TO ATTACK EGYPT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 16750, 4 January 1915, Page 7

TO ATTACK EGYPT.

TURKEY PREPARING. *' Times " and! Sjdnej' " Sun " SsrttotiV' ALEXANDRIA, January 1; A , prominent American missionary from' Jerusalem states that there are active for an' invasion.of Eitsntr ia the «*feff> Thirty thou* r ,,,. :

sand Turkish troops have been assembled south of Jerusalem. It is estimated that there ore three thousand C4erman officers in Palestine. All the camels in the country have, been commandeered. DJEMAL PASHA DEAD. LONDON*.. January 1. .According to the Central News Vgency refugees state that Djemal Pasha"arrived at Jerusalem on Friday utithe bead of five thousand miserablyequipped troops. Djemal Pasha was •ound dead in his room on Saturday. EX-KHEDIVE'S ESTATE. CAIRO.. January 1. The Government proposes to appoint i sequestrator to de.al with the oxKhedive's private property. AN UNHAPPY CITY. CONSTANTINOPLE ANTICIPATES SIEGE. ATHENS, January 1. Feverish measures are being taken oy the Turks agaiust the expected Anglo-French bombardment of Constantinople and the Dardanelles. The German and Austro-Hungarian "Smbassies have gone to Asia Minor. TURKISH REVOLT. LONDON, January 1. A Paris journal has been informed tfiat the Turks on the Egyptian frontier revolted against their German commanders, killing many. REVOLT AGAINST THE GERMANS. EXCITEMENT IN CONSTANTINOPLE. LONDON, January 2. Constantinople is placarded with posters inciting the populace, to punish the Germans, who pushed Turkey into ruin. Troops are surrounding the Sultan's palace and the Ministries, fearing attacks. The city is in a state or panic.