Fighting In Tripoli

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 113, 2 November 1911, Page 5

Fighting In Tripoli

INDISCRIMINATE SLAUGHTER BY ITALIANS. SANGUINARY AND PITILESS REPRISALS EXPECTED. By Cable—Press Association- Copyright. London, October 31. The Times' Tripoli correspondent, describing the slaughter at the oasis, states that the Italians set themselves to cow the Arabs, but the men got beyond control, and innocent suffered with the guilty. This hideous severity will probably give rise to sanguinary and pitiless reprisals. The Pall Mall Gazette says that the horrible revelation of the oasis incident will do much to estrange European sympathy from Italy. The Times' Tripoli correspondent says that the tale of retribution was shockingly heavy, but the indiscriminate carnage would have been much gTeater had the rising, instead of being premature, occurred as intended. Rome, October 31.

The Italians collected only 3000 out of the 10,000 rifles distributed to the Arabs by the Turks; hence the drastic quelling of the insurrection, but many of the soldiers got beyond controi. Among the infantrymen embarking a 1 Bologna was an anti-militarist reservif' named Masetti, who fired at a group r' officers in the barrack square, woundinthe colonel.

Tripoli, October 31. The Arabs attacked Honis, but were repulsed, and 3000 killed. THAT 810 BATTLE. ITALIAN DEFEAT DECLARED BASELESS. Received 2, .12.10 a.m. Rome, November 1. Turkish reports of a crushing defeat of the Italians at Tripoli are officially declared to be baseless.