TURKISH CONDITIONS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2721, 16 March 1916, Page 5

TURKISH CONDITIONS

GERMANS IN CONTROL CRITICAL POSITION IN ASIA MINOII <By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright

.London, March 14. Mr. W. A. Jeiferies, writing from Salonika, says that the latest information from Constantinople lessens the probability of an insurrection. There are ten thousand Austro-Ger-man troops in the city. Turkish control has vanished. The Young Turks suspected Mie HeirApparent and 1 won him over with a large pension. The "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Athens states that a reliable military correspondent's _ uncensored letter describes the situation in Con-, etantinople as most critical. The Turks are unable to seriously oppose a further Russian advance in ■ Asia Minor, whero thirty thousand Cossacks are operating. ... Despite German endeavours, it is impossible to run more than four trains from Haidarpasha to Angora and Haidarpasha to Konia daily. 1 rains are hampered by the scarcity of coal. . Moreover, owinft to the Young Turks fears regarding Bulgaria, it is impossible to withdraw troops from, Europe, while a local revolution ill Syria is probable, especially if the Allies land) on the Syrian coast. _ . .• The Turkish army in Mesopotamia is threatened with annihilation in the event of a junction being made by the British and Russian forces. The Bulgarian Government is seriously alarmed at the probability _of Turkey's collapse, and is considering how Bulgaria can eeelc safoty and separate peaco. exchange of prisoners. NOW BEING ARRANGED. (Rec. March 15, 9.50 p.m.) London, March 14. Mr. H. J. Tennant' (Under-Secretary for War) stated in the House of Commons that arrangements were m progress for making an exchange for all British prisoners in Turkey.