ITALY AND TURKEY

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10448, 13 October 1911, Page 5

ITALY AND TURKEY

MINES IN DARDANELLES

PROTECTION OF FOODSTUFFS. (Received Last Night, 9.25 o'clock.) LONDON, October 12. Advices from an apparently trustworthy source state that the Turks are laying mines in. the Dardanelles. The i'lureign Office has advised Italy not to treat coal and foodstuffs l aoi contraband, whatever be their destination. ITALIAN WORKMEN MASSACRED. (Received Lasit Night, 9.25 o'clock) LONDON, October 12. The Italian Embassy has been in- } j&rmied from Ale:Miidria . that' thirty i Italian workmen on the' Hedjaz rail- > way -were massacred early ;/ih>Ooto-V [' ber« ■ >'. [ THE hICHT ATTACK^ ' MERELY A SKIRMISH. i ([Received Last Night, 9.25 o'clock) TRIPOLI, October 12. i The night attack by the Turks was merely a small skirmish. The Turks crept.on. the outposts, possibly with the idea of cutting the water supply. They left two dead behind. TROOPS DISEMBARK INC. (Received Last Night, 9.25 o'clock.) TRIPOLI, October 12. The first division of troops from Italy hasr disembarked. TURKS AND ARABS. G IN TRIPOLI. ((Received Last Night, 9.25 o'clock.) TRIPOLI, October 12. Turks are gathering an the Gharian Hill®, where' Arabs are arriving from the Gebel/egion. AFFAIRS IN, GREECE. ; : THE MAMBSOM ' EXCITE; 5 i .((Received Last .Night, 9.25,0.'c10ck.) ATHENS, October 12. The Malrissori are excited, and are again migrating to Montenegro. • -uiC Porte is despatching troops to Skutari. . ANARCHIST PLOT. ( GUARDING A KING, Received This Morning, 12.55 o'clock ROME, October 12. Extraordinary precautions are' being taken to guard the King at Naples, owing to the discovery of an Aiia<rchist plot. ITALIANS OTTOMAN SUBJECTS. Received: Morning, 12.55 o'clock I ROME, October 12. ,SHutari advices state that the Italians there have been informed that they wiil.be regarded as Ottoman isuibjeots. If they failed to comply with the law, .they would be tried by court-martial. ■ ' ARMING THE TRIBES. fie:-eived This Morning, 12.55 :o'olock ROME, October 12. The Italian*, finding. Benghazi to bo a centre for an extensive import (trade in guns for the. Senussi, Sahara and Wadai tribes, are adopting measures to stop the traffic. LANDING AT TOBRUK. A HAIL oTbULLETS. , Received This Morning, 12.53 o'clock ROME, October 12. Details from Tobruk state that the landing boats encountered a 'hail o£ bullets: ' . The soldiers and sailors jumped,into the sea. and waded ashore. They answered tlm enemy's fire «nl charged with their bayonets. A GERMAN REMONSTRATION. Received This Morning, 12.55 o'clock RERLIN, October 12. Germany lias seriously remonstrated with the Porte and , Bulgaria concerning the dangers of the concentration of troops. A REPORT DENIED. Received This Morning, 12.55 o'clock ROME, October 12. .1* is officially denied that Germany planned to secure Tobruk from Turkey as a coaling station, or had' any intention of securing it from 'ltaly. : .:. , .. ITALIAN SOVEREIGNTY. TURKEY DRYING /'ENOUGH!" Received Thiis Morning, 12.55 o'clock LONDON, October 12. The Times' Vienna correspondent declares that the world must be prepared for the enunciation of an Ital-

urn. sovereignty over as Tur- • key will net acquiesce, m. a prolonged war with the danger of Balkan complications, w.nich. i s inevitable unless the Powers firmly compel Turkey to swallow the pill. STORMING OF TOBRUK. (xieoeived October 12, 8.5 a.m.) ROMIE, October 11. Arte*- firing two rounds from 12in ■ gona, a company of Italian marines lauded at Tobruk (Barca, Tripoli), and the forts. The Turks opened fire on the stormers, who quickly, under cover of a + wall,, forced an en-trance, and floisted the Italian flag. ihe Turks, retired, under a continued hr e from the i ta Ji,{ nSj who were posted on. the neighbouring heights. AT TRIPOLI. (deceived October 12, 8.5 a.m.) ROME, October 11. Ihe public services at Tripoli are wuig resumed. V COMPLETELY DISORGANISED. (Received October 12, 8.5 a.m.) T„ u: v , ROM K> October 11. ; 1 urlßßh' deserters report that, the troops are: without leaders, and are completely disorganised. FORT BLOWN UP. v (Received October 'l2, 8.5 a.m.) TJw, t* i- ? tOMJi » October 11. lhe Italians have blown up the buJtanieh fort. l RECEPTION AT 'GOVERNOR'S PALACE. (Received October 12, 8.5 a.m.) ROME, October 11. At a reception at the Governor's palace, the Foreign Consuls offered congratulations. One hundred Arab chiefs attended the reception. TRANSPORTING TROOPS. (Received October 12, 8.5 a.m.) ■ RO-ME, October 11. Wia borate precautions were taken in tilie despatch of sixty Italian transports. ' The convoy of the vessel* presents a iront extending over five miles. TRANSPORTS PASS MALTA. (Received October'" 12, 9 a.m.) MAL'IA, October 11 corted by four battleships and eight destroyers, mave passed here on their way to Tripoli with troops