THE MYSTERY OF THE DARDANELLES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2555, 1 September 1915, Page 5

THE MYSTERY OF THE DARDANELLES

' 'WHAT THE BRITISH AND GERMANS' THINK. ('Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ... , „ London, 'August 30. _ A/neutral correspondent recalls a. conversation lie had with a German in 1 • asked: "Do the English realise that wo regard the' Dardanelles as «mo ot the most vital parts of tho war; that our pioneers surveved the whole of , Peninsula-nearly a year ago, and fortified it even before tho first foolish bombardment? ' do you know al} this?" he was asked. • Everybody in Germany knows it. AVo contend that a. million af men ™, uot Constantinople by tbo route intended." J.IIO neutral correspondent continues: "Since I have been in England, the umiiicting information regarding tlio Dardanelles expedition has puzzled me. J.neio is a curious aloofness about tliat thcatro of war. None of tho military authorities who do so much in Germany to Educate the public mind seem n, 111 t'! 0 enterprise. / Tc> people> hero it would appear to bo regarded as something -akin to the JJoer War. Germans take the view that the expedition was a rand project from tlio outset, and that success is impossible- to achieve. -Englishmen say: 'In a month wo shall bo in Constantinople," but no one can toll how tho feat-is to. bo accomplished. Englishmen do not attach tho gigantic importance to the enterprise which the Germans do." ' • TURKISH OFFICIAL' COMMUNIQUE. ... ■ ■ . . Amsterdam, 'August 30. A comnuinicjuo from Constantinople states:-"The enemy on Saturday renewed tlio stubborn attack on Anafarta, but was repulsed with losses, occupants™ " d recai>tui ' ci trendies in the centre, killing tho |'our losses'havo been, comparatively small during tho last two days.- . Our airmen partook m tho battle, successfully bombing hostile positions."