Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-02
FATE OF TRIP0LI CITY
REMAINS A SEALED BOOK
Latest Report Says Italians Have
Bombarded the Town.
STRICT CENSORSHIP ON NEWS
italian Government Keeps the World
in Dark as to What Is Han
pening in the Medi-
terranean.

Inc outstanding feature of the
Turko-Italian war news TODAY is
the attempted mediation of Ger
many. the success of which ap-
pears more probable in the light
of the statement at the German
foreign Office today that a report
that the German ambassador at
Constantinople had presented
Italian proposals for peace was
premature, indicating that such
proposals were expected.
Gable communication with
Tripoli remains cut off, but the
city had not been bombarded up to
Saturday midnight, according to
one report, though another report
says the bombardment began at
8 o'clock Saturday night.
FOR DEFENSE OF COAST.
On the other hand, a dispatch
from Contantinople says that
Fethi Pasha, formerly Turkish
minister to Servia, has been
named commander of the troops
mobilizing to defend the coast of
the Adriatic.
A dispatch from the Island OF
Corfu, off the Albanian coast, says
that two Turkish torpedo boats
were sunk and third captured
off Gumenitza by the Italian pa
trolling feet. A semi-oficial
statement from Athens says that
Greece has been notified by Con-
stantinople that the Turkish
military movements on the FROM
tier are not directed against
Greece.
1t is reported from Malta that
British cruiser received a wire
less dispatch saying that Tripoli
had been occupied by Italians.
Report of Bombardment.
AGOSTA, Sicily. october 2.-The Ital-
ian torpedo boat destroyer Coatit
rived here today with refugees from
Tripoli. The passengers state the Italian
squadron began to lombard the forts
of Tripoli at O'Clock Saturday evening.
They say that when the firing began
the remaining foreign residents left the
harbor aboard two steamers.
LONDON, October "A correspondent
at Malta telegraphs this message today:
Il am informed by one of the crew OF
the British cruiser Aboukir. which has
arrived here. that the vessel received a
wireless dispatch stating that Tripoh had
been occupied by the Italians
Turks Give Stiff Fight.
A news dispatch from Rome quotes the
captain of the Greek steamer Marie, VINO
witnessed the engagement off Prevesa,
as saying that the lighting was of a de-
termined character. Projectiles fell as
thick as hail and the air vibrated with
the passage of shot. When the Turkish
vessel was disabled the crew of the
Marie cheered for Italy.
\ dispatch from Rome says that a
Turkish transport which had been cap
tured by Italian torpedo boats arrived
today at Taranto, having on board as
prisoners ten Turkish officers and 1so
soldiers.
The dispatch adds that two divisions
of the Italian fleet have sailed, one for
Salonih and the other for Smyrna.
Turkey Reassures Greece.
ATHENS, Greece, October "A semi
official statement made today says that
the Turkish charge has Informed the
foreign minister that Greece need not
take offense at the Turkish military
on the frontier, as they are
due to the state of war with Italy
ROME, October 1.-The Ottoman ad-
at Crete received orders
from Constantinople to extinguish all
the harbor and other sea lights. The
French. British, Russian and Italian
in the name of tiseir respective
governments, demanded that the lights
should be left burning. They assumed
responsibility in the matter
and prevented the execution of the
order from the Turkish capital.
italian Censorship Strict.
LONDON, October 2.-The strict Ital-
ian censorship is keeping the world i'm the
dark in regard to the progress Of events
in the Mediterranean. From Italy itself,
Tripoli, Turkey and the seas where the
Italian navy is operating conflicting re-
ports continue to come in.
One cablegram announced definitely that
Tripoli had been bombarded and occupied
Another said that no attack on the city
had been made. Only one thing is GER
tain, and that is that the Italians had
not attacked the town up to midnight Sat-
urday, for had they done SO their guns
would have been heard on tbe steamer
ca stlegarth which left Tripoli shortly