THE WAR IN TRIPOLI.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 53, 27 February 1912, Page 5

THE WAR IN TRIPOLI.

13 Ex .ROUT BOMBARDMENT KILLS MANY CIVILIANS. SITUATION NOW NORMAL. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) Beyrout, February 2G. Shells bursting on the quay killed and wounded many of the crowd which had gathered to watch the bombardment. The casualties were duo to splinters from ricocheting shells, consequent on the smallness of the harbour. The mob, believing that the landing of the Italians was imminent, seized some rifles at the barracks and demanded the release of prisoners. The police frustrated the attempt, and martial law was proclaimed. The situation is now normal, and Europeans are safe. Reinforcements aro arriving. Fifty men aboard the Turkish battleship Avanillah are missing, in addition to 30 killed and 100 wounded ashore. The Italian warships remained in the offing throughout the night. Six millions sterling of French capital is invested in Beyrout, and the cruiser Admiral Charner has been ordered thither from Crete. ITALIAN SUBJECTS EXPELLED. Constantinople, February 26. The Council and Ministers discussed Italy’s action, and decided to oxpel Italian subjects from Beyrout, Damascus, Jerusalem and Aleppo within fifteen days. THE BOMBARDMENT CONDEMNED. Vienna, February 26. Newspapers are irritated over , the Beyrout bombardment. “Die Zlet” urges the Powers to take steps to prevent a repetition. THE OCTOBER ATROCITIES. (Received 27, 8.5 a.m.) / London, February 26. London newspapers have received a memorandum from the Italian Government detailing the ghastly atrocities upon the Italian soldiery on October 23rd, alleging the use of dumdum bullets. DEPUTIES CONSIDER THE COST. (Received 27, 8.5 ,a.m.) Rome, February 26. The Chamber of Deputies is considering extraordinary credits of two hundred and five million lire, covering the war to the end of February.