Turkey

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 76, 6 March 1916, Page 5

Turkey

POWDER MAGAZINE EXPLOSION. CONSTANTINOPLE'S LOSS. [T.TxTTF-fi Pkkrs Association, t (Received 9.,'i a.m.) Alliens, March 5. A fiie exploded the Sivas powdeimagazine at Constantinople. I j I PRINCE YUSSUF'S END. I DETAILS OF THE PREPARATIONS (Received 9.5 a.m. ) Paris, March o. During tile summer of 1915, the Committee of Union and Progress discussed the late Prince Yussuf's hostility, and Enver Talaat bluntly favored liis removal. The Committee at a later meeting, at which Enver Talaat and Yussuf's doctor were present, insisted upon the Prince's assassina'i m. When the Turkish military situation improved, preparations were completed, and Hassin Bey, Yussuf's orderly officer, committed the crime | '. THE DARDANELLES MINES. ALLEGED REMOVAL BY THE TURKS. (Received 9.30 a.m. ) Athens, March 5. A significant but unconfirmed message states that the Turks are removing mines from the Dardanelles. j ALLEGED PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. ENVOYS TO SWITZERLAND. I ■ (Received 9.30 a.m.) ' Paris, Marcli 5. I A semi-official message quotes a London telegram to the Corriere della Sera stating that Talaat on behalf of the committee of Union and Progress has twice taken the initiative with a view to peace negotiations, and it is reported that two envoys were sent to Switzreland for that purpose. GERMAN COMMANDER ALARM2D Athens. March o. ' Alarmed at the gravity of the situation, the Duke of Mecklenburg bus telegraphed to t*iie iT.itscr. urgTug Uia reinforcements be despatched to Coistantinople. ENVER PASHA AT JERUSALEM. Athens, March o. Enver Pasha visited the Mosque ol Omar and other holy places at Jerusalem, inclucTTng Christian churches. He wa B welcomed by the Greek patriarchs and the sheiks. * ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION. Athens, March 5. ■Advices from Constantinople state that an attempt was made to assassinate Enver Pasha, who was wounded. i CAVALRY TROOPS MUTINY. London, March 4. The Daily Chronicle's Athens correspondent "reports that a detachment of cavalry which was sent to disperse anti-war demonstrators in Constantinople, outside the Ministries, joined them. The ringleaders have been arrested .