GOEBEN AT THE DARDANELLES

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2227, 13 August 1914, Page 5

GOEBEN AT THE DARDANELLES

COAL SUPPLY. INTERRUPTED TURKISH NEUTRALITY TO BE TESTED (Kee. August 12, 7.30 p.m.) London, August, 11, midnight. The British official Press Bureau states that there is good reason for believing that' the Gcnnftn battle-erniser Qoeben and the light cruiser Breslau, have taken re' fuga in the p.-mlanolles, und will be dealt with according to international usage. Athens, August 11. 'l'lie captain of a Greek steaiiier reports that he met the tiermnn warship Goeben • approaching the Dardanelles on August 10Rome, August 11. England has protested against the departure from Genoa of the North-Gerniah liners Konig Albert.(lo,lß-1 tons gross) and lloltke (12,3110 tons gross), to rccoal German warships in the Mediterranean. The Italian Government accepted t|ie protest, and refused to allow the liners to sail. Under treaties sisrijcd at Paris in IS-5S a.tld in IST), fliul .viVnaribstl In ly all tho Great PoweM, belliccieat wtr<

sliips are excluded from ilie Dardanelles and the Bosphorus. The duty will therefore devolve upon Turkey, assuming that the.Goeben and the Breslau have actually entered the waterway, of detaining these vessels until tho close of the war. Whatever her inclination in the matter may be, Turkey's resources are not such as will encourage her to assume the duties of international policeman in this instance. The fortifications of the Bosplioruß and Dardanelles aro somewhat ambiguously described as "strong but out of date." The naval strength of the Porto is negligible. The beet vessels in tho Turkish Navy are two-old battleships, bought second-hand from Germany, which carry each six el<*en-inoh guns. Tiro modern Dreadnoughts which wero being built for Turkey in English shipyards have been taken over by the Imperial Government.