Turkey

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 42, 19 June 1915, Page 5

Turkey

THE PEOPLE ALARMED. AFRAID OF SUBMARINES. RAILWAYS SHORT OF COAL. GERMANS FEAR RUPTURE. Times and Sydney Sun Service. (Received 8 a.in.) London, June 18. The Times’ correspondent at Constantinople says that Turkish families are emigrating to Asia. I lie recent success of the British submarine alarmed those in control of the war. Several Turkish destroyers were specially detailed to pursue the submarine. The activities of the Turkish fleet has been markedly restricted in consequence of the exploit, and if the attacks are renewed it has been decided to sink several old ships in the narrowest part of the Dardanelles so as to restrict the passage. Factories are closing for lack of coal, and the Anatolian railways will shortly cease running, the principal cause being the Russian Fleet’s destruction of the collieries at Zungneddac. Four German (submarines are at Constantinople, one large and three small, the former having arrived via Gibraltar, while the others were sent overland. German diplomats are trying to persuade the Turks to cede Dedeagatch to Bulgaria, in the hope of avoiding a rupture. In consequence of the An-glo-Italian naval action being established on'the coast of Albania, the insurgents surrendered, together with numerous cannon, machine-guns, and a large quantity of munitions.

CESSION TO BULGARIA. PORTION OF ADRIANOPLE. Dnit»t> Prim Association. (Received 9.15 a.m.) Paris, June 18. Le Matin states that Turkey is about to cede to Bulgaria the whole of the right bank of the lower Maritza, including portion of Adrinnople. The negotiations are being carried out under the auspices of Austro-German diplomacy.