TURKEY
APPROACHING RUIN
(Rec. Aug. 7, 12.30 p.m.)
LONDON, Aug. 6. LONDON, August 6. A correspondent at Bucharest says the approaching ruin of Turkev has l>een quickened .by the Old Turks' resolve to overthrow Enver Pasha. Import-ant personages are being continually recruited by tho Old Turks, but the Aus-tro-German armies keep Enver master of the situation. Executions are almost daily occurrences. Enver's enemies dissimulate hostilitv, hutfoster growing discontent. Moslem women besiege"" the War Ministry to give back the. men. If the Grand Sheriff proclaims himself Caliph and obtains recognition- of the Mosle mworld, momentous events, may be expected. Latterly there have been most pronounced dissensions amongst the Young Turks of Constantinople. I I
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Nelson Evening Mail, 7 August 1916, Page 5
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