ILLNESS OF THE SULTAN

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2498, 26 June 1915, Page 5

ILLNESS OF THE SULTAN

REGENT NOMINATED TURKS FEAR BULGARIAN INTERVENTION SENSATIONAL SUBMARINE STORY THRILLING AIR MID FRENCH AVIATORS BOMB MUNITIONS TRAIN Many interesting details are contained in the war news to-day, but no marked change is reported in the principal theatres. Before leaving Leniberg the Russians destroyed the petroleum refineries. They are now lighting rearguard actions east and north-west of the city. It is reported that the Tsar has gone to the front. The Austro-German success in Galicia appears to have had an effect already upon the Italian campaigns. It is stated that the Austrians, reinforced, took the offensive along the whole front, but were repulsed. Dotails of the fighting indicate that the Italians are still making some headway botli in the Trentino and on the eastern front. In the Western theatre less strenuous activity is reported on the front north of Arras than has been the rule for a long time past, but the French are pushing ahead in Alsace and elsewhere. Some further interesting dotails are given of the position in Gallipoli. Inquiries made bv tbe Australian Defence Department indicate that stories of Turkish atrocities are unfoundedno authentic cases are known. An Athens report states that 011 account of the illness of tho Sultan a Regency has been set up in Turkey. Herr Dernburg, who lately created some stir in the United States, has been captured on the seas and taken to Biitaui. I'ioin Rome, by way of Tokio and New York, it is reported that seven German submarines have entered tho Mediterranean. It is alleged that a serious schism has appeared in the German Cabinet—a party headed by Grand Admiral von Tirpitz conspiring to oust ilic Government and replace it by "more Bisinarckian" men.