ITALIAN TROOPS IN TURKEY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1248, 4 October 1911, Page 5

ITALIAN TROOPS IN TURKEY.

LANDING AT PREVESA REPORTED. FORTY THOUSAND ITALIANS TO GO TO TRIPOLI. TURKEY WILL CALL IN ARABS.

PEACE PRELIMINARIES. A BERLIN REPORT. Berlin, October 2. Tlie "Berliner Togeblatt" states th.it )ount Marschall von Bicbcrstoiu, GernTtn Ambassador at Constantinople, lias landed to tlio Grand Vizier the Italian iroposals, and that discussion of peace ireliminarios is proceeding. IN DESPERATE STRAITS. REFUGEES' TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AT SEA. SEVEN GO RAVING MAD. (Rec. October 3, 8.20 p.m.) Malta, October 3. The British steamer Castle Gaith, 2615 ons grosi, has arrived from Tripoli with welve hundred refugees on board. These unfortunate fugitives were hudlled on deck for three days during a iontinuous Btonn accompanied by rain. Choir sufferings from sea-sickness were -errible, ns the steamer, being without :argo, pitched horribly. Tho refugees were repeatedly thrown o t'ho decks. Seven aro raving mad as a result of ;heir experiences, and others have bad ;heir minds unhinged. The majority are penniless -and many cK on their knees imploring the aid of ;he journalists and officials boarding the Garth. They clamoured for food md water, holding up their emaciated iliildren. The refugees state that an infuriated nob of Arabs and Turks besieged tho [talians at their consulate until a bat•alion of Turkish infantry escorted thorn n tho Castlo Garth. The Admiral afteryards transferred the Italian refugees to mother ship owing to the crowded eoniition. of the -vessel. TROOPS,ON,THE GREEK FRONTIER. 'A RUSSIAN PROTEST. Berlin, October 2. The "Vossischo Zeitung's" St. Petersburg correspondent states that Russia has protested against tho Turkish concentration of troops on the Thcasalian frontier. ASSURANCES TO GREECE. Athens, October 2. Tho Turkish Grand Vizier has assured Greece that the Turkish' military movements on the Thessalian frontier are due to tho state of war with Italy. BRITISH NEUTRALITY. CUSTOMS ACTION AT SOUTHAMPTON. (Rec. October 4, 0.5 a.m.) London, October 3. Tho Southampton Customs officials have taken possession of four Turkish revenuo cutters which have been built at Tliorneycroft's yards. THE DUKE OF ABRUZZL 0Y the variety and magnitudo of liis explorations, tho Duke erf Abruzzi has earned for himself tho name of tho greatest explorer of this age. A captain in the Italian navy, he was twenty-nino years old when he distinguished himself by scaling, for the first time, tho lofty peak of St. Elias, in tho Rocky Mountains. Tho North Pole was his next lure. Amid tho islands of the Franz Josof Land Archipclago his ship forced a way, past Nausea's winter quarters, to Teplitz Bay, where, in the higli altitudo of 81 degrees N., winter quarters were established, and an observatory erected. "This last piece of work affords," said "Nature," "a proof of tho attontion bestowed by tho Duko of Abruzzi on tho scientific problems awaiting investigation in the regions ho has visited. Only Peary has got farther north than tho Duke." A cruise among tho South Sea Islands, in the course of which ho visited New Zealand, followed, and the Duke then turned his attention to Equatorial Africa. Tho mist-wrapped mountain Rewcnyori, whoso peaks, even in the heat of the Tropics, aro clad in eternal snow, tempted iiis adventurous spirit. Through dense mist, over slippery glaciers, his party fought their way until they stood upon the highest point in Africa. "To the two final summits," the Duke wTote, "I gave tho names of Jlargherita and Alexandra, in order that, under the auspioes of the two royal ladies, tho memory of two nations may be handed down to posterity; of Italy, tho namoof which resounded for the first timo on these snows in our shouts of victory; and of England, who, in its marvellous oolonial expansion, carries civilisation even to the slopes of these remote mountains." The ascent was made at the beginning of 1007, tho height of E-ewen-yori being 16,810 ft The Post Offioe has received advice from Berne that the Malta-Tripoli cable is interrupted-

