SEPARATE PEACE MOVEMENT IN TURKEY

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2646, 17 December 1915, Page 7

SEPARATE PEACE MOVEMENT IN TURKEY

CRec. December 16, 6.20 p.m.) Rome, December 161 Advices from Constantinople state that there is a general movement in' favour of a separate peace. This is being enßowaged by some of the Ministers, including Talaafc Bey. The prospect of the arrival of the Gorman armv is viewed with disfavour, particularly by Turikish officere and soldiers who have had experience o>f German methods. * A -MILLION' TURKS FOE ACTIVE SERVICE, In the House of Commons, Mr. H. 'J. Teimant, Under-Secretan^forWar' in answer to a question, said that it was estimated that there were 650 000 Turks ' in the field, and that number might bo incccnscd in certain circumstances' to 1,000,000. THE THREATENED ATTACK ON EGYPT GREAT PREPARATIONS ' 'AT. JERUSALEM. a„ • . . ' . ... Rome, December 10. c ,li Jr 7 missionary from Syria reports important preparations at Jem- ' salem and Jaffa for an expedition to Egypt nuder the German General Trusse'"T t d ° u,)le railway has been constructed from Damascus to Jerusalem and frtm Gaza, some distance beyond the ancient frontier of Turkey in to the Isthmus of Suez. A hundred thou 6 and men are winch has been transformed mto an armed camp, strongly entrenched Con' vente havo been converted into hospitals, with Turco-Gorman staffs. '.Tholn-' habitants are under strict supervision. Seventy thousand Turks, the remnants, of the unsuccessful raiders on tno Csnal, are now camped at Gaza Tht-rn is a shortage of rifles for the new forces, a hundred men training with the rille. Only four old guns are available for training the ~' A BRUSH WITH HOSTILE ARABS •, - (Rec. December 16, 8.50 p.m.) , ■ fT^ 6 A® r |i' S J L ' lin^ e I Gor(lon i <> n December 13, force a# hostile Arabs twenty-foar miles, west of Mutras. The enemy w« arned with twelve hundred rifles and machine-guns. They were vigorously attE and dr.ven back with heavy loss The British casualties were only four Mlled Our troops subsequently returned to Mutras. AUSTRALIAN TRADERS AND THE SUEZ OANAL. (Rec. December 17, 0.50 a.m.) onrf T h! Sydn n s i. " Dai V Tolograph '! sa yf that the Orien?PenfnJSr& Oriital.'' and other well-known lines are not making a change from the Suez to the Cope route. There is no shortage of coal now, but it is apparent that the Canal Company might not be able shortly to guarantee a coal 'supply. A blow aimed at Egypt might cause the Canal to be put in a stato of defence with.inevitable inconvenience to merchant shipping. The Germans have cd that in the event of war they would block tie Canal and interrupt our communications. In view of the conditions which are developing we trust that energetic measures will be taken to prevent the Canal from bring