TURKEY STIFFENS HER BACK.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16463, 16 August 1915, Page 6

TURKEY STIFFENS HER BACK.

ANOTHER JEHAD TO BE PROCLAIMED. MISSION TO BERLIN AND VIENNA. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) LONDON, August 14. The German successes in the War* saw region have been exploited to the fullest extent in the Turkish press, and have momentarily rehabilitated the Young Turks Party in popularity. The Government has nublicly an= nounced from the mosques that Germany is preparing to send an army to fight with the Turks. The Sublime Porte has also assumed an intransigent attitude towards Bulgaria, whom it -previously sought to placate. Active steps have clso been taken to resusci. tate the holy war proclamation. Mes» senders have' been despatched to Islamic countries—especially Egypt, Abyssinia, Tripoli, and Tunis—an. noancing German successes everywhere, and that Turkey will shortly resume the campaign against Egypt. The Sultan, in a special Irade, made public drunkenness the subject of the severest court-martial penalty, aver, ring that the existence of the Ottoman Empire is threatened. All foreigners in Turkey have been ordered to wear the fez, the ostensible reason being to preserve them from ill-treatment and insult by natives. Djavid Bey, a former Turkish Minister, is to visit Vienna and Ber. lin, it is believed, with the object of explaining the precariousness of the Turkish financial situation and demanding immediate advances.

FEAR OF SUBMARINES.

VALUE OF RED CROSS.

PREFERRED TO THE CRESCENT.

(Times and Sydney Sun Services.) LONDON, August 14.

Mr Henry' Wood, the American United Press correspondent in Turkey, states that a veritable reign of terror has been created in the simple minds of the Turkish peasants and the population of villages on the Sea of Marmora by the British submarines' activity. The steamer on which Mt Wood travelled had lifeboats swung out and hundreds of life preservers were ready. She crept in along the Marmora coast for the whole way. On the second occasion the captain took courage, and headed directly for Constantinople. The boat was crowded with peasants, and the Provincial Government officers were all trembling with fear. When they were half-way to Constantinople a loud shout came from the bridge. The captain bellowed orders, and the bont turned tail and headed for the shore. There was a wild scurry for lifeboats, and it was then discovered that the supposed submarine was only a porpoise. Turkish transports carrying wounded are more confident under the Red Cross flag than the Crescent, and frequently fly the former until reaching the Bosphorus, when the Crescent is substituted, because it would be unseemly to allow the population to think the wounded soldiers owed their salvation to the Red Cross rather than to the Crescent. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES. SIXTY-FOURTH LIST. SYDNEY, August 14. KILLED IN ACTION.—Two officers and 32 men.

DIED FROM WOUNDS.—Two officers and 12 men, including Private D. LINDSAY, a New Zealander.

Wounded.—Five officers and 195 man, including the following New Zealanders : Privates M. WEIR, J. P. BLACK (second occasion), A. RYAN, and F. A. MAITLAND (both in hospital at Malta), J. CAMERON and J. LOCKHART (both in hospital in London). Private E. «TOLLINS (previously reported killed in action) is now reported with his unit.

A GERMAN "FACT." LONTX>N, August 14. (Received Aug. 15, at 3.5 p.m.) A Berlin wireless message belittles the recent landings of the French and British at Gallipoli. It mentions that 15,000 men landed at Suvla Bay and attempted to outflank the position at Ari Burnu and ■were repulsed.

TURKS GO " ONE BETTER." AMSTERDAM, August 14. (Received Aug. 15, at 3.5 p.m.) A Turkish official message says: We captured eight machine guns at Ari Burnu. Our artillery hit a hostile ironclad off Ari Burnu. We took 100 yards of trenches near Sedd-ul-Bahr.

RUSSIANS REPEL TURKISH ATTACKS.

THE COSSACKS USEFUL

PETROGRAD, August 14,

(Received Aug. 15, at 3.5 p.m.)

A Caucasus official report states: The Turks twice asvnimed the offensive along the whole front at Passin Valley. We allowed them to approach to 200 yards, and then twice repulsed them with enormous losses, capturing fix officers and 130 men. Our cavalry scored several successes. One Cossack captured a patrol of seven men.

THE IRON HAND SHOWING.

THE WHOLE OF TURKEY WANTED

ATHENS, August 14. (Received Aug. 15, at 3.50 p.m.)

Prince Hohenlohe, on arriving at Constantinople, expressed dissatisfaction at the disorders in the interior of Turkey, and announced his intention to ask Berlin to send German officials to take over the administration. The proposal has excited great uneasiness, and the idea of separate peace gains ground, especially now that there are 120,000 Dardanelles "wounded at Constantinople.

TWO MINOR EXPEDITIONS.

NEW ZEALANDERS SUCCESSFUL.

TURKS FOUND ASLEEP.

SYDNEY, August 14. (Received Aug. 15, at 4 p.m.)

Captain Bean, writing on July 3, describes two minor expeditions to demolish Turkish observation posts. One at Gaba Tepe, by 100 Australians, failed owin<r to the strong defence and barbed wire entanglements. The other, a party of New Zealanders, landed at a point north of Anzac, and found the whole of the crew at the observation station asleep. Amongst them were several gendarmes in, smart blue uniforms. Two escaped, but 15 were captured. It was the most successful little raid accomplished.

RECENT SUCCESSES,

A FRENCH REPORT,

PABIS, August 14.

(Received Aug. 15, at 5.25 p.m.) A Dardanelles official report statei Since the 6th inst. the British successfull landed in the region of Suvla Bay an< made further progress at Gaba Tepe, where, after violent fighting, they gained a footing on the slopes of Sari Bair. They took over 650 prisoners and nine ma-chine guns. The operations continue to develop at this point.

Turkish efforts to break our line in the south failed. Since the 7th inst. operations on the French front have consisted principally of artillery duels to our advantage.

JAFFA BOMBAEDED.

MUNITIONS FACTORY DESTROYED

PARIS, August 14. (Received Aug. 15, at 5.25 p.m.) The Ministry of Marine publishes an official message, which states: On the 12th inst.,.after giving the Turkish Governor adequate notice, to enable the neighbourhood to be evacuated ,a French cruiser bombarded and destroyed a German factory at Jaffa, where munitions and boats were being turned out, destined for an attack on the Suez Canal.