TURKO-ITALIAN WAR.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13520, 31 October 1911, Page 5

TURKO-ITALIAN WAR.

ITALIAN REINFORCEMENTS. Press Association.—Telegraph.—Copyright ' • ROME, October 30. The Duchess of Aosta is aboard a hospital ship for Tripoli. Italy is hurrying 17,500 reinforcements to Tripoli. FIGHTING AT TRIPOLI. Stubbornness of Turks. ; Position Critical. Italians Suffer Heavy Loss. n Received October 31. 8.35 a.m. LONDON, October 30. The Turkish attacks on Tripoli were mom stubborn than the Italians admit. European refugees assert that the position is critical. Turkish papers state that Tripoli has been: recaptured. One paper alleges that the Turks on Saturday drove the Italians back to the city, the latter .losing throe hundred killed and seven hundred wounded. SUPPRESSING A RISING. Italians’ Severity. Slaughter of Women and Children. Received October 31, 9.20 a.m. MALTA, October 30. Details of last Monday’s fight show that the Italians suppressed the rising with the utmost severity, wiping out an oasis, which was the danger spot, by shooting without trial every Arab met there. In the confusion many women and children were killed. BOMBARDMENT OF BENGHAZI. Immense Damage. Women and Children Killed. MALTA, October 30. Renter’s correspondent was not allowed to enter Benghazi, but learned that the bombardment on the 19tli did immense damage, nearly 300 civilians, including ISO-' women and children, being killed. ARE CAPTURED AVIATORS SPIES? 1 . ~ROME. October 27. An interesting discussion has taken place 7 here as to whether captured aviators should be treated as spies by the Turks! It is pointed out that the French aeronauts captured by . the Prussians were considered as spies by Bismarck. The Italian birdmon wear, uniforms, which render them easily recognisable by the Turkish officials. MORE ITALIAN TROOPS. Fifteen Thousand Men. ROME, October 27Preparations are under way for a new’ expedition for Africa. It will consist cf 15.000 men, and will comprise six regiments of infantry, including two Alpine companiesand contingents of cavalry and artillery; Unofficial figures say that there are now 40.000 troops in Trinoli. The order for a new expedition is taken to mean that the Italians now in Tripoli are meeting w : ith a desperate resistance from the Turks. A strictTcensorshir) of cables is still maintained; Most of the news leaks in, even for the local press, via Malta. A HOLY WAR. - Qultoy Probable Within a Decade, No Present Danger. Says Dr. Karl Kumm. "There is no danger of the Italian occupation of Tripoli precipitating a Holy War, under present conditions,” said Dr. Earl Kumm, the well-known traveller, wdjp is at present in New Zealand. “The Sfohammedans are at present not suffi■'ciently unified, nor their moans of inter--scommunication in anything like a satisfactory state—from their viewpoint, of course. Instead of being a menace, the present upheaval between Italy and Turkey is likely to be productive of beneficial results. “There is much superfluous steam that requires letting off, and this, disturbance is simply in the nature of a safety-valve. Had the trouble occurred somewhere about a decade later, or even half that time, when the ‘Holy’ forces will, judging by present indications, he pretty well organised and unified under the crescent, the matter would have been far more portentous. In fact, in such a case, no one could safely prophesy regarding the probable outcome. “Even now, with the organisation that is.quietly but persistently being prosecuted, and the greatlv increasing religious fervour, there is no saying what may turn up in ten years, or even in less timo than that. A Holv War inside of a decade is quite probable.”