Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-02
ITALY INDIGNANT
At Charge Of Cruelty 10
The Turk and Arabs,
Makes Coulter charge Of Cruel.
y 10 Own Wounded,
Italy Wants lTnnaef'ase Peace or
VIII Seize More Territory.

| WIZ Sgt4s 6VEG tssfstetp
Eorne, Nov. The reports which
!, have been e'rcad III foreign countries
that the italian troops at TripoH have
j practieed extreme cruelty rs the var
! agaiast the Turks md Arabs. killing
women ard children, the aged and IN
i firm and npn-ceh. batants have caused
Immense iedgnation throughout Ital5,
lJ'hcse reparta have already been Of
lhcialty denied, but Premier Giaiitti
took occasion again. tonight 10 eth-
lphasiZe the denial, and to maize &
statement oil behalf Of the epvtru-
nicni and The Whole nation.
II any tepcoaeh Is aduitsfible. he
lsaid ii en- oul b. on lceo9nt vi thu
Iexcess OF luuianitarianisn We have.
trsrlaps through exaggerated scrupies.
spared the lives aud property Of The,
enemy. aud. in 81 doing ha}t exposed
Ourselves to gr9tr Isls
Ger godiers :ttliet IN Tho school
tof LOYALTY and accustomed f. the up
Brightness OF the tby snians. who are
open enemies OF steadfasl friends, did
not expect that the Arabs after they
HAD sworn fealts. and received grain
and Hour and other concessions would
treaeherously hreak their oaths and
traitorously turn their arms upon thel
wounded Among these heroic dead.
lmany Of them We're barbarously ill
ed BY the enemy after they ran fallen
era vely wounded.
He who asserts that The Italian
soldier would offend woman Or child
shows ignorance of our country and
race.
After the betrayal when the .Ara,ls
hidden ny the ees, walls and houses,
in the oasis shot in the back the
troops cearageously fighting the1
Turks. our soldiers defended Their
selves. They attacked the oasis and
routed the traitors. killing those
caught inthe act of firing and taking
the others prisoners. For safety we
transported the prisoners 10 Tremiii
land Utica islands, where on their own
iadmission, outside oc the curtailment
of their liberty, they are better treat
led than in their own country.
in no report has Gen. Caneva made
lany aliusion to women and children
KILLED. There is, instead proof of un-
heard Of cruelty To our wounded Many
were barharouslY knitted. being t,ilIed
while lying wounded and unable tol
defend themselves
I'm open attacks, in ambGshes ANA
also in time of treason the courag Ga
lnd humanitarian sentiments of the
Italian army and navy arr above
praise Always admired, thes render
this var an example of generous and
lcEeslroua civilization
Constabtin9plc Nov. The Cham
Der. to-day. loudly cheered tine reudng
of a telegram from the deputy from
Tripol, Suleimau lei Eainhi cont
IHaHdng the Arab volunteers The tel
esram was dated Oct. = aud said
| II reached the coast accompanied
by tie volunteers. oct .. and deliy
cred a formidable assault upon the
enemy, who were driven out from their
Ientrenched positions. To-day. ana
marching on Tripoli. Thanks u pi-
vine assistance I shall enter the
| town"
Later the Chaf1ber rejected u re-
quest that the government keep Par
liament informed ON the developments
| OF the war.
Tripoli. Nov 1.-The last "a hours
have passed quietly. An Italian mill
naisaiee. last night, succeeded ia
dropping four bounds into the laiddlo
of The Turkish encampneut
| AleEandria. Egypt Ne t-Repcrts |
lot Turkish Victories At Tripoii we're
echoed here during the night in tu- |
mutt that at one tine threatened Ia |
be Ssrious Tho natives turned out in |
thousands. calling upon Allah to CON
found tic "infdels"
Shots were axcllanged between |
Moslens and Europeans. one native |
was killed and ~ others we're wound |
cd before the police Suppressed the ri |
otcrs. Scores Of arrests were made
Washington. Nev. THE Italian |
government in an official despatch to |
the embassy ut Washington, today. tie |
MED reports Of Turkish Victories in !
the vicinity of Tripod
Rome, Nev. l.--Italy.s two chief |
colonies for prisoners OF var. Themoti |
Island and UStica Island. have become |
eenters of infection. requiring the en- |
forcemcnt of rigorous hygienic meas |
ureS.
Trcmoti Islands ar ia the Adriat-
| le. Oft the coast "a ItalS and Cstiea |
| Is off the north coast Of Sicily. To |
| these points have been brought sew
eral thousand Arao prisoners. On the |
voyage some OF the prisoners died aft
| CT exhibiting symptoms of cholera. To
guard against an epidemic, the prison
ers were subjected TO thorough
cleaning as soon as they we're landed
| and medical surveillance continues
Notwithstanding the Grast.s meas
ures Of punishment adopted by the |
| Italian military authorities isolated
attempts at treachery among supposed
/ friendly trbesmen continue.
III reports from Tripol that the
Italiens have mercilessly massacred
disarn1ed Arabs. women and children,
were officially denied, today.
1t was explained by the government
/, that in consequence of the treacher
Gus murder OF italian soldiers 1t had
| becore necessary to shoot some Ara BIS