Against the Turks

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 170, 4 January 1915, Page 5

Against the Turks

GERMAN DIPLOMACY. HOW TURKEY'S HANI) WAS FORCED. Received :i, 3 p.m. Petrograd December 2. A second Orange Book has been published in order to show tile German under-handedness i:i forcing the Turks against the will of the Young TurkCabinet, who apparently believed they would be able to withdraw from the Teutonic enterprise. As soon as the Germans wore convinced that the Turks should always recoil from their fatal decision, the Breshm and Goeben treacherously attacked Russia. THE NATION DIVIDED. A PANIC IN CONSTANTINOPLE. THE POPULACE ROUSED. Times and Sdyney Sun Services. Receiver :), 5.25 p.m. London, January 2. Constantinople is placardcd | inciting the populace to punish the Germans who pushed Turkey to ruin. Troops surrounded the Sultan's palace, and the Ministers are fearing attacks. The city is in a state of panic. VON DER GOLTZ GONE TO THE FRONT. Received 3 3.35 p.m. London, January 2. General Von der Goltz has gone to the Caucasian front. CONSTANTINOPLE CITY BECOMES ENDANGERED. A BOMBARDMENT POSSIBLE. STILL TULKIXG OF EGYPTIAN INVASION. ENVER PASHA'S DEBUT. Athens, January 1. Feverish measures are being taken against an Uiiglo-French bombardment of Constantinople and the Dardanelles. The German and Austro-Hungarian Embassies have gone to Asia Minor. Alexandria, January 1. A prominent American missionary from Jerusalem states that there are active preparations for the invasion of Egypt in the spring. Thirty thousand .Turkish troops have assembled south of Jerusalem. It is estimated that three thousand German officers are in Palestine. All the camels in the country have been commandeered,' London, January 1. According to the Central News, refugees 3tate that Djamal Pasha arrived at Jerusalem on Friday. He had 5000 miserably equipped troops. Djamal Pasha was found dead in his room on Saturday. Paris is informed that the Turks on the Egyptian frontier have revolted against their German commanders, killing many of them. Petrograd, January 1. Enver Pasha, with a strong army and ample artillery, began a march to Sarykamish at the beginning of last week (ind attempted to overpower the garrison by a rapid assault before the arrival of reinforcements. lA portion of the garrison made a sortie for over fifteen miles and the battle began. Both sides were; chest deep in snow. The Russians slowly retreated, dividing towards both sides of the valley, and when the Turks reached Sarykamish the Russian reinforcements had'arrived and attacked the Turks on three sides, with only a narrow outlet left, which was through the. mountains. Besides heavy casualties much new equipment was abandoned. This is Enver's first experience as a commander. He was greatly depressed and quitted the army, transferring the command to General von Sanders. Official.—The Russians at Sarykamish captured twenty Turkish officers. Thirteen hundred men were killed and many, i including a general, taken prisoners.