THE ORIENT.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1915, Page 5

THE ORIENT.

PERSECUTION OF GUEEKG. . k; ■ fru -i London, Oct. 10. '•the Salonika correspondent of Le Temps says that since the Turko-Bui-ganan agreement the persecution of weeks in Turkish territory Jus been intensified. There have been many assassinations. Bashi Buzouks murdered tour priests in Konia. The Thracian w-eeks are tlie greatest sufferers. Exiles are driven to Asia Minor, wli'-p deatli awaits them.

ITALIAN EMBASSY WRECKED. Rome, Oct. 10. Rioters at Constantinople wrecked the Italian Embassy. The police did not interfere. The American Ambassador lias lodged a protest.

THE COMING WINTER. A REPLY TO "CROAKERS." (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Received Oct. 11, 5.0 p.m. London, Oct. 10. Sir Edwin Pears writes: Croakers alleging that winter will cut qff communications at Gallipoli know nothing of it. The equinoctial gales are not serious, and are always followed Ibv a beautiful Indian ■summer during October, November and December, with light southerly winds. The weather will 'break ia Christmas week, and will be cold, with seyere snow, rain, and slush everywhere for ten weeks. Big westerly seas break on Gallipoli, but we occupy Isnbros, which is twelve miles from Ansae, and will shelter ships, whilst the Anzac headlands will shelter the soldiers.

ST. BERNARD DOCS. THEIR WORK AT THE DARDANELLES.' Received Oct. 11, s,fi p.m. London, Oct. 10. The Spectator quotes a nursing sister's letter from the Dardanelles, stating that the Red Cross Society's St. Bernard dogs are a great help in finding the wounded. She says: "It is remarkable how they kljow the dead from the unconscious; when they iind a living man they give a low mournful howl to Mtch us. Sometimes we cannot see where the man is found, and if we do not go the dogs will rome carrying the man's cap, whereby wc know whether he is a Turk or a Britisher. They then lead us to the spot/'

THE HOLY LAND. DESECRATED BY HUNS AND TORTCS. Received Oct. 11, 5.40 pju. Paris, Oct. 11. Le Temps' correspondent at Alexandria states that all convents in Jerusalem have been transformed into barracks. Thousands of recruits are drilling on the plain of Samaria and the Mount of Olives. Musketry butts are erected on Golgotha, where German officers train Turkish troops. All roads leading to the Holy Land are full of caravans with munitions and supplies.