THE ITALIAN ONSLAUGHT. TURKEY UNPREPARED IN TRIPOLI.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1259, 13 October 1911, Page 5

THE ITALIAN ONSLAUGHT.

TURKEY UNPREPARED IN TRIPOLI.

DESIRE FOR PEAI E

CHOLERA IN TRIPOLI

(Press Assn.— By Telegrupli.— Copyright.) ROME., October Vi. Details from 'looruk. state that a party of Italians landing from a. boat encountered a hail of bullets. The soldiers and sailors jumped into the sea and waded ashore. They answered tlie enemy's tire, and changed with fixed bayonets. iiixtraordinary precautions were taken to guard the King at Naples, owing to the discovery of an aaiarchist plot. The Italians are finding that Benghazi is the centre of an extensive import trade in guns for the Senussi and Sahara .Wadai tribes. Measures are be*ing adopted to stop this traffic. irfkutari advices state that the Italians there were informed tliat they would be regarded as Ottoman subjects, and if they failed to comply with tbe law, would be tried by court martial. It is officially denied that Germany has planned to secure Tobruk from Turkey as a coaling station, or had. any intention of securing from litaly. BEK.LIN, October 12. Germany has seriously remonstrated with the Porte and Bulgaria oiv-s the dangers attendant on the concentration of troops. VIENNA, October. 12. . Bulgaria is quietly mobolising the first line of reserves. She is profoundly dissatisfied with the Porte's explanation regarding reinforcements iu Adrianople and Macedonia. LONDO'N, October 12. ■ The Times Vienna correspondent declares that the world must be prepared for the enunciation of Italian sovereignty in Tripoli, as Turkey will not acquiesce in a prolonged war, with the danger of Balkan complications, which are inevitable unless the Powers firmly compel Turkey to swallow the pill. Advices from an • apparently trustworthy source state that the Turks are mining the " Dardanelles . The Foreign Office has advised Italy not to treat coal and foodstuffs as contraband, whatever the destination. The Italian Embassy has been informed from. Alexandra that 30 Italian workmen on the . Hedjax railway were massacred early in October. TRIPOLI, October 12. During a night attack, which, was merely a small skirmish, the Turks crept towards the outposts, possibly with the idea of cutting off the *ya ter supply. They left two dead. Ihe first division of troops has disembarked. Turks are gathering on the Gharian. hills, where there are arriving Arabs from the Gebel region. '-' ATHEINS, October 12. The Malissori are excited again, and people are migrating to Montenegro. Tne Porte is .despatching troops to Scutari. (Received October .13, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 12. Tlie Daily Mail's, Constantinople correspondent, in an interview with Shevktet Pasha, said he had plans to meet a European attack, but none to deal with the onslaught in Tripoli. Tlie intervention of the Powers was the most suitable way of settling the dispute. Turkey wanted peace to develop her internal affairs. ROME, October 12. Vice-Admiral Faravallie, in a proclamation at Tripoli, . promises compensation for damage by the bombardment. Three thousand Arabs have submitted. (Received October 13, 10.30 n.m.) SOFIA, October 12. : All the Powers have assured Bulgaria that they will not permit Turkish aggression. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 12. The army corps at Salonika has threatened to march 'oh i Constantinople in the event of peace being agreed to at the present juncture. PARIS, October 12. The five great Powers, besides endeavoring- to mediate between Italy and Turkey, are intervening to remove the tension" between Turkey and Bulgaria. (Received October 13, 10.30 n.m.) ROME, October 12, The Turks captured two Italian sailing vessels at Massowah. TRIPOLI, October 12. Twenty- two transports have arrived. ■ The Turkish troops are unsheltered, being exposed to the sun and blinding' sandstorms. Food is short, and fever prevalent. There are many desertions.. Cholera "has broken out in the town. There have been four deaths already.

