SITUATION IN PERSIA.
TURKISH ADVANCE REPORTED
A DANGEROUS MOVEMENT.
Reuter’s Telegrams. (Received May 20, 8.20 p.m.) LONDON, May 19
A Tiflis newspaper reports that Turkish regulars and Kurds advancing in Persia occupied Sujbulak and Uslinuc, south of Lake Urmia.
A despatch from Tabriz says the Turkish objective is Enzeli, which will become a base for the Central Powers and a menace to the British.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4874, 21 May 1918, Page 5
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