INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14337, 1 November 1910, Page 5

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

TURKEY AND PERSIA. Tress Association-By Telegraph-Copyright BERLIN. Oct. 30. Advices from Constantinople assert that the Si::th Turkish Army Corps lias crossed the Persian frontier and oniipied Urumia. The troops, officered hy Germans, originally sent to combat trifiandago, were stronger than vas agreed upon, and Persia has requested their withdrawal. THE GERMAN NAVY. VIENNA. Oct. 30. The "None Ereie I'resse" stei-si that if the construction of three Cor- i man Dreadnoughts is postponed. Germany will ueverthi'ies-. in 1:>!3 po.— ss eighteen, not thirteen, Dreadonughts compared with Britain's twenty-live. GERMANY IN THE PACIFIC. Receivod D.tlO p.m., Oct. 31st. SYDNEY. Oct. 31. Doctor Krnffo, who has charge of the branch of the German Colonial Department uhich concerns G< rmany's colonies in the I'aeihc. has arrived here. and is proce: d ng to Samoa, as noting ! Chief Justice. The object ■ f h : s vide. ' ) is that the Colonial Department shift he kept in touch with Pacilic affairs, i In an interview he stated that Oev-i many is finite satisfied with the posses- '■ siuns she already has in the Pa-.-u.-. : and that there is no likelihood of any' i change of policy or seeking for ex-! j p.insion in that part e; the world. | i I