Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-01
THElT ITALIANS IN
GREAT PERIL
TnvaderslMust Surrender or, Take to
Their Ships. Turks Capture Five
Forts.
GENERAL lCANEVA CAPTURED.
Desperate Fightins-Turks Steadily
Pushing ltaiians-Wholesale Arrests
orAnarchists In Ilaly.


my in Tripoli, has been captured by
the Turks, according to official dis
patches given out by the War Ministr!
today. Considerable doubt is eX,
pressed in foreign diplomatic circles
here as to the statements accuracy
The capture was affected, it is add
ed, during desperate fight between
Turks and Arabs on one side, and
Italians on the other, in the streets
in the outskirts of Tripoli. Official
dispatches give assurance. the Wal
Ministry announces, that the Turks
are steadily pushing the Italians
back to the coast and confidence is
expressed that they will be forced
either to surrender or take to theil
boats.
War Minister Chefkat Pasha is
himself the authority for the an
nouncement today that the Turks cap
tured five more forts at Tripoli yes
terday after three hours desperate
fighting which ended much In the
Turks favor, despite the fact that the
Italians were assisted by a fire from
their torpedo boats off shore. The
Italians are being reinforced daily,
the War Minister says, but TO offset
this. Arabs from the deep interior
are focking to the Turkish standard.
Nice, Nov. anarchists are be-
ing arrested wholesale throughout
Italy, according to today's advlces
from across the frontier. The cult S
propagandists have been working SO
effectively among the soldiers bound
for Tripoli that enormous numbers
of them are said to be dangerously
disaffected. The shooting of" Col.
stroppa by private Masetti at Bologna
Monday is understood TO have been
only one of good many cases OF the
kind. A number of officers are re-
ported to have been shot by their
own men in action in Tripoli.
Matters are being made worse for
the government by the popular sus-
picion that the Italian forces in Trip
oil are in a bad way and that the fact
IS being concealed by the censorship.
Rumors of this kind are not only
facilitating the anti-militarists work,
but dampening the enthusiasm so es-
sential to the administration to get
successfully through with the cam
paign.
Reinforcements are being sent to
Tripoli in large numbers, but such
secrecy is observed concerning their
mobilization, to keep down the anti
militarist outcry, that almost no
details are known as to numbers,
times and places Of embarkation, OF
exact points Of destination.
Rome, Nov. 1.-Unless Turkey at
once comes to terms, Italy will in
crease it's territorial demands against
the Sultan-and enforce them at the
muzzles Of its cannon.
The cabinet announced this decl-
sion following conference OF the
ministers today. The Rome govern
ment is impatient at the delay the
Turkish resistance is causing, as II
is both expensive and gives ground for
anti-militarist muttering at home.
In stating their decision the minis
tiers did not go into detail, but 1t Is
expected that the plan to seize some
of the Turkish inland possessions
unless the Sultan agrees peacefully
to the loss Of Tripoli.
Reports of Gen. Caneva's capture
and of other Italian reverses in Tip
oil are characterized at the Foreign
Office here as absurd. 1t is declared
that Italy has not had single set
back since the war began.
Vienna, Nov. 1.-The Italian CAP
inet's decision today to increase 1t
aly's territorial demands upon Turke!
unless the latter ceases resisting the
loss of Tripoli is considered here sig
nificant of the desperate situation II
which the Rome government finds it
self.
From the first there has been VIC
lent opposition to the war all ovel
Italy. The cabinet can only justif!
its declaration OF hostilities. in de
fiance of popular opinion. by over
whelming success. Instead of meet
ing with success. its troops in Trip
oil are in great danger. In the even
of a disaster, not only the cabinet bu
the throne itself will be imperiled.
Today's decision is regarded il
official circles here as "a bluff whicl
the Italian government forlornl