ITALY AND TURKEY
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DARDANELLES CLOSED
THIRTY VESSELS HELD UP.
((Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.)
jOONSTAKTINQPLE, April 20. The Italians sauik a Turkish gunboat at VaUid, the capital of Saanos. Ilhe garrison .has retired inland, ab'•audbning .the .town. ' gPh-5 scalers broke open the gaol and •escaped. Vessels qu'Ming i&ie Dardanelles report that the shots firom Fort Kum'kaleh fell short. ISie .Italian, fire was <badly directed at the outset, but improved later. . Tfclrtty ■;■ vessels are Held up in t'he an "dfcure iunabl© to prohoeed to the Meditesnraneafti. Incoming nierchaaitimen are anchored in. Bes-ka Bay, on the .west coast bu Asia, Miner. It is unlikely Siat •fahe straate will 'be opened 'before ten "days*. The Italians seized the Khedive's yaciht, .which, was Jyrng off Rhodes Island.
ITALY'S ACTION CRITICISED.
(-Received Last Nigjlit', 5.5 o'clock:)
LONDON, April 2Q The newspapers, oomim«nting on the Danhnelles aHttack, severely criticise Italy's needless atation. All shipping in the Black Sea is at a standstill.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10614, 22 April 1912, Page 5
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160ITALY AND TURKEY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10614, 22 April 1912, Page 5
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