Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-05
TROOPS REPORTED LANDED
BY THE ATTACKING FORCE
Shells to Be Thrown Into City Un-
less Turks Give Up.
PLANS A SHARP CAMPAIGN
italian Government Expects to Sub
due Land Forces by Force of
Numbers-Big Army
Makes Ready.

TR1POLL October 5-No offer TO sur-
render had been made by the Turks this
morning.
Some Of the inhabitants OF TrlpoIi dis
played enthusiasm when they saw the
Italians landing from the cruiser Giu-
seppe Garibaldi
Advancing Turkish torpedo boats were
stranded and badly damaged.
The cables are cut between the land Of
flee and the sea, and the cable ship has
been unable to repair them.
The wireless plant at Derna has been
rendered imperative.
LONDON, October "a dispatch from
Rome says that the Syracuse correspond
ent of a Rome paper telegraphs:
THE Italians effected a landing close
TO Tripoli under the protection of their
warships.'
Battleship's Loss Reported.
dispatch to the Chronicle from Con-
stantinople today says that cablegram
received there from Turkish source at
Tripoli via Malta states that the Italian
battleship Conte-di-Cavour was blown
that the crew and troops aboard the
vessel perished.
The dispatch adds:
"A heavy cannonading was heard last
night near Samothrace, an island be.ong-
ing to Turkey, in the Aegean sea, about
twenty miles from the coast of Thraco.
where flashes from the Italian search
lights were seen.
Violent cannonading was also heard
off the coast from Prevesa.
The newly formed national defense
committee today cabled King George OF
England asking him to intervene
Harbor Extensively Mined.
news dispatch from Rome this aft
ernoon says that the delay in the bonn
bardment of Tripoli was due not only
to the Italian desire to avoid bloodshed.
but also to the fact that the harbor had
been extensively mined.
A special from Constantinople says that
Said Pasha has practically formed
cabinet. a majority of the members be-
longing to the committee OF union and
progress.
Rechid Pasha. formerly Turkish am
bassador at Rome, was not inclined to
accept the portfolio of foreign affairs.
GLASGOW, October 5.-Elliott & Co,
a firm having agents at Tripoli, this att
ernoon received cablegram from Jeroa.
Tunis, saying:
''rhe Italian flag now floats over
Tripoli.
Bombardment Continued.
ROME, October 5.-A telegram from
Tripoli under today's date says:
The bombardment was continued
yesterday morning. The fire was
directed against the outer defenses.
the central defenses being spared SO
as not to destroy the town. The Sui
tania and Hamidieh batteries were dis
mantled.
The cruiser Giuseppi Garibaldi enter
ed the harbor and Italian officers Wis
tied the Hamidieh battery. They found
that the Turks had removed the sights
from the guns and evacuated. Three
dead bodies were found in the battery
Up to the time that this messa g
is sent no offer of capitulation has been
made"
Advices received here state that the
most serious damage and loss of life
during the bombardment of TRIPODS
occurred in the vicinity of the French
fort which dominates the northwes:
side of the city. and at the docks. The
new Spanish fort near the hospital
scarcely resisted and tumbled at the
first shells, some casualties resulting.
The defenders hurriedly retired to the
pashas castle.
Turkish Batteries Dismantled.
Vice Admiral Faravelli reports that the
Tripoli batteries were so dismantled that
the Turkish soldiers retired within the
town, the interior of which was not at
tackled, in order to avoid damage TO pri-
vate property If an attempt at resist
ance is still maintained. however, there
will be a further bombardment today.
Sixty steamers engaged ordinarily i'm
emigrant traffic have during the past
week been made over into transports an
are now ready to start for Tripoli.
The army of occupation is generally
considered to be superior to the force act
ually necessary for the proposed opera
tions, but the war office wishes to be pre-
pared for emergencies.
Moreover, the plan is TO conquer the
country rapidly with imposing strength,
which will require a great display Of
troops, for the triangle constituted by the
province of Tripoli is nearly four times
the size of Italy, each side being almost
LEGO miles long.
PORT SAID, Egypt, October 5.-The
Italian consul here today protested to the
governor of the SueZ canal against the
continued presence in the harbor of the
been here since September 80. The con-
sui contends that this constitutes
breach of the neutrality Of the canal.
Turkish Fleet Reported Safe.
CONSTANTINOPLE. October 5.-The
Turkish feet today entered the Bospo-
rus from the Dardanelles-
MALTA. October 5.-The United States
cruiser Chester arrived here today en-
route for Tripoli.
The italian battleship Conte- -Di-Cavour.
described i'm a Turkish report as having
been blown up by a mine on Tripoll.
anpears in the naval register as still in
the course of construction at Spezia. No
vessel of that name is in active service
so far as shown by the records of the
Italian navy
italian Statesman Describes
the Bombardment of TripoIi
MILAN, Italy, October Sc. Df Felice
Guiffrida. a member OF the Italian cham
Der of deputies who is aboard the tor
pedo cruiser Coatit sends 70 the Milan