The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-27
TURKEY YIELDS.
Again the Sultan Is OveraWed
by the Powers.
WIN Grant Financial Control Of
Macedonia.
ORDERS TO THE FLEET
We're TO Land Hen at Mitylene
Sunday Morning.
ORDERS TO THE FLEET
Unless Directions We're Pre-
yiously Countermanded.

Vienna. Nov. 27-The Men Frei Presse
today published a dispatch from Con-
stantinople. saying that the sultan
through Tewhk Pasha. the foreign min
lister, has announced to Baron Won Gallo,
the ambassador of Austria-H Hungary,
that Turkey accedes to the demands Of
the powers regarding the financial con
troll Of Macedonia.
Orders Of the Fleet
Coustantinople via Sofia. Bulgaria.
Nsv- 21.-The instructions to the com
manders OF the international fleet were
to land detaohments and occupy Nifty
lene at o'clock Sunday night unless
contrary orders reached them in the in
terlnn. Presurna bly the capital of the
islands IS now in the hands of the allied
forces IT was arranged in the inter
view between the minister of foreign
affairs and the British and Austrian am
hassadors on Saturday that if by 8
o'clock saturday night the ambassadors
received a written notice from the for
eign minister promising acceptance Of
the demands OF the powers the ambassa-
doris would telegraph to the fleet at
Aitylene TO suspend further operations
until Monday. No communication, how
ever was received so 1t is suggested thar
Instructions staying the hands of the
commanders Of the international feet
have not been dispatched
Defense Of the Dardanelles.
Washington, Nov. 27.-The situation
between Turkey and the European pow
ers having become so serious during
the last few days great interest is felt in
military and naval circles on the ques-
ton Of Turkish defense of the Darda-
nelles. Turkey has spent q, good deal of
money on the defenses of this narrow
strait and 81 IS expected that she can
Put up successful fight against mod
ern feet.
TIE principal fOrd6cations Of the
Dardenelles which is a narrow strait Of
about three miles in length are found
on the end nearest to the sea of Mar
mora. AT the entrance in the Aegean
there ara Two old castles transformed
into new fortihcatiOns armed with Krupp
guns OF IS. "a and 28 centimeters. The
straits at that point are about three
miles broad, then growing larger and
afterWarQ growing again much smaller
and al that point the chief Notifications
are built. The Dardanelles at that point
SIS divided into two straits by a small
island. on the European side there are
nine fordhCatiOns. The first one Of
these has p Krupp guns Of p to 35 cen
timeters. On the Asiatic side there are
three well armed fOrtihcations. One of
t-4rar mas ~ hIuDp guns OF 50 ceuLl-
metres. These fortificatiOns are man
ned by two regiments. Their position is
strong and as they are situated on the
high banks of the straits they are able
TO hold NJ a much larger naval force
without great danger to themselves. The
only way to make them harmless would
be by attacking them from the high
hills on the land side. To prevent this
At continual line of fortifications has
been built closing the peninsula off from
the European side. These fortidcations
have all been built under the supervis-
len Of European military authorities and
are well armed with the newest guns.
All attacking fleet viii have the disad-
vantage Of having to proceed one by one
and although it is very likely that the
combined nations could take some oil
the Turkish islands, the opinion Of ma ny
naval officers here IS that they viii moi
be likely to try to sail UP to CONSTANT
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