TRIPOLITAN WAR

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10535, 23 January 1912, Page 5

TRIPOLITAN WAR

CABLE NEWS

(United Press Association — By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.)

STEAMER SEIZED PROTEST FROM FRANCE. (Received Last Night, 11.40 o'clock.) PARIS, January 22. Tlie authorities,at Tunis seized..the steamer Odessa, owing to its possession of forged papers, and 350 tons of ammunition which it failed to land o;v the Tripolitan coast. The Odessa was sent under naval escort to Bizerta. M. Poincaire,, Prime Minister, contends that the French and not the Italian authorities are entitled tio verify Turkish passengers' credentials, and that an arrest between two neutral ports is illegal, inasmuch as tlie Convention in London drawn up in 1909, has not yet been ratified. He claims tho liberation of the Monouba's Turkish passengers. Italy has refused and M. Poincaire, insists upon reparation for the stoppage of the Carthage and the Mdnouba. The Daily Chronicle's Paris correspondent hints at the possibility of a naval demonstration.

BLOCKADE ESTABLISHED. (Received Last Night, 11.40 o'clock.- i ROME, January 22. Italy has notified the Powers that an effective blockade has been estab lished on tho Hodeidah shore of the Red Sea. THE MANOUBA CASE. (Received Last Night, 11.40 o'clock'.)' ROME, January 22. It is semi-officially announced that tho Turks aboard the Manouba vain,ly attempted to charter a yacht _ at ;■ Marseilles for the-purpose of■ landing on a desert, spot at Tunis or Tripoli. There was found in their possession two small cases of surgical instruments, and a small quantity of medicament. Doctors are now examining them, with a view to establishing their status. . TURKISH LOSSES. (Received This Morning, 12.5 o'clock.) The: Italians have occupied an oasis at Gargaressi .' '.. '■.•/•-.',■■■' •■' : The Turku*''■losses, on ' Thursday;; were one hundred.. aijji fifty; : andi; a' jspreat n\]iflj^ r weKs' severely wound- . &■ ;v : -;r ■•■/"-■.-'-.,'•■'. ".:'■■■■