The Dardanelles

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 235, 13 March 1915, Page 5

The Dardanelles

1 —. ] RIOTS IN CONSTANTINOPLE. f i i GOEBEN'S CAPTAIN IN DESPERATE MOOD. I Received 12, 11.30 p.m. London, March 12. Mr Martin Donohoe, reporting from Constanza, says there is frequent rioting at Stamboul. Shops in Galata and Pera are closed, and the owners have fled. Soldiers are guarding Pera against looting. The coal supply is barely j adequate for naval needs. Wealthy re- ( sidents are taking refuge at Tlieirapua < and Scutari. c The Goeben is lying stripped and disabled. It was impossible to tow her f into the dockyard at the Golden Horn, 1 owing to her draught. The German com- * mander declares that he will blow her ' up if the Dardanelles arc forced. ' Two German-officered Turkish rcgi- * ments mutinied. The leaders were executcd and the mutineers imprisoned at Scutari. The seeds of an anti-German revolution are fructifying. A TERRIFIC CANNONADE. EXODL'S FROM CONSTANTINOPLE. " < Received 12, 11 i.-.v.i. 1 Sofia, March 12. 1 Dedeagach (a Turkish port) reports a terrific cannonade in the Dardanelles t and the Gulf of Saros, with violent s explosions exceeding anything yet heard. They are audible for miles in- '' land. v •The exodus of foreigners from Constantinople continues. The families of the German and Austrian Ambassadors Tfirrts, Kgncto Phillippopolis, which is crowded \ntTT refugees-" ' A-fOnspiracv against the Young Turks has been (ff>- I covered, and two hundred Armenians arrested. A depot of bombs was seized. r AT CONSTANTINOPLE. a T. t """ C 1: DISMANTLING TnE FORTS. c ' i Received March 12, 7.10 p.m. ( London, March 11. 1 Refugees arriving at Bucharest declare t that the Turks are dismounting guns in order that upon the Allies entering they will regard Constantinople as an open city. TURKISH FIRE WEAKENING. Received March 12, 5.5 p.m. Paris, March 11. The Turkish artillery on Mount Elijah is weakening daily. Two big cruisers for the first time 1 passed the night in the Dardanelles, pro- 1 tecting and illuminating the mine-sweep- i ers. ! THROUGH GERMAN EYES. • Received March 52, 7.10 p.m. Lndon, March 11. A Berlin official message states that ■ the results of the bombardment of the Dardanelles are negligible, and that several ships have been damaged, especially I the Queen Elizabeth. A French cruiser was put out of action, and two minesweepers sunk. ' The British were defeated in Mesot potamia, losing numerous prisoners and three guns. I r I he resignation of M. Ycni/.elos is regarded as a hopeful sign. 1 RUSSIA'S BLACK SEA FLEET. CRIPPLING TURKEY. Received March 12, 7.10 p.m. London, March U. Petrograd says that the operations of tlie Russian Black Sea fleet will materi- , ally weaken the small flee£ of Turkish l transports, without which it is impossible to rapidly convey troops to the i Anatolian coast. The destruction of the - port and buildings at Zunguldak de- • prives Constantinople of its important I coal supply,, and a coal famine is threat- - ened. 5 PREPARING FOR DEFEAT. Cairo i March 12. a The Turkist authorities have posted notices in Syria that she may have to „ evacuate the Dardanelles for strategeti- £ cal reasons. * The R. and A. Challenger. A ball of ideal weight. Constructed after search- '* ing tests. Carries further than the heaviest balls. Rnns further than the '"'glit balls, a beautiful ball for the short '■ game. Buy a Challenger to-day. You'll !• get a box next time. '