INFERIORITY OF KRUPP GUNS
TURKISH OFFICERS AMAZED. HOSTILITY TO EUROPEANS. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 5. According to reliable accounts the Turkish right is meeting with much success, but the commissariat has failed. Bad weather prevented reinforcements landing at the Turkish base at Midia, and» consequently Mukhtar Pasha was compelled to sacrifice the advantage he gained throughout' the campaign. The Turkish artillery officers 'were amazed at the superiority of Creusot over Krupp guns. The hostility towards Europeans is increasing, particularly among the lower classes." Some workmen's guilds openly boast that they have taken a vow to massacre every Christian if the Bulgarians enter "Constantinople or Roumelia is severed from Turkey. The police prevented, an armed gang marching against the European quarters. The v-reeb Patriarch has received information of a terrible massacre at Rodosto. ' "
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 6 November 1912, Page 5
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