Italy.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 169, 23 December 1914, Page 5

Italy.

TURKISH ADVANCE ON TRIPOLI. ITALY DEMANDS AN EXPLANATION THE POPULACE FAVORS WAR. Petrograc, December 21. The Bourse Gazette states that Italy demands from the Porte an explanation of the movement of 4000 Arabs under Turkish and German officers against Tripoli. Italy has threatened to rupture relations, failing a satisfactory answer. Rome. December 21. Five hundred meetings were held throughout Italy commemorating Obcrdank, who was executed in 1882 for a conspiracy against the Emperor Francis Joseph. The demonstrations developed into an anti-Austrian and pro-war meetings in the northern cities and the police were obliged to curb the celebrations. VON BULOW'S AUDIENCE WITH THE KING. GERMAN AMBASSADOR WELL j SATISFIED. Received 22, 10.20 p.m. London, December 22. A Rome message via America says that the King of Italy received Count Von Bulow, who presented his credentials, and remained an hour in conversation with the King. Upon leaving, Von Bulow declared thafc he was greatly satisfied with the result of the audience. The King sent his carriage to Von Bulow's residence to bring him to the Palace, at the entrance whereof a bugler played a German air. Another message from the same source declares, in connection wit'i the anti.Austrian demonstrations, that a son- of Garibaldi, leaning on crutches, declared: "A voice is ringing from Oaprera, where my father's body lies. His spirit asks the men of Italy to-day for acts, r.ot words."