The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-06
Turkish Government Wants America
to Put Stop to the Butchery
Which italians are Car
rying On.
NO CIVILIZED WARFARE
United States ImpIored to Intervene
and Put an End to the Inhuman
Proceedings In
TrIpoIl.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-The So
called Italian barbarities in Tripoli
have been brought officially to the
attention of the American government
in such form that some declaration
of the position of the state depart
ment in the matter is expected.
The subject was broached in the
course of a verbal statement by the
Turkish ambassador in conversation
with the assistant secretary, and la
ter in the shape of letter.
In each case the ambassador, who
declared he was acting under cabled
| instructions from his government, de-
scribed in detail the acts attributed
+ to the Italian troops and protested in
! the name of humanity against the al
legged barbarities upon helpless women
and children and non-combatants by
the Italian soldiery.
BY order of his government the
Turkish ambassador appealed to the
| United States to exert itself to put
/ a stop to practices that, he declared,
were In plain violation of the rules
of warfare, and in contrayention OF
I the Hague convention to which the
1 United States and Italy are parties
Acting Secretary Adec promised to
submit the protest to Secretary Knox
4 who Is absent.
The ambassadors note was based
upon cabiegram from the Turkish
minister Of foreign affairs, of which
the following is a copy:
! Your excellncy has heard the news,
unfortunately confirmed, of wholesale
executions of great number OF In
I habitants of Tripoli, perpetrated daily
by the Italian military authorities.
i The right of all able-bodied men
to flight for the supreme defense OF
his invaded home is undeniable. l,
: confers on tie said citizens the char
acter of belligerents and obliges the
enemy to respect the lines OF those
among them who fall into theil
hands.
But the Italians are violating no
only the sacred principls Of moderl
law of nations, but the most element
ary rules of civilization and humani
ty, in shooting down natives VIII
have properly enlisted, and tho in
nocent women and children on mer'
suspicion, not to mention those de
! ported by the thousands
These acts are, moreover, contrar
: to the engagements pledged by Ital.
at the second conference of Th
9 Hague in the convention relating t.
n the laws and customs of war whicl
4 places 1.-THE population and the bellis
g erents under the safeguard and tn
protection of the laws Of humanit
g and exigencies of the public COZ
8 science"
e Il therefore beg to protest to tn
0 government to which you are accredi'
ed for such crimes against humanit
committed by the Italians, the sa
spectacle of which offers strikin
contrast with the efforts that our al
thorities at Tripoh and Benghazi hay
I not ceased to display to guard tn
d lives and property Of the Italians.
!, please read the present dispatc
g to the minister of foreign affairs, lea'
ing at the same time copy OF same
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
L ASSIM."
8 Supplementing this cable came al
y other for the Turkish foreign ofnce
g which is regarded as Of great impoi
v lance, because it formally demand
d ;ntarven+ion hy the United states
1t reads as follows:
1.-THE Italian atrocities In Tripoll' Dc
(, ing confirmed officially and 1ror
3 every quarter, l beg your exceilenc
2 to reiterate the representations pr'
IT scribed In my pressing telegram
W insist upon the necessity for PROM
e and effcacious intervention, in orde
s. to nut an end Immediately to tnes
inhuman proceedings"
Up to President Taft.
= WASHINGTON Nov. Cine que
!. tion of Intervention by the uni.e
= States at Tripoli to stop the barapa
: tiles practiced by Italian soldiers wa
!, put up to President Taft today foiios
= Ing the appeal of Turkey for AID.
- is believed that this country WIZ
= glow TO act owing to the hesitation
:. the state department to Interfere
= European situation until after u
: powers more directly Interested nav
taken some action.
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