REIGN OF TERROR IN CONSTANTINOPLE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2655, 29 December 1915, Page 5

REIGN OF TERROR IN CONSTANTINOPLE

RATIONS DAILY DOMINEERING ATTITUDE OF HUNS RESENTED By Telegraph—Press Asßooi&tlon—Copyright ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ' , 4 London, December 27. Signer 'Magrini, an Italian correspondent, interviewed a Rumanian professor from Constantinople, who stated that the German reign of terror is increasing. Travellers are undressed and searched. The police control the bread supplies and everybody congregates in the mosques and churches, where small daily rations are distributed. The Mohammedans violently resent the increasingly domineering attitude of the Germans. Wounded Turks are continually coming into Constantinople. The last new German Ambassador has taken over the control of the police and the Ministry of Finance. British and French submarines aro raiding the Sea of Marmora, and dominate the Golden Horn. It is believed that six submarines, including one Italian, are operating there. The advisability of a separate peace is widely discussed, and evodi the Young Turks are uneasy. Envcr Paslm excuses the cession of Thracian territory to Bulgaria as temporary. It will be returned, with the Asia Minor islands, when Bulgaria obtains from Greece Sores, Drama, and Kavala. It is believed the Germans intend only a demonstration against Egypt, concentrating their efforts on pushing through Persia. General von Qolts asserts that Persia must be Teutonised. Tbn Germans arc couserlblnij I'eriitons in Cquetaui.tinopic. declaring .that ibis ia a Wai.

GERMAN COMMENTS ON THE DARDANELLES PROBLEM.

("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) / (Rpc. Dccembe.r 28, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 27. The German Press is jubilantly commenting on the British withdrawal from the Dardanelles, and are adopting the Turkish version that the troops were driven into the sea. The "North German Gazette ' congratulates tlie Turks and the Turkish Empire, tfhicli has been rebuilt on a secure moral and material foundation. Count Reventloiv points out that Gallipoli has not- really been evacuated, and hopes that the strengthening of the Turkish artillery will make tlie British retention of Seddel Ba.hr impossible. The most important work remains before Gallipoli and the entrance to the Dardanelles are cleared of the enemy, and the sooner it is done the inorc valuable the result. TUBKISH MUNITION FACTORY DESTROYED. Paris, December 27. News from Constantinople says that the bombing of a munition factory near Haskeul by airmen live days ago caused a iirc, which was followed by terrible explosions. Half the village of Haskeul was destroyed, and there were thousands of victims.