HOW GERMANY RUINED TURKEY

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 108, 9 January 1915, Page 5

HOW GERMANY RUINED TURKEY

ENTENTE TRY TO AVERT A CONFLICT. { Press Association —Copyright. [ PETROGRAD, Jan. 8. I An Orange Book affords the most , striking testimony to the unpreeoI dented lengths to which Russia, in f conjunction with England and Franco, proceeded, hoping to. avert a conflict. It shows that the Russian Ambassador was minutely informed of every German move in Constantinople. Reporting on September 10th he said Enver Pasha had received a letter from Germany intimating that the moment had arrived for Turkey to fulfil her obligations by the invasion of Egypt and landing at Odessa. Berlin announces that the Russians show that they are tired of the war.— Times and Sydney Sun Special Services.

BOHEMIAN DESERTERS' FATE.

LONDON, Jan. 8. Eighteen hundred Bohemians deserted the Austrians during the recent battle in Bosnia. The Austrians recaptured forty, bound their hands and legs, and paraded them through the streets of Buda Pesth, the crowd throwing refuse at them and beating them with sticks. INDIAN PRISONERS TO BE SENT TO TURKEY. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 8. The Telegraph’s Berlin correspondent says that the Indian prisoners in the concentration camp near Berlin wil{ shortly be transported to Turkey with other Moslem contingents. BERNSTOFF BESTED. DUM-DUM EVIDENCE WORTHLESS. (Rec. 2.15 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Mr, Bryan, in replying to Count Bernstoff’s dum-dum representations, said the United States must refrain from officially investigatng such charges, which were inconsistent with strict neutrally. Mr. Byran, however, dears -with the charges seriatim, and produced a signed statement from every American firm that Bernstoff mentioned, cle.nying the charges. The United States, therefore, considers that evidence such ao that submitted proves nothing. INTERESTING ITEMS GERMAN BRAVERY AND HATE. (Times and Sydney Sun Services) LONDON, Jan. S. In the House of Lords, Lord Cur/ou, declared that the Germans were inspired b ya bravery equal to our own, and ' appeared fortified by hatred against us such as we, with a more phlegmatic temperament, were incapabe of. KITCHENER’S NEW ARMIES. LONDON, Jan. 8. Lord Kitchener ,in reply to questions, said that six new armies which were being organised included Indians, hut excluded colonials,, who were not yet sufficiently trained. Arrangements were being made to keep up the strength! of depleted Indian units. LENIENCY TO ALIENS. LONDON, Jan. 8. During the debate in the Lords strong complaints were made about the Government’s leniency to aliens, particularly in prohibited areas. Lord Crewe promised to consider sweeping them out of the prohibited area. THE POPE’S INTERVENTION. LONDON, Jan. 8. As a result of the Pope’s intervention it is expected that 150,000 civilians and invalids will be exchanged. PRO-GERMAN AT DRURY LANE. LONDON, Jan. 8. Feme Rogers, an American actress who is playing the title role in “The Sleeping Beauty,’ ’at Drury Lane, has resigned because she entertains enthusiastic pro-German sentiments. BRUSSELS ON THE BRINK OF STARVATION. LONDON, Jan. 8. An Englishman writes: Brussels is rn the brink cf starvation. The worst i tales on hear do net approach the realI i' y.