TRIPOLI.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 37, 28 September 1911, Page 6

TRIPOLI.

WHAT ITALY WANTS. TURKS GREATLY EXCITED. • J . Constantinople, September *.'7. The departure of Colouo. Fen.-iV. *; Chief'.of Staff of tho Salmi,.<a Aj-.uy b.exin. postponed- v un t -Romo, Soptem-.ej 27. Italian warships are cruising off Tripoli. A The Italian Note to Tm^ y ; de T mands guarantees for die ;,»i oteeripa. % of’ltalians there, and i&dsMhub the-. ' despatch of reinforcements to Tripoli would be regarded as an extremely'' serious act. ■ «lf» 7 11 ■ It is understood that tke; g’iaranteas’ are equivalent to some forr-V. »i p;o----tectorate. bi . ‘ Constantinople, September 27.' Although tho Young Turks are greatly excited against It'.ly, Hie Porto, expresses willingness to remedy any legitimate grievances, and is now striving to secure Germany’s and Austria’s friendly iiiterv cn’HHi. AMICABLE SETTLEMENT IN VIEW. (Received 28, 8.30 a.m.) , London, September 27. All departments of the Stock Exchange recovered on the report, that Turkey' would ultimately lease Tripoli to Italy. The report is unconfirmed, but hopeful views of an amicable settlement have been expressed in Berlin and some other capitals.

"Tho holders of Turkish bonds paid forty-five guineas in London to insure against an ItalorTurkish war in 1911.

LATEST MESSAGES. (Received 28, 10.35 a.in.) London, September 37. rrivate advices from Tripoli state that on receipt of the hows of the Italians’, contemplated occupation all business places were closed. Arabs gathered in the mosques and decided to resist the landing to the last, and. if compelled to yield, then to seek British protection. Advices have been received from Malta that Italian warships with an expeditionary force are lying twenty miles off Tripoli. Italian residents fear a massacre if landing is attempted. Paris, September 27. Rifaat Pasha expresses surprise at the situation, and declares that there is no Tripolitan question. Landing in Tripoli was in no way different from landing ih Smyrna and Salonica. Tripoli is not a colony, but a vital part of the Empire, and Turkey would have to defend its very existence as a sovereign State. , Sig.' di Tittoni,' Italian Ambassador here, interviewed, said that without questioning Rifaat Pasha’s good faith, he questioned the good faith of Tripolitan officials, whose attitude never agreed 'with the good words of the Government in Constantinople. London, September 27. Britain has 4000 subjects in Tripoli/ including 3000 Maltese in the Ariglo-Maltese colony. They implore the. Government for help to enable them to leave the place, as the Italian steamers are only carrying their own countrymen ■« .