THE WAR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 50, 13 October 1911, Page 5

THE WAR.

. gi,KS AND THE DARDANELLES. THE MA LISSORI EXCITED FATE OF TRIPOLI. BULGARIA MOBILISING (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, October 12. Advices, apparently from a trustworthy source, state that tho lurks arc mining tho Dardanelles. The Foreign Office advised Italy not to treat coaF and foodstuffs as contraband, whatever their destination. The Italian Embassy is informed from Alexandria that thirty _ Italian workmen engaged on the Herjaz railway were massacred early in October. Tripoli, October 12. The night attack was merely a small skirmish. The Turks crept to the outposts, possibly with the idea of cutting the water supply. They left wo dead. The first division of troops has disembarked. The Turks are gathering in the Gharian Hills, where Arabs are arriving from tho Gcgel region. Athens, October 12. Tho Malissori are excited, and are again migrating to Montenegro. The Porte is despatching troops to Scutari. London, October 12. “The Times’ ” Vienna correspondent declares the world must lie prepared for the enunciation of Italian sovereignty in Tripoli, as Turkey will not acquiesce in a prolonged- war, with the danger of a Balkan complication, which is inevitable unless the Powers firmly compel Turkey to swallow the pill. Romo, October 12. Details from Tobruk stale that a landing boat encountered a hail cT bullets. Soldiers and sailors jumped into the sea and waded ashore, where they answered file enemy’s fire and charged with fixed bayonets. Extraordinary precautions arc taken to guard the King at Naples, owing to tho discovery of an anarchist plot. The Italians, finding that Benghazi is the centre of an extensive, import trade in guns for the Scnussi, Sahara and Wadai tribes, measures have been adopted to stop the traffic. Scutari advices state that the Italians there wore informed that they would ho regarded as Ottoman subjects, and if they failed to comply with the law they would bo tried by courtmartial. It is officially denied that Germany planned to secure Tobruk from Turkey as a coaling station, or that she has any intention of securing it from Italy. Berlin, October 12. Germany has seriously remonstrated with the Porto and Bulgaria on tho dangers of concentration of troops. Vienna, October 12. Bulgaria is quietly, mobilising her first line reserves, and is profoundly dissatisfied at the Porte’s explanation regarding tho reinforcements for Adrianople and Macedonia. COMPENSATION PROMISED. ARABS SUBMITTING. TURKEY WANTS PEACE. (Received 13, 8.5 a.m.) Romo,, October 12. Vice-Admiral FafaVclli, in a proclamation, promises compensation for damage clone during the bombardment of Tripoli. Three thousand Arabs have submitted. an : London, October 12. The “Daily Mail’s” Constantinople correspondent has had an interview with Shevket Pasha, who said the intervention cf the Powers was the most suitable way of settling the dispute. Turkey wanted peace to develop internal affairs. T.,

THE ITALIAN VIEW-POINT. Discussing the situation with a representative of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, Mr C. Capo, an Italian gentleman now resident in Sydney, said that for many years Italian interests in Tripoli had met with severe opposition from the influence of Turkey. On several occasions Italy had practically decided to occupy Tripoli, but for diplomatic reasons the step had not been taken. Italian trade to Tripoli was very considerable, and the bulk of the carrying trade was in her hands. Three or four months ago, ho added, a Tripoli newspaper, El Marsad, published a strongly-worded article against the Italian element in Tripoli. A protest was presented by the Italian Government, but the Turkish reply was that, though they regretted the publication of the article, they had nothing to do with It. Trouble seemed to have been brewing from that time. It was then that the Italian Government cabled to the Consul-General at Melbourne (Commander Mercatelli), asking him to leave at once, as he was required in Tripoli. “We knew at once that something serious was going to happen in Tripoli,” commented Mr Capo, “owing to the fact that a man of such importance was called home and sent there in such a hurry.” During the settlement of the Gorman and French affair in Morocco, the French Ambassador in Romo, M. Barrero, went to Paris, and took part in the conversation between the Gorman and French Ambassadors, and it seemed now, according to Mr Capo, that the reason of his going was that Italy had insisted on receiving compensation out of the Moroccan affair. Ho also suggested that the incident showed that the Italian demands had been brought down before the Powers and agreed to. “My own opinion,” he said, “is that England is not opposed to Italian demands, but that England does not desire to see a dismemberment of the Turkish Empire, as the natural consequence of that would ho the establishment of an Occidental Empire comprising, probably, Hungary, Bulgaria, Montenegro, and Albania, whoso interests would ho opposed to English interests. On the other hand, Italian relationships with the countries bordering on Turkey are very friendly.” Mr Capo expressed the'opinion that the whole business ought to have been settled after 21 hours’ intelligent negotiation. Ho smiled at the suggestion that Turkey would hold Italian residents in Turkey as hostages, observing that there were quite as many Turks in Italy, and that the argument might ho made to cut both ways. Italy, he concluded, did not desire war, but she would insist on the preservation of her trading rights in Tripoli, just as French and German rights in Morocco had boon the subject of negotiation.