WARSHIPS ASSEMBLING.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1590, 6 November 1912, Page 7

WARSHIPS ASSEMBLING.

FLEETS STEAMING TO THE.LEVANT STKOXG HKITJSH FOHCE. Gibraltar, Xovfember 1. The battleships King. Edward VTI, Zealandia, Africa, and Hindustan (all of 1G,300 tons displacement) have sailed for the East, The remainder of the fleet will follow immediately.

ELEVEN 7 RUSSIAN VESSELS. (liec. November B, 0.40 a.m.) Odessa, November 5. Eleven Russian worships aro at the entrance to tho Bosphorus, awaiting orders. GERMAN CRUISERS., Berlin, November I, , The cruisers Hertha (55G9 tons), Vinota (5791 tons), ami Geier (1597 toils), at present in the Mediterranean, have been ordered to Turkish waters. Tiro other cruisers will also leave Kiel for the East. AUSTRIAN SHIPS SAIL. Vienna, November 4. Six Austrian warships have left Trieste, presumably, for the Levant. PASSAGE OF DARDANELLES. Constantinople, November 4. The Turks have granted tho Powers the right of passage through tho Dardanelles for the warships as requested. PROTECTION OF BRITISH SUBJECTS. Constantinople, November 4. Owing to tho disquiet, the British Con-sul-General dispatched a steamer to embark Britons at Rodosto, who are desirous of leaving that place, which is on the Sea of Marmora, 75 miles west of Constantinople. Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, anliqnnced in the House of Commons that the cruiser Weymouth had arrived at Besika Bay, and is going to Constantinople. Sir' Gerald Lowther, British Ambassador to Turkey, has detained the steamer City of Chios, in case British subjects are endangered. Arrangements are being made to have a second ship in readiness; also---a second warship at Salonika. . MONTENEGRO'S CAMPAIGN. UNABLE TO HOLD TARABOSCH. (Rec. November 5, 11.5 p.m.) . Vienna, November 0. It is reported that Montenegrins have been' unable to hold Tarabosch and were dislodged by the. Turks, leaving several guns,, which they disabled. The Montenegrins burned the Mohammedan : villages of Mqssi alid Missolini, which they had'repeatedly attacked. .' The Turks have scored small suecess. ITALY AND THE ISLANDS. : SECRET CLAUSE IN TREATY. (R-ec. November 6, 0.40.a.m.) London, November 5. The "Daily Chronicle's" Geueva correspondent states that by a secret clause in tho Turco-Italian Treaty, Italy holds the Aegean Islands during the- Balkan War,--and will, not yield up possession until Turkey,requests. BRITISH STEAMER'S CAPTURED,, '. CONTRABAND ON BOARD. ' (Rec. November 6, 0.40 a.ni.) Athens, November 5. . The British , steamers Austrian ; and AVoalwich have been captured at Piratus with contraband on board. ' .. GREEK STEAMER BLOWN UP. • ; MINE .EXPLODES i.T SALONIKA.. .- • (Rec.; November S, V.. v ■■ Athens, November 5. A Greek merchantman struck a mine in Salonika Harbour, and was b'.Qffn.(.up.,. while lying close to tiie Austrian, warship's. .