boring Powers, and cannot insist upon too severe conditions without bringing about intervention. There is little doubt that Britain, having long guaranteed th© integrity of tho Turkish Empire, has quietly notified the Porte that it must yield. Britain has, however, given assurances that a»y general partition, of Turkey will not be tolerated. The Italian fleet to-day opened fire on Prevesa, the fortified town on the northern side of the entrance to the Gulf of Arta. This means that Italy is ndfc lceeping her word that the war should be confined to Tripoli. It is reported that Austria madca protest, but that Italy ignored it. A message from Vienna declares that Ailstria will despatch a fleet to ensure the protection of her interests. Details of the bombardment of Tripoli show tliat the central forts were quietened after two hours' shelling. The forts were armed with 15 .centimetre guns, with which, however, the Turks were unable to do much, their aim being very poor. After evacuating the forts, the Turks removed the guns to the back of the town and opened fire, but were soon dispersed with shrapnel. Four thousand marines landed' from the Italian fleet. It was noticed that white flags were flying at several points, and it is thought that the Turkish commander was ready to surrender the city. No casualties occurred on the ships engaged in the bombardment. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 4. It is reported that two Italian warships have .been sunk near Smyrna, at the head of the Gulf of Smyrna, about 200 miles from Constantinople. With Russia preparing 'to' grab Trebizond, a seaport in Asiatic Turkey, Austria massing troops on the .borders of the Turkish province of Nbvibazar, and Servia, Montenegro, and v Bulgaria concentrating their forces, the war cloud over the Balkans looks very black. In this connection it is most significant that the Austrian war squadron, with sealed orders, sailed from Trieste. , Religious fanaticism throughout , Turkey is reaching a high pitch, and it seems probable that a jehad, Or holy war, may be declared in' all Mosleih countries to uphold the power of Islam. An Egyptian notable has offered to organise 30,000 Egyptians to march against the Italians in Tripoli. A prominent member of the Committee of Union of Progress admits that . Turkey was forced by untoward measures to' evacuate Tripoli, but says that the vf ahaticism o'f the people necessitated some shotv of resistance being made.. At present tier* are only 93 deputies in , Constantinople. As soon as there are 140, the requisite number to form a quorum, , Parliament will be convened. • It. is expected that tlie' government will be placed under the dictatorship of Shevket Pasha, ■Minister '•for'-. War, owing to the difficulty that has been experienced in forming a Cabinet. Said Pasha has been Unable to secure a full Ministry, and Kiamil. Pasha has declined to undertake the task of forming a .Government because of his opposition to tlie Young Turks. The Porte has appealed to "the peaceful, humanitarian, and friendly sentiments of the Powers to assist in "convincing; Italy of Turkey's conciliatory, intentions, and to thus prevent the useless shedding of blood and grief among thousands of families." ' -: The United States has been asked to take charge of Ottoman subjects in Italy. ■<■ The newspapers have requested the people to show their patriotism by rigidly boycotting Italian goods, but at the same time to treat Italians in the, country as guests. The Committee of the Union of Progress appeals to the people to leave to the Government the duty of acting against the Italians, and to thus demonstrate, "that Turks are more civilised and equitable than the Italians, who have trodden underfoot our most sacred rights." '.'._,' ROME, October 4. ■ -[he police' at Piraeus, the . port of Athens, have seized a 16-ton vessel loaded with munitions that were destined for Tripoli. The Italian Government has declined offers from Tripoli of a large number of Albanians, Cretans,- Servians, Montenegrins, Bulgarians, and Greeks to volunteer for service against the Turks, Five thousand troops will be despatched to Tripoli next Tuesday. It is expected that by that time all the Turkish troops will have been driven into the harbors. ,;■ ' • , One of. the officers of an Italian tor-pedo-boat had ah exciting. adventure at Prevesa before hostilities commenced. He -was disguised, and was quietly spying out the land, when the Turks captured him. Within a few minutes, however, he was rescued by a landing partv from one of the. ltalian destroyers. When the expeditionary troops took their departure from Naples, Taranto, and Syracuse, the streets through which ji Soldlers march ed were filled with madly enthusiastic crowds. Women garlanded the troops with flowers, and the crowds kept shouting out to the departing warriors to drive the,' Turks out of Europe. It is reported that the Cretans nave notified their representatives that they do not intend to permit the opportunity afforded by the Tripolitan trouble to pass without making an effort to obtain their long-desired annexation by Greece , VIENNA, October 4. '"* "A. Vienna paper declares that Italy is sending quantities of munitions.to Montenegrin ports, but that it is not-known whether they are intended for Montenegro or for an Albanian revolt, ', Italian ships are cleared for. action off Nicopolis, three miles north of Pi-evesa. They ai-e only awaiting ' the Turkish commander's reply to tne ; demand for the surrender of the port.' .'- • ST. PETERSBURG; bbtober 4. /The Foreign Office still holds tho opinion that the war will reinaiin-.'localis-ed. A Russian declaration of neiitralitv is being drafted. .' * The Russian official view of the, Turk-ish-Italian war is represented by the ■ Novoe Vrenrya, "which states that as long as France does not protect against Italy's action it is a matter of : indifference to Russia who occupies the North African coast. The' paper adds thatRussia will remain passive unless disturbances occur in the Balkans. - TOKIG, October ,4. It is announced that Japan will issue a proclamation pledging its ' strict neutrality in connection with the Turk-ish-Italian embroglio. WASHINGTON, October 4. The State Department is in no hurry to issue a proclamation declaring the United States' neutrality, it being understood that the Porte has decided not to offer any resistance. The Government is not 'certain that a state of war actually exists between Turkey and Italy. No action has yet been' taken with regard to a, suggestion that .the United States should offer to mediate between the belligerents, under article 111. of the Hague Arbitration Treaty. PARIS, October 4. • Baron Estournelles de Consant has suggested that France should mediate between Italy and Turkey under section 11. of the Hague Arbitration Treaty. M. Cailleux, the Premier, announced to-day that he was quite willing to adopt this suggestion. A despatch from Athens to the Temps reports that fourteen Turkish warships have re-entered the Dardanelles. BERLIN, October 4. Tripoli has fallen. According to a despatch to the Lokal Anzeiger, the Turks abandoned the forts when they started burning. The Governor's palace and the barracks are both in ruins. The garrison started for the hills, and were making an orderly retreat until a. few shrapnel shells landed amongst them, when they brokte and fled precipitately. ■