Against the Turks.
"AN UNPAIIDONABLE ERROR." i GERMAN EASTERN POLICY CUUTJiCISED. ONLY BENEFITTING THE ALUBS. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 29, 4.30 p.m. London., November 26. A correspondent at Copenhagen learns from Berlin IJiaH the defeat of thai Tunics in Mesopotamia and the occupation of Basra has had a discourage I ing effect. German commercial circles consider that involving Turkey in a "WttJl is an unpardonable error, only benefits ting tho Allies. Germany has already paid Turkey ten millions sterling, and} will soon repeat the amount, tio be sacrificed, together wrtiN investments iis the country. Germany will be made responsible for a civilised war causing a Holy war, and thus antagonising'the, neutrals. In the course of a few montfos, Mesopotamia, Armenia* Palestine, parta( of Eyria and Anatolia, and filially Con-! stantinople will be in the liands of thej Allies, who will not only have soma- 1 illiing to divide among themselves, bull to give to new members of the Alliance.
WAR ON CIVILIANS. BLOCKADE OF THE TURKS DESTROY MONASTERIES, Received 20, 5.5 p.m. , ' London, November 28. Renter's Constantinople correspondent reports that Djemal Pasha telegraphed to the United States threatening that for every Ottoman kill* ed or injured as the result of the bom« bardment of undefended Syrian ports, three French and British subjects would" be shot. ' - It is officially stated in Paris that thS
Frcnclf squadrons continue to blockade the Dardanelles, and to patrol the Egyptian coast. Cairo reports that fugitives from Jcnß salem state that the Turks seized teries and convents belonging to the 1 Allies.
STATE CONTROLS THE BANKS,
Received 28, 5.5 p,m. Rome, November 28. Advices from Constantinople state that the Porte assumes control of tli# Ottoman and other banks, and the in« come of these institutions will be deposited in the Ottoman bank until tha end of the war.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 1, 30 November 1914, Page 5
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304Against the Turks. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 1, 30 November 1914, Page 5
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