Against the Turks.
THE TURKS DIVIDED,
STRIFE IN THE CAPITAL.
CABINET FAVORS PEACE.
BUT IS BLUDGEONED BY GERMANY.
Received March 26, 9.55 p.m. London, March 25.
Mr. Donohoe, war correspondent, cables from Constanza that there is a bitter struggle at Constantinople between the war and peace parties. The latter demand capitulation. The fend may culminate in a revolution, the Military League being considered as sworn foes. The Committee of Union and Progress has been resuscitated. It aims to destroy the German-Young Turks incubus. Already the army is divided. Fear of a coup d' etat led the Government to contemplate a separate peaiv, and a stormy Cabinet meeting was held. The majority decided to negotiate with the Allied commander-in-chief, and asked tlie "American Ambassador to ascertain the conditions for surrender of the Dardanelles and , Constantinople. At the last moment von Sanders, the 'German Government representative, broke into the Cabinet, furiously expostulated, threatened the instant arrest of the peace «nd vowed that lie would -shoot any members communicating with the Allies. He eventually bludgeoned the Government into submission..
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 247, 27 March 1915, Page 5
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176Against the Turks. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 247, 27 March 1915, Page 5
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