ITALY AND TURKEY

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 December 1911, Page 5

ITALY AND TURKEY

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MORE FIGHTING REPORTED. [ram gauss Asanciunow —oopxbiqhi.] TRIPOLI, Dec. 6.—Several hundred Turks and Arabs were killed at Afzftra. The Italian casualties were one hundred. y NEWS BY MAIL. The following items are taken hom Indian papers to hand by the last luail: From La Tribuna (Rome): terday there appeared before Triodi a Turkish officer bearing a white fag. On being questioned, he stated that he was a doctor and wanted medicine, ore, ior the Turks, who had been wounded \n the late encounter. He was brought into Tripoli, and taken before the general, who gave orders that he be supplied. After receiving antiseptics, bandages, etc., the doctor (who spoke in French) asked permission to g.*t some things from his late lodging, a 3 he wished to leave for Malta sho"ly. This request was also granted, !»nt it aroused the suspicions of the Italians, who gave orders that he be followed. On the way he was recognised by several persons, x and it now seems that the supposed doctor was a captain ; n the Turkish army. He was at once placed under arrest. /

From II Giornale d'ltalia (Rome): -- "Yesterday (18th October), the new Italian Governor at Tripoli bought 4500 sacks of (lour, asking Hassuna Pasha (the present Mayor) to see that it was distributed among the Ambs who had been reduced to want. Ihis Hassuna Pasha is a descendant of Ibe old princes of Tripolitma. 'He was proclaimed Mayor by special order of the King of Italy. When the pa«.tr w_ais presented to Hassuna Pasha "he kissed it, showing great emotion. '