The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-13
TWELVE ARE KILLED
IN COMMANDMENT
Six Soldiers and Six Jews
Fell in TripoIi.
Bombardment a One-Sided Affair, the
Turkish Guns Being Unable to
Reach the Fleet of Ital-
ian Warships.

The war news is confined to the ac-
tivities of reparation by Italy for the
occupation of Tripoli and to further
dispatches arenC the bombardment of
TripoI. These dispatches, as all
news to date has been, are contra
dictory.
Expert commentators here are in
clin3d to wonder at the bOmbardment,
unless it was merely intended as q
demonstration which might possibly
bring Turkey to terms at once Other
wise the action Of the fleet in not haV-
ing the cooperation OF troops is
criticised as likely to prolong the next
stage of the campaign. Had the bonn
bardment been supported by troops on
either side of the city it might have
led to the cutting off of the garrison
in the rear Now they have practical
~ been allowed to concentrate with
the Arabs behind the town In the
meantime TriLoli has not formally
surrendered, though the port is de-
fenSeless.
The bombardment at TripOli was
one sided, the Turkish guns being OF
such small caliber that they were un-
able to reach the Italian fleet, which
made it possible for the attacking
ships to fire as carefully as if they
were at target practice.
Six soldiers and six Jews were killed
and five soldiers and one Jew were
-, 0f T,oi-
poll The Europeans, of whom there
are still 1000 in Tripoli, were unharrl-
ed. The house of the interpreter of
the German consulate was severely
damaged, but the shells from the Ital-
ian fleet did comparatively slight dam
age in the city.
The Moslems remained passive dur
ing the bombardment
The Italians have established a new
government for Tripoli Rear Admi-
raj BoreddOlinO has been appointed
governor. Captain Calgni was made
commandant of the forces disembark-
ed by the Italian fleet.
After Italian seamen had been in
stalled in Fort Sultania the chiefs of
the Arab tribes adjacent to Tripoli
went aboard the Italian flagship and
gave their submission. They begged
the Italians not to resume the bonn
bardment
Landing parties covered by the
guns of the fleet hold the ports pend
ing the arrival of the army of oc-
cupatiCn, whose departure is being
fastened. There had been no attack
upon the Turks who have retreated to
the interior. 1t has been officially an
nounced that the government will not
delay news of military engagements
or operations. News from private
sources is declared to be untrust-
worthy
The announcement is interpreted as
meaning that operations have been
suspended until the occupation has
been accomplished and in the mean
time to check conjectures in newspa-
perS.
A wireless message from some por-
ton of the Red sea says that the
Italian warship Aretusa attacked and
seriously damaged the Notifications of
Podeida, a seaport of Arabia. She
also sank Turkish gunboat A score
of the crew of the latter were killed
The pope blessed the Eighty Second
regiment as it passed the Vatican on
its way to the railway station. Crowds
cheered the soldiers as they marched
through the streets, and when in the
vicinity of the Vatican high window
opened and white clad figure was
seen with hand uplifted There was
silence for a moment as the crowds
realized what was taking place, and
then the cheering was renewed.