TURKISH AFFAIRS.
PANIC IN CONSTANTINOPLE. Received 9.45. ROME, March 20. Private messages from Constantinople indicate a panic. A Ministerial, possibly a dynastic crisis in imminent. A HOLY WAR PROCLAIMED. Received 11.5. ATHENS, March 20. Advices from Turkey state that Holy War is following fall of Bagdad. The Government has issued an order for the mobilisation of all males. TURKS HASTILY RETIRING. LONDON, March 20. The High Commissioner cables: — official: During the night of the 17th we crossed the Diala, occupying the village of Balrriz, and part of the town of Bakubah, on the left firing hastily towards Kahnikin. Bakubah is a good supply centre, and t]\o inhabitants are friendly and ready to trade.
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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 21 March 1917, Page 5
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113TURKISH AFFAIRS. Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 21 March 1917, Page 5
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