THE WAR IN THE NEAR EAST

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2306, 13 November 1914, Page 5

THE WAR IN THE NEAR EAST

TURKISH ARMY'S DISORGANISATION CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE YOUNG TURKS . , ~ . ' , London, November 11. Rome advices state that information has been received that the Turkish Amy is in a state of complete disorganisation. The majority of the men are without uniforms, and the military stores contain only eight days' supply. ■• •. i Athens, November 11. It is reported that an extensive conspiracy has broken out in Constantinople against the Young Turks and Germans. The ringleaders were shot on Sunday. A crowd attacked German non-commissioned officers. The German Consul has protested. , ' TURKISH LOSSES IN THE BLACK SEA.

Petrograd, November 10. The.three Turkish transports sunk at Zunguldak, in the Black Sea, by the Russian Fleet on November 7 were carrying artillery, aeroplanes, automobiles and uniforms for-sixty thousand troops. The Russians Tescued 248 soldiers an d , several German officers.' . ' ' .....

GERMAN PLOT TO BLOCK THE SUEZ CANAL

(Reo. November 13, 0.55 a.m.)

„.,.,,,,.. _ Rome, November 12. . r nnce Monamed Ah from Egypt g iyes details of the career of Otto Mors, a German officer who was arrested at Cairo on November 6as a spy. Mors came to Egypt in 1909, and eecured a 1 ieutenancy in the Gendarmerie. Hβ was really ;•>spy with a staff of numerous conspirators, appointed to foment a rebellion. ..anous princes and notables were identified with the Nationalist movement, and assisted Mors. ' Prior'to the war Mors went to Germany, and also visited Enver Bey'at Constantinople regarding a native rising in Egypt, and returned to Alexandria with a mission to blow up'divers ships in. the canal and so prevent the Indian and Australian reinforcements reaching Europe. ' /' ' : The plot was discovered, and Mors was arrested wearing a fez containing detailed maps of the canal and instructions from Germany how to block the oanal. Two big dynamite bombs were found concealed in his lodgings.- Mora made a full confession and furnished a list of his associates, who were arrested and many deported. Mors- eaid that Germany gave him £10,000 and threatened to shoot him if he turned coward.