ITALY AND TURKEY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 450, 23 March 1912, Page 5

ITALY AND TURKEY.

♦ TERMS OF PEACE. By ToleKraph.—Press Association. —Copyright London, Wednesday. The Rome correspondent of the Times stateß that the Italian peace termß demand the recognition of Italy's soveriegnty in Tripoli and Cyreniaca, the withdrawal of Turkish troops and officials, and the re-estab-lishment of the statUß quo in regard to Italian residents in Turkey. On the other hand, Italy recognises tho spiritual authority of the Khalif and the religious liberty of the Moslems, will guarantee the Ottoman debt creditors, and will purchase the Turkish Government's property in Tripoli and Cyreniaca. A digible balloon from an altitude of 1200 metres directed the Italian artillery fire to the Turkish camp at Zangur with success and precision. The Turks fled. The dirigible then proceeded to the Turkish camp at Sunaiden. It dropped bombs on the camp and destroyed the commissariat depot.

(Mr Alan Ostler, correspondent of the Daily Expreßß, the only correspondent who has been constantly with the Turks since the beginning of the Italian-Turkish war, has made a statement in which he says:—"lE Turkey were to make peace to-morrow the Arabs would continue lighting as long as Italy attempted to impose a Government on them. The natives of Tripoli do not for a moment believe in the Italian promise of kindnesß, prosperity, and just government. In Tripoli the Arabs cannot bo convinced that Italy has Bpent all the money the campaign is costing merely to help the natives to wealth and happiness." Analysing the present military situation, Mr Ostler Bays he beileves that so long as Italy is prepared to keep her warahips ready for action she can be fairly secure against the danger of recapture. The cities of Tripoli, Homs. and Benghaiz might, Bays Mr Ostler, with a little enterprise, be able to hold the other coast port and enable an advance to be made into the desert.)