TURKEY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 6 April 1915, Page 5

TURKEY

BOMBARDMENT OF THE DARDANELLES GERMAN OFFICER'S. STATEMENT. LONDON, April 5. A German officer who was assisting in the operations at .'the .Dardanelles claims that the Irresistible, Ocean, and Bouvet were sunk by Turkish batteries and not by.mines. . TURKS HELD UP. . PETROGRAD, April 5. The Russians advancing to Erzerum. prevents the withdrawal of Turks for iiie defence of Constantinople. TURKEY MUST HAVE MORE MONEY. ' , COPENHAGEN, April 2.' It is.ieported that Germany has already advanced Turkey- forty millions sterling, and Field-Marshal von. der Goltz is endeavouring to arrange for an additional twenty-five millions. Otherwise, Turkey js threatening that she may.be compelled to make peace with_-her assailants on any terms. .An English clergyman in Constantinople writes: "We are perfectly happy and The authorities are courteous, but there is no telling what a day may bring forth." DEPRESSION IN CONSTANTINOPLE FEARS FOR A GREAT CATASTROPHE. LONDON, April 3. The "Times" Sofia correspondent writes that travellers arriving from Cedeagatch describe the. public feeling in Constantinople as depressed. Little credence is given to the Government statements of the impregnability of the Dardanelles. It is generally feared that a great catastrophe is impending, sealing the doom of the Turkish Empire. It is known that war munitions are running short, and hope has been abandoned ,of obtaining German supplies through, Roumania or Bulgaria. German officers, fearing .a nocturnal mutiny, sleep aboard the ships. WHAT IT MEANS. (Rec. 11.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The commenting on the cabled statement'that the present pause in the Dardanelles operations is a pre-" lude to an ; attack by an overwhelming force, says this can only mean that a considerable army is to be landed. ,