THE TURKISH WAR.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14463, 30 November 1914, Page 5

THE TURKISH WAR.

TURKS MARCHING ON SUEZ. AMSTERDAM, November 29. . A telegram from /Berlin states that Izzefc Pasha and 67,000 Turks, including 10,000 Bedouins, are marching on Suez. SENUSSI FRIENDLY. CAIRO, November 28. The Serlussi have informed the Egyptian Government that Turkey’s action is_ no concern of ‘ theirs, and that they wish to continue friendly relations. BLOCKADING THE DARDANELLES. LONDON, November 28. It is officially stated in Paris that French and British squadrons continue to blockade the Dardanelles and control the Egyptian coast. A TURKISH THREAT. LONDON, November 28. Reuter’s Constantinople correspondent reports that Djemal Pasha lias telegraphed the United States Ambassador threatening that for every Ottoman killed or injured as the result of the bombardment of undefended Syrian ports three French and British subjects will be shot. TURKS SEIZE CONVENTS. LONDON, November 28. Cairo reports that fugitives from Jerusalem state that the Turks seized monasteries and convents belonging to the Allies, , , .... \ TURKISH FINANCE. ROME, November 28. Advices from Constantinople state that the Porte assumes control of the Ottoman and other banks. The income of these institutions will be deposited in the Ottoman Bank until the end of the war.

A GERMAN BLUNDER.

DRAGGING TURKEY INTO THE WAR. PLAYED' INTO HANDS OF ALLIES. LONDON, November 28. - A. correspondent at Copenhagen learns from Berlin that the defeat of the Tmks in Mesopotamia and the occupation of Basrah have had a discouraging effect. German commercial circles consider that the ’r.volving of Turkey in the war has been an unpardonable blunder, only benefiting the Allies. Germany has already paid Turkey ten inil- - ons Sterling, and wil ; . soon repeat the amount, to bo sacr ilcod together with investments in the country Germany has been made, resp.ii'lla- for the civilsed war and the "at. .ig '>l' a bolt war will thus antagonise iieiit"al- In a l-.v months Mesopotamia. Armenia, Palestine, and parts of Syria and Anatolia and finally Constantinople will bo in the hands of the Allies, who will not only have something to divide among themselves, but to give to new members of the Alliance.—(Times and Sydney Sun Services.) SEVERE LOSSES BY TURKS. 1 PETROGRAD, November 29. Official.—ln the Caucasus the Turks suffered severe losses. The regiments belonging to two divisions lost half their strength. Two battalions were almost annihilated. The Turks are dissatisfied with the conduct of the Kurds, and have decided to disband them,

AUSTRIANS IN PANIC.

ANXIOUS FOB PEACE. Eeceived November 30. 9 a.m. LONDON, November 29. * A trustworthy traveller from Vienna says that there is a panic in the whole of Northern Austria. The people declare that the ultimatum to Servia was rtiade in Germany, and Austria adopted Germany’s scheme on an assurance that it would be carried out without war. The Austrians wish for peace, and are willing to yield up Galicia. The Polish party demands the surrender of Cracow before bombardment, in order to save the city.—(Times and Sydney Sun Special Services.)

GERMANS SHORT OF HORSES

CAVALRY CEASE TO EXIST. LONDON, November 29. The Echo de Paris declares that owing to inability to secure horses, German cavalry have ceased to exist.—(Times and Sydney Sun Services.)

THE BALTIC NAVAL ACTION.

SUCCESSFUL RUSSIAN RUSE. GERMAN CRUISER SUNK, OTHERS DAMAGED. LONDON, November 28. The Morning Post’s Petrograd correspondent explains the disaster which occurred to the German destroyers at Kiel (cabled on 4th September). The Germans had been cruising in the Baltic near Swedish waters, and Admiral von Essen, having painted several Russian cruisers and destroyers German colours, contrived in foggy weather to join the German ships undetected until he opened fire and sank a German cruiser and badly damaged another, while the Russian destroyers attacked smaller craft. The Russian vessels were not touched. ‘ REPORTED GERMAN NAVAL LOSSES. PARIS, November 28. The Matin 1 publishes an unconfirmed report that the German cruiser Hertha sank at Libau, and the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was mined and sank in the Baltic.

A COLLIER MINED.

LONDON, November 27. The collier Khartoum was mined of? Grimsby. The crew were saved.