TURKEY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 31 July 1918, Page 5

TURKEY.

SEVERANCE OF RELATIONS WITH GERMANY REPORTED.

A DISPUTE OVER THE NAVY, COPENHAGEN, Jttfy 30, Telegrams from Constantinople state that the relations of Germany and Turkey have been severed, owing to the German demand that Turfeey should hand over to Germany her navy. Excitement against Germany is growing, owing to last week's events. The Germans demanded that the cruiser Hamidje should be handed over as compensation for the Breslau, which was destroyed at the Dardanelles. The Hamidje, under the German flag, had gone to Sebastopol, despite Turkish protests, whilst the Goeben had also left Turkey.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. In 1914 the Turkish Navy consisted of 4 battleships, 4 protected cruisers, 2 torpedo vessels, 15 gunboats, 8 torpedo boat destroyers, 10 torpedo boats. There have, however, been several . losses.