MORE TROUBLE IMPENDING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 81, 26 September 1911, Page 5

MORE TROUBLE IMPENDING.

ITALIAN BOATS LEAVE TURKEY. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? EXCITEMENT IN TURKEY. By Coble—Press Association—Copyright. Received 25, 9.30 p.m. Constantinople, September 25. Official circles are a'larmed at the ItalSan Vice-Consul at-the Dardanelles boarding the Hoeieta Nazionales" steamer Romania, compelling the passengers for Constantinople to land within half an hour, the Romania returning to Italy without landing mails. Several Italian merchant steamers have left Ottoman ports at the instance of the Italian Consuls, without cargoes. One explanation is that it is a precaution against the impending boycott of Italian goods and Shipping. The Porte has demanded Italy's explanation of the foregoing movements. Rumors of the landing of Italian troops at Tripoli has intensified the excitement. THE FORCES OF TRIPOLI. ANTI-ITALIAN FEELING. Constantinople, September 24. Colonel Fenzi, chief of staff of the Salonika army corps, has been appointed commander of the troops In Tripoli, ■which have hitherto been commanded by the Governor. Information, from Italian sources shows that a certain amount of antiItalian feeling has been manifested in various parts of the empire. Two Italian warships are in readiness in Sicily. Even the Italian colonies are endangered.

ITALIAN* RESERVES SUMMONED. Rome, September 24. Owing to the incompleteness of the numbers with the colors, part of the 1888 Massowah contingent has been summoned. There is a great exodus of Italians from Tripoli, fearing an outbreak of fanaticism against them. A SENSATIONAL REPORT. Cairo, September 24. A sensational report is current here that the Turk 9 have captured the Italian liner, Reina Margherita, at Messina. CONCERN IN AUSTRIA. . TURKISH RESENTMENT FEARED. Received 25, 9.30 p.m. Vienna, September 25. The Tripolitan question is causing great disquiet in Austria. It is feared that Turkis"i resentment will be vented in Bosnia and Herzgovinia.

FRANCE'S ATTITUDE. London, September 25. There are indications that France will be benevolently neutral in the Tripolitan i question. i Tripoli, a province,of the Ottoman Em- ! pire, and the easternmost of the Barbarv States of North Africa, stretching along the (Jre.-vter and Lesser Syrtes (the Gulfs of Cabes and Sidra), is bounded on the ' west by Tunis (French), on the south (vagueiyl by the Libyan Desert and Fezzan. on the east, if we include the plateau of Barca. by Egypt, and on the north by the Mediterranean. The area is roughly estimated at 319,000 square miles, and the population is over 1,300,000. Lvbian Berbers, Moors, and a few ■Arabs form the larger proportion, while there, are 3000 European, chieflv Maltese, and about 24,000 Jews. The Atlas ranges terminate here in two chains (4000 ft.). Rain seldom falls during the long, hot summers, hut the heavy dew supports vegetation- in favored localities. Tho coast region, about 1100 miles long, is very fertile about Tripoli and Mesurata, where tropical fruits, grain, wine, cotton, madder, etc., arc produced, but further east, along the Gulf of Sidra, reigns sandy desolation. The interior yields senna, dates and galls, and caroli and lotus are indigenous. Sheep and cattle, small horses, and strong mules, are reared. The commerce consists of exporting the products of the country and of the interior of Africa (gold dust, ivory, patron and ostrich feathers). The imports (chiefly European manufactures) have been declining. Tripoli is divided into four provinces, viz., Tripoli, Bengazi or Barca, Mesurata, and Gadames. Fezzan is but nominally attached to Tripoli. From the Phoenicians Tripoli passed to tho rules of ("vrcnaria (Barca), from whom it was wrested bv the Carthaginian* It afterwards belonged to the Romans, Arabs, Spain and the Knights of St. John of Malta, but since 1151 "the Turks have held sway. Of late Italy has sought to extend her interests here.

The capital, Tripoli, lies on the edge of the desert, on a point of rocky land projecting into the Mediterranean. It. is a typical Moorish city, with high walls, beautiful gardens, and inanv mosoucs and several large churches. The population is over 20,001).

The only other town of note is lien gazi, on the (Gulf of Sindra. The population is alxmt TflOO.