THE DARDANELLES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10174, 13 September 1915, Page 5

THE DARDANELLES.

TURjKS FORTIFYING BULAIR. MITYLENE, Sept. 10. English destroyers and Allied aeroplanes bombarded the Turkish camps at Aivali on the Bth, doing great damage, and thero were many casualties. A second squadron successfully bombarded Smyrna fortifications. PARIS, Sept. 11. The Temps' Bedeogatch correspondent says the majority of the heavy cannon at Adrianople and Lule Burgas have been transferred to Bulair and (Jallipoli. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 10. Official: The Porte has decided to compensate owners of property damaged by hostile bombardments which conflict with the principles of humanity from the property of the people of hostile countries. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 10. A Turkish official report says:—Our artillery at Anafarta on Wednesday caused explosions in the enemy's positions southward of Azmakdere. Tlie enemy unsuccessfully dropped bombs on our left wing at Triburnu. There was a feeble artillery duel at Sedd-ul bahr.

TURKS TREAT PRISONERS WELL. LONDON, Sept. 11. The adjutant of a line battalion who arc prisoners in a town in Asia Minor writes: We arc living in one of tho best houses, and are as comfortable as jwssible. We received very kind and considerate treatment. The Turkish officers are always most courteous. 1 receive the monthly nay of a Turkish officer of my rank, which is ample for my needs. There are nine British, three Australian, two French, and twelve Russian officers, and six submarine officers here. We received great kindness from the American Embassy at Constantinople, particularly books. The climate is lovely, being 4000 feet above sea level. | The Morning Post contrasts this with Germany's harshness, half starving and the old time brutality to prisoners.

INTRIGUE AND MURDER. MILAN, Sept. 11. The Corriere Delia Sera says seven Gorman officers who havo arrived at Constantinople wore wounded by Turkish soldiers revolting against German severity. Apparently the Turkish officers do not attempt to restrain their men. Several officers from Adrianople havo been imprisoned for conspiring against their German colleagues. SOFIA, Sept. 11. Tewfik Bey and another Moslem Deputy have been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Mehod Pasha, a prominent member of the Old Turk party in Sobrangi. The murder occurred in the highway.

TURCO-BULGARIAN TREATY. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 10. The Bulgarian semi-official journal Duevni confirms that the Tureo-Bulgarian treaty was signed on Monday, taking effect on the 20th. Bulgaria gains 1250 kilometres in Thrace.