The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-29
Situation on BOrber

dispatch late tonight from Rome says great excitement prevails in the ltahan capital The majority of Italians do no, expect Turkey to comply with the de- mands in which case the squadrons at Ia ranto and Agosta will join the fleet of | Tripoli.
 A report is in circulation in Rome tha, l Inc occupation will be ordered for Frl- day morning if a satisfactory answer from | Turkey has not then been received. At Taranto and Agosta where the souadrons are lying and at Naples and Genoa from which ports the transports with troops will start there were evi- dences tonight of preparations for quick departure.
 The police and cara bineers in many cit ies have been reinforced to put down threatened disorders by the extremists.
 All dispatches reaching here from Rome indicate the energetic action of the ltal ian government in the Tripoi affair ls causing manifestations of patriotism everywhere. This is especially so in the
 large cities, where demonstrations have been held and the army acclaimed The ] Italian people are anxious. for the early | occupation of Tripoli, which they believe | will end Turkish misrule. In addition 1; | is felt that Tripoli. under the present ad l mnistraton, is a constant indictment 10 international complications.
 The extremists, although checked Tn all l their attempts to create disorders, stnl | continue their agitation, but the majority | is against them and the general public l have asserted in an unmistakable way | their firm desire that Tripoli become ,, civilized territory under Italian domin- | ion.
 The Pope is showing great interest in l the preparations for the expedition ano | has ordered propaganda to instruct mis. l sionaries to use their influence in favol of the Italian plans. considering these | plans as offering advantages for Inc | spread of Catholicism in North Africa. He | hopes success will be attained by Italy | without shedding blood.
 Constantinople, September 2s.-When | il became known that Italy had | which to enable the Turkish government | to instruct the authorities at Tripoli not | to oppose an Italian landing party, there was consternation in public and official | circles alike and strong denuncia1ion of | Italys methods.
 Turkish circles are convinced that there | is no real war ground for the agitation | in the Italian colony at Tripoli and it Is | regarded the outcome of a deliberate | design to provoke pretext for Italian in- l tervention. Arabs, natives of Tipoli liv | ing in Constantinople, yesterday protested | against the Italian insinuation that the |
 
 rule. Loyalty to the Sultan was express ed.
 The minister of the interior addressed the provincial authorities through a cireu- lar note assuring them that the govern ment was resolved to defend the nationai honor The minister ordered the pronvinc- l ial authorities to suppress all attempts at | a boycott of Italian products.
 General Robilant, Italian chief of he | internal gendarmes in Macedonia and all | the officers in Turkeys service, are eav- ing for Italy.
 Berlin, September 2S-Germany is ex- erting pressure at Constantinople and at | Rome to avoid any warlike step pend ing a regular diplomatic discussion of the points at issue. The German for eign office is confident that Italy will not refuse to negotiate on the merits of the case.
 Chances for a satisfactory outcome of | the negotiations, however, do not seem to be particularly brilliant. Turkey has been persuaded into making concessions in the economic conditions of Tripoli, but | political concessions in view of the wan ing prestige of the Young Turk regime | would be almost suidical.
 Germany apparently was completely | uninformed by her ally of the latter's | steps regarding Tripolls
 St. Petersburg, September 2S-Turkey | has made an appeal to Russia in which | she sets forth the action taken by Italy | and asks what Russias attitude is in | the present situation. The foreign office | today replied that Russia had nothing to | say on the subject, Tripoli solely | concerns Turkey and Italy.
 Malta, September 2s.--It is officially | hat tha tnl;o Tripoi have at their disposal two steam CTS capable of accommodating 1000 pas sengers if the necessity arises to take off | Europeans. A private telegram from | Tripoi says the steamer Hercules left | that port this morning with many Italian | passengers. The spectacle of the Italian | warships in the offing created panic in | the city, but the authorities were main- | taining order.
 Paris, September 2s.--A diplomat ac- quainted with Tripoli declares if Tur- key resists Italy will by no means | have an easy task. Tripoli has no roads | or Notifications and her people have only obsolete weapons but the whole | fanatical population would rise again, | he said. He is of the opinion that | the Turks would retire to the moun- | tains and then arm the Arabs, waging | a guerila warfare which would prove | costly both in lives and otherwise in | material to the Italians, keeping up for | an indefinite time
 Sfax, Tunis, September 2S.-The | steamer Rhone arrived here tonight | loaded with foreign residents of Trip | oli. The officers say that when ap- preaching Tripoli on Monday night an Italian destroyer closely scrutinized the | Rhone with her searchlight Refugees say they left Tripoli because of re- ports that tribes in the interior are threatening to descend upon the city and massacre Europeans and Jewsl, inhabitants. Toulon, September 2S.-The French cruisers Leon Gambetta and Ernest Renan have steam up In readiness to start at moments notice to Tripoli to protect the French residents. Zurich, Switzerland. September 2S-l Six hundred Italian workers employed | here held a violent demonstration to-, 1 night against the proposed expedition | to Tripoli. They attacked the Italian
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