TURCO-ITALIAN WAR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15301, 15 November 1911, Page 11

TURCO-ITALIAN WAR

ITALY, LOSING PATIENCE. FLEET READY FOR ACTION. • CHOLERA IN TRIPOLI. ; TURKS SHORT OF FOOD. Pro*' Association—By Telegraph—Copjrieht. ' r , BOMB,' November 14. '(Eeceiyed Not. 14, at 11.31"p.m.)' Italian, official circles consider that they have given proof of their forsb-nranco by their kction in refraining from making an attack on Europoan Tnrkey, but thcii jw£moe' v is becoming exhausted. Tfio fleet in:the Greek Archipelago is ready for action. CHOLERA IN TURKISH CAMP. SHORTAGE OF FOOD. : . TRIPOLI; November 14. . (Received Nov. 14, ,at 11.30 p.m.) A deserter states that cholcra is raging in r the Turkish camp, where there is a lack of doctors. Ammunition is abundant, but there is a dearth of provisions. VARABS, SENT TO PRISON. : . TUNIS, November 14. (Reoeived Nov. 14) at 4 p.m.) Twenty-one Arab 3 have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment 'varying from threo 'woekfl to 12 months in connection with the recent riot. ADVICES IN AUSTRALIA. . SYDNEY, November 14. The Turkish Consul lias received offers from over 100 Australians to fight against the Italians. He has also had a cablegram from a Chiistchurch resident stating that he could raise. a troop, and prjbably a eqnadrdnj of experienced British veterans! ■ The Consul, in expressing his heartfelt thanks, explains that the new Turkish military regulations allow the incorporation of Oltomin subjects only in the Imperial army. The Italian Consul reports receiving a cablegram from Tripoli, dated November 11, which states that'the Italians celebrated the King's birthday, tho Arab chiefs rendering homage. Money was dis-, tribiited to tha poor.