Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-10-05

emily circulated that Italians landed
at Prevesa, September 2S, the day
before war was declared He said
Captain Biscaretti, commander of that
! section of the torpedo flotilla was
sent by Abruzzi TO investigate the
| waters surrounding Prevesa to see if
the enemy's ships were there, and
/ that he despatched two destroyers to
| inspect past north of Prevesa. Lieu
| tenant Pannieur landed, disguised as
! peasant and climbed a mountain
| near the town from the top of which
| with a strong glass he was able To
| see inside the harbOr Of Prevesa and
| distinguish the Turkish torpedo flo
tilla there. Later Captain Biscaretti
| ordered his ships to open fire at the
| torpedo flotilla at a distance of five
| miles. The shots caused a panic
among the Turkish crews who threw
| themselves into the sea. He feared
a trap and ordered Artigiliere to re-
main stationary while Corazziers in
| spected the port. Corazziers entered
the harbOr and captured a Turkish
yacht. The sailors from the wrecked
| torpedo boat having reached the docks
| by this time they gave the alarm to
| other sailors ashore and opened a
| fire which COrazziers returned. she'll
| ing the houses and killing many of
the attackers. The destrOyer's oper-
atiOns within the harbor lasted less
| than forty minutes Not a single
shot was fired from the batteries of
the Qualifications.
LONDON. Oct 4-The Chronicles
Constantinople correspondent sends
the following dispatch:
"AntagOniSm against committee Of
the union and progress members which
are held responsible for the condition
in which Turkey found itself at the
beginning Of the war. is growing.
Many influential people are refusing
TO aid the government so long as the
tyrannical sway of the committee
continues. a new cOmittee. calling
itself the national defense committee.
has been formed and is sending out
circulars throughout the country. The
chief cause of complaint against the
committee of union and progress is it's
ignoring of the governor of TripOli'S
warning concerning defenses and the
intentions of the Italians"
The Chronicles Salonika correspon-
dent says: "A general mobilization Of
the army has been ordered and the en-
rollment of volunteers is proceeding
rapidly. Redifs who are being sum-
moned TO return to the cOlors are re-
spending with enthusiasm A start
ling report that the Italian-Turkish
fleets engaged in a fierce battle north
of Mitylene was received tonight by
LlOyds. Similar information reached
the Austrian office at ConstantinOpIe.
The cabinet has just been formed
anew. but has no stability, therefore no
progress is expected. a COnstantinopie
newspaper reports that an Italian
cruiser has been sunk by a Turkish
torpedo boat off Tripoli.
ROME. oct. 4-Official circles ridi-
cule reports of dissension among the
powers regarding the attitude to-
ward Italy in the present war. As
matter of fact, it is stated that the
present occupation of TripOli was ar
ranged for ten years ago among the
states in the Triple Alliance with the
adhesion of France and England 1t
was agreed then that when Italy de-
clded to occupy TrfpOli she would
have the support or at least the
neutrality of the signatory powers.
Military experts consider that the
Italian war office is handling the
mobilization in a mastery manner.
Twenty thousand men forming the
first division are ready to start, and
twenty thousand more. making an
army of forty thousand. are expected
to land in TripOi within a week.
A dispatch from TripoIi says the
Italian gunners exercised great care
in the bombardment yesterday not to
injure buildings. but a lighthouse was
put out OF commission accidentally.
1t is officially announced that the
-ombardment began at 3 o'clock yes
,erday afternoon and continued till
sunset