELLES.
TURKS' GREAT LOSSES. v PARIS, September 19. (Received September 20, at 8.5 a.m.) A traveller from Constantinople says >liat at least 200,000 Turks have been put out of action in the campaign. There are 125,000 wounded in Constantinople alone. BULGARIA'S NEUTRALITY. PUBLIC OPINION ROUSED. ATHENS, September 19. (Received September 20, at 10.10 a,m.) It is / reported from Sofia that King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has received the leaders of the opposition, who expressed .themselves as opposed to the Government's t&rmanophile policy , and recommended the formation of a new Government. ..'The King promised seriously to consider the matter.
A BOASTFUL MINISTER. LONDON, September 19. (Received September 20, at 8.10 a.m.) . The 'Berliner Tagebktf publishes an interview with Enver Pasha, in which he states: "We are ready for a Russian at-tack-on Constantinople. The Russians can move when they like. The Turks have over two million men, apart from unarmed Armenians and Greeks." TURKS PREPARE FOR WINTER CAMPAIGN. SYDNEY, September 20. (Received September 20, at 9.50 a.m.) Captain Bean, writing on September 3, says that tho Turks are improving their trenches, and there are manv indications of a winter campaign. He has not the least idea as to whether such a campaign will be necessary, but if so he hopes the people of Aiistralasia will see that the troops do not go short of whatever is necessary, as the Gallipoli winter is very liard. ' FRESH MOBILISATION IN LEVANT DISTRICT. ATHENS, September 19. (Received September 20, at 8.5 a.m.) A Turkish division is being formed at Adana, and it is believed its object is a new Egyptian campaign, or that it will be employed in protecting tho shores of Syria. _ The Turkish authorities have requisitioned all workmen skilled in well-sink-ing and drilling bores for artesian wells.
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Evening Star, Issue 15913, 20 September 1915, Page 6
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