By Teleeraph—Press Association— Copyright (Dec. October 3, 10.55 p.m.) Rome, October 3. Forty thousand troops are to sail to ["ripoli in three divisions on October 8, ), and 10 respectively. The Prime Minister, Signor Giolitti, proposes to administer Tripoli as an [talian provinco on similar lines to the French Administration of Algeria. It is declared that Italy has no inten;icn of landing troops, except in Tripoli ind the adjoining provinco of Cyrenaica. rhe naval operations will bo exclusively lirected to protecting the Italian coast ind shipping from Turkish raids. The newspapers are greatly perturbed it the adverse foreign criticism of Italy's iction, particularly by the British press. The reported- landing at Prevesa is offiiially denied, FIGHTINC AT PREVESA. ITALIANS DESTROY THE FORTS. A LANDING EN FOECE. Constantinople, October 2. It is officially stated that sixteen hunired Italians have landed iai Prevesa md destroyed the forts. TURKISH DESTROYERS SUNK. A TRANSPORT' CAPTURED. Rome, October 2. The Turkish transport Sabah, 2038 tons ;ross, with troops for Tnpoli, was captured and brought' to Brindisi. Advices from the island of Corfu state that two Turkish destroyers have been sunk and another captured. The polico at the Piraeus, the port of Athens, have arrested the crew of a Turkish sailing ship which was suspected of being about to ship arms for Tripoli. One of the torpedo boats at Prevesa was lost. The captain was killed by a shell. Eight men were drowned. NOTIFICATION TO THE POWERS. ITALY'S OBJECT. Rome, October 2. Italy has notified the Powers that her action at Prevesa was due to intended raids by the Turks on the Italian coasts and shipping. A WIDE-AWAKE DUKE. TIRELESS. ACTIVITY IN THE ADRIATIC. ORDERS NIGHT AND DAY. (Rec. October 3, 10.55 p.m.) Rome, October 3. Messages from the Adriatic squadron jmphasise tho Dako of Abruzzi's tireless activity, which has given the impression :hat ho does not sleep or rest. Hid orders fall like hail day and night, and his flagship, tho armoured cruiser Vettor Pisani, seems possessed of tho gift of übiquity. Tho Italian destroyer Nembo, 330 tons, and the torpedo boat Arpia (215 tons) came into collision and returned to Augusta, neair Syracuse, in Sicily, for repairs. CONFLICTING NEWS. BOMBARDMENTS DENIED. CORRESPONDENT STATES TRIPOLI PALACE DESTROYED. London, October 2. The war news is conflicting. The [talian Embassy here denies that there liavo been bombardments of Adriatic ports, or that Italian troops have been landed anywhere except at Tripoli. Tripolitan passengers who have reached Sicily say there was no bombardment of rripoli up to 8 o'clock on Saturday night. Tho "Daily News" special correspondent at Tripoli reports that the forts were bombarded, and tho palace destroyed. The town was then evacuated, and tho garrison is now preparing defences in the hills. LEADER FOR THE ARABS. ENVER BEY GOING OUT TO TRIPOLI. INDEFINITE RESISTANCE POSSIBLE. (Rec. October 3, 9.20 p.m.) Berlin, October 3. Enver Bey, tho well-known Turkish revolutionary soldier, who has been, recalled from his poet at the Embassy here, said he expected to be sent to Tripoli, via Egypt, to organise tho Arabs and fanatical anti-European tribes. If properly organised and led by a capable commander, tihese tribes could offer almost indefinite resistance. Enver Bey expects moral support from the Senussi tribesmen and active aid from the dasert Tauregs, who are particularly suited for guerrilla warfare. Tripoli town, Enver Bey says, is untenable, but the troops could garrison several foTts in the hinterland. SULTAN AND KAISER. STRUGGLE WITH THE COMMITTEE. RESERVISTS CALLED OUT. (Rec. Octobcr 3, 10-55 p.m.) Constantinople, October 3. Tho refusal of ICia.mil Pasha, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to accept the tutelage of tho Committee of Union and Progress, prevents the ending of tho Ministerial "xiamil Pasha demands the dissolution of tho Committee. Mahmud Mukhtan Pasha, Minister for Marino, has resigned. ... ~ , Parliament has been convoked for Octok°Soven classes of reservists have been called to the colours, and preparations are being mado to call out nino further classes. It is explained that tho torpedo boats sunk at Prevesa are only 150-ton vessels, and merely carried one-pounder guns for use against smugglers. Tho Sultan spends hours daily at different shrines, and holds frequent audiences with the German Ambassador, who is understood to be advocating tho cession of Tripoli, the Kaisor undertaking that Italy will «iv« ad«auata compensation.