ITALY AT SEA.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14655, 24 January 1912, Page 5

ITALY AT SEA.

BREAKS RULES OF WAR, SEIZES FRENCH STEAMERS. Ptos3 Association—By Tel.—Copyright. LONDON, Jan. 21. Th-a rreue3i Premier, r- plying to idle Convention, hulls, that the Tiikisb. pasoc-iijers on rho Mnnouba, S'i.sod by the Italians, rmist ba cuiv i-'cried as beUjiiiring to tho'hospiuU. service until the. contrary is proved. ROME, Jan. 22. It is tvomi-officially .announced that the Turks aboard tho Mnnouba vainly attempted to charter a yacht at Murir.n ipr lor the nurr.ixsc of landing 0:1 u 'Jo.=.€ri spot in 'j'iini.-i or Tripoli. Thoy w.re found in i>r.Si<;?s : o:i of two small eases cr instruments and a tors aro lijv: n:;aimnin,i ihem with :» vie- -to <..-tabi : .;!i.-ji:r ih e > states. FRANCE I'tiOT'^fS PARIS, Jan. 22. M. ToUKniro contends that, -ho French, imt the Italian, authorities aro entitled to vrvify the Turkish pr.'s.■.u:;j;..ts' c-n-.h-nrnis. and ;hat tho aric;;ai. inasmuch as tb- Convention of b-.-en ratified, lie Jaime,} ilio liberation of tho Manonba nod the Turkish cairo insists upon i - eparation lor the .stoppage of tho Carcha.-e and tho Mnnouba.

LONDON Jan. 22. The? "Daily ChrGi.ieie'.r' iParis coruuv.u demonstration. AXO'I'IIKR 'iF.iZFRE. The .v.!il«,:-ti..a al i ui.iii have seized .vs-.i-r,!i of f.-wr-.d v.-,,. ■,..:."" The vc.e.T '""'! ;'!! _!■•••'->! ■'.- ;M...= <-f emmuml^l sent '.in:"! T -am' <?":.v.rt to jTserta. nv: s ;s thai i'r;i:-.r-(. has rVht on her side, and her national honour is involved, they consider *.!: at the cantores nf Frcr,e-h r.tv;xmor 3 by Italian:?, have ari>:n -win;: to n ii'surdcr-star.l- -- and i.lint eh- Frnrro-Ttalian friondsn ;> is sir.-.:i.; enon'-h to ei!.;ur 0 an i:ndor-t-..p..:iii. s . Paly proposes that til? tekuro of xho French siw.inws sbai' be arbitrated H'lji by the Haeene Tribunal. RED PEA BLOCKADE. Italy bs ; ;ifor:ncd the Powers that an effecte-e blockade has been establi'let* nf the Kodeideb. shore of the Hod Sea. SUGGESTED EXPLANATION. Received 11 p.m.. .Ten.. 23rd. PART.-?. Jan. 23. Xt is sfat-d thai tho Government's vr-f;:r.r.l to p-.rio.ii the flotation of an It-dan vw l,v. u in Paris, as bcir.jr apvui-sfc tho !a.v.-s of neutrality, has caused r-ntenon hi Ile.lv, provoking the seizures of shins. fi:exch rin.MiF.p-s remarks. :>r. i',,i,.,,„- r .>. ?P in t:. c Cumber to questions, sr.il sdzurcs oi prcstiH. Ths> Italics had commits! an err m-, to the detrimentof French ri-d.ts. Tho French officials at Ca-lirri were IV-tni'-tcd i:ot to surrender the pr.-eenjeers, b-.it an error in tho rife led to tho opnoeito fours-. Ho concluded bv declaring

that if t'io ITor.ouba's Turks were vj-lo.-iscd the incident w.-.i-.M be settled by a friendly conversation. In any vention would permit- an amicable setTCRKEY TAKeYThaNI). CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 23. The Pr.rte has protested to t-lio Powers against the arrest of the Manoba's medical passengers.