The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-06
TURKS LOSE TORPEDO BOATS


which place two hospital ships have
already sailed.
The Governor of Eritrea. the Italian
colony in Africa bordering on the Red
Sea. has called out the native reservists.
He has mobilized 10000 men
MILAN. Oct S. tBy way of the frontier) -
After the firing upon Tripoli had ceased
two italian officers landed and recon
noitred. They found the forts deserted
and that the Turks had removed the
breechlocks from the guns before they
evacuated the town.
| Only three dead soldiers were found
There ia reason TO believe that from 1 900
| to 500 sailors with light field guns landed
from the Italian ships
An Official telegram saws that the Italian
meil boat Amcrigo Vespucci was frcd
upon by a Turkish warship in the Red
Sea but was not damaged
| GLASGOW, Oct 5.-Tbe Elliott trading
| firm of this city this morning received a
, message from Djerba. small island on
the coast Of Tripoli, which says: "The
Italian flag now floats over Tripoli'
PARIS. Oct 5-Crticism of Italy's acts
/, on the part Of the American newspapers
jubilant over the capture Of Tripoli with
out loss Of life or warships.
Trpoli is deserted, as the Turks and
the Arabs have fed TO the interior.
The United States scout cruiser Chester
is at Tnpol and some of the men aboard
are sorrowful because they were not al
lowed 20 participate in the fall Of Tripoli,
CoNsTANTINoPLE. Oct. 5.--The greater
part Of the Turkish feet is now here and
its presence is interpreted in various
ways. Some hold that the Government
summoned the ships to convince the
| doubling populace that they had not
| been destroyed by the Italians. while others
say that the fleet was sent by the Com
mittee of Union and Progress to help
convince the Parliament Of the lack of
wisdom displayed in the refusal to give
| a vote of confidence to the Ministry of
Said Pasha.
It is equally probable that the officers
wished to revisit Constantinople after
an absence of more than three months.
Customs employees have refused to
discharge Italian goods from a British
| steamer
ROME, Oct 5.-The report is confirmed
here that a part Of the Turkish fleet is
not in the Dardanelles but in the Egean
Sea. It's objective point is not known.
| tAccordinE to earlier dispatches the
Turkish feet had been in a battle with
the Italians outside the Dardanelles. II
had also engaged an Italian squadron
of MityleneJ
BERLIN. Oct. 5.-A Cons stantinople de
spatch to the Togebiun says the British
Russian and German Ambassadors and
the Ministers from Rumania and Servia
called on the Porte yesterday TO urge the
Government TO accept mediation. They
read the latest proclamation issued by
the Young Turks to the effect that Turkey
would resist to the end The diplomats
expressed the hope that the Porte did moi
share such extreme views
Count Marschall Won Riberstein. the
German Ambassador. also had al inter.
view with Shevket Pasha the Turkish
Minister Of War, and impressed upon him
the necessity Of aoceiHinG media, ion.
KHARPrT. Turkish Armenia. Oct. 8
A public meeting to consider tho wa,
between Turkey and Italy was held here
to-day A resolution was adopted asking
the Government of the United States tc
intervene between the two countries anc
stop the war
ATHENS. Oct 5.-'rhe Greek Foreign
Minister J. Gryparis, explained to th'
diplomatic corps to-day the calling ou
of eight more classes of the reserve
making total of eleven classes nov
called for duty They are TO go To tn,
Turkish frontier in case of further Turkish
mobilization there
The Foreign Minister assured the Turk
ish Minister that the move was measur,
Of prudence with the object of securinl
mutually amicable relations. which ar,
desired by Turkey. 1t is proablc tha
more classes of the reserve will be calleC
up shortly for duty in Thessaly
SYRACUSE, Oct. > ,By way of Maltal -
There are no warships here Guns hav,
been landed at the island Of Magnvsia
Cape Passaro has been fortified
The army of occupation il expected /,
sail on Saturday 1t consists of 5000
troops on sixty transports
British vessels that brought refugee
here from Tripoli have received a subsidy