CRISIS IN TURKEY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1511, 6 August 1912, Page 5

CRISIS IN TURKEY.

A DISSOLUTION, ARMY OFFICERS ARRESTED. By ToleeraDh—Press Association—Copyrinht (I?cc. August 5, 10.35 p.m.) Constantinople, August 5. The Government, lias persuaded the Sent nte to assent to a dissolution of the Chamber, ordering that fresh elections ho held within three months. The Committee of Union and Progress s is intriguing for tho downfall of the War i- Minister. y The Government continues to arrest ino subordinate army officers.

li 1 f BLOCKHOUSE STORMED.

t 0 FIGHT BETWEEN TURKS AND MONTENEGRINS. (Rec. August 5, 10.35 p.m.) Cetinje, August 5. Tho Turks built a blockhouse on the Montenegrin frontier, and fired on Montenegrin guards. Tho population storrajj ed tlio blockhouse, fifty dead Turk* being 1 found in tho entrenchments. Fifteen Montenegrins vera killed. BOMBS EXPLODED. THIRTY-EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED. Salonica, August 4. Two bombs exploded in a market at Uskub, and two Jews, four Moslems, and thirty-two Bulgars were killed. Fourteen others were woimded. 4 ' IN DESPERATION, f _ * TURKISH OFFICIALS IMPRISONED. Athens, August 4. 0 The inhabitants of Icaria, an island in t the Aegean Sea, ill desperation at represr sivo measures, imprisoned tho Turkish officials and gendarmes. Tho islanders then (. proclaimed their independence.