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ITALY IN AFRICA.

CANEVA SUPERSEDED. ITALY'S MESSAGE TO THE POWERS. ' "THE CONTINUOUS SUCCESS OF THE ITALIAN Alt 1 ,15." United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received November 7, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, November (5. A message from Rome says that General Frugoni will supersede General Caneva and that General Wcio has been appointed Governor of Tripoli. An Italian message to tho Powers states that tho continuous success of the Italian arms renders resistance useless. If peace bo signed, it will enable Italy's policy to be inspirited by her interest in tho maintenance of the territorial status quo in tho Balkans, of which the consolidation of Turkey is an essential factor.

An Italian cruiser sank the Turkish transport Akabali in the Red Sea. The majority of the crow were rescued. THE ITALIAN ATROCITIES. AN ENGLISHMAN'S TESTIMONY. SCENES OF HORROR. Mr M'Cullagh, the "Westminster Gazette's" correspondent in Tripoli, has returned his papers to General Caneva, as a protest against the atrocities. Mr M'Cullagh photographed scenes of horror, which lie describes as worse than any Russian pogrom or Armenian massacre. There were 400 women and children shot and 4000 men, of whom not a hundred wcro guilty. Mr M'Cullagh saw fifty men and children executed in a batch. Cripples and blind beggars were deliberately shot, and sick people, whose houses wore burned, were left on the ground and were refused a drop of water. The Italian soldiers are paralysed with fear, as the enemy's persistency day' and night is affecting their imaginations and nerves. CHOLERA*IN TRIPOLI. Advices from,, Malta state that the bodies of fifty cholera victims were collected in the streets of Tripoli on Sunday. Forty cholera cases are being reported daily in the Italian Army. There is a pestilential stench arising at the oaisis where the recent massacre occurred. ON THE TURKISH COAST. MELBOURNE, November 7. The steamer Berlin, from Smyrna, had an exciting time while running down the Turkish coast, where all the lights wore out and submarine mines were scattered about on account of tho war. The captain has an intimate knowledge of tho coast and managed to steer clear of danger.

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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10303, 7 November 1911, Page 2

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ITALY IN AFRICA. Star (Christchurch), Issue 10303, 7 November 1911, Page 2

ITALY IN AFRICA. Star (Christchurch), Issue 10303, 7 November 1911, Page 2

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