New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-03

cable 20 Tho .'il.i''
rordor oct. 3.-Authenrc war nows
has shrunk to very slender proportions
rartlv no doubt. as a result of the strict
censorship established by Italy ann
partly also because there IS little or
nothing happening
At the front. indeed. the conflict has
so far scarcely emerged from the epis-
tolary stage. the combatants being sun
IF the opinion that the pen is mighuer
/ than the sword Statements and coun-
| ter statements, assertions and denials
appear with bewildering frequency' ana
/ If it is difficult to understand what the
war was about II is still more difficult
70 understand how it is being waged.
OF denials the most important are
these. that Tripoli has not been bonn
barded and that italian troops have not
been landed at Prevesa.
/ Il is nor so easy 10 say what actiaHV
/ occurred. Two more Turkish torpedo
boats are reported TO have been sunk
in the Adriatic and two transports have
been captured 20 date. Therefore, the
J Turkish losses would seem 10 be -FOUR
tornedo boats and one gunboat sunk.
three transports. two torpedo boats ana
one yacht captured.
! The wireless station az Tripoi has
/ been destroyed.
The British customs authorities at
southampton have seized four naval
launches fitting out for the Turkish
navy. this being in conformity with the
usage imposed on neutrals in war time.
Germany Is doing her utmost 70 stop
the war. but II IS certain that Italy VIII
not discuss terms Of peace until she has
definitely occupied TrpoL.
Projectiles Thick as Hail.
4 news dispatch from Rome says that
the captain Of the Greek steamer iarte
witnessed the engagement of Prevesa
and saws that the lighting was of de-
termined character. Projectiles fell as
thick as hail, and the air yibrated with
the passage Of shot. When the Turkish
vessel was disabled the crew II the
Marte cheered for Italy
A dispatch 20 Lloyds from the island
n Corfu off the coast Of Albania. says
that two Turkish torpedo boats were
sunk and a third captured of Gomen-
itza. near Prevesa, by the patfoiIns
Italian feet
The success Of the. italian blockade ~
the Tripolitan coast, which extends rom
Tunis TO Egypt and her scpurins ot
the seas. is shown in the arrival OF two
captured Turkish transports. az laramie
and Brindisi. respectively
A dispatch from Rome says that two
divisions Of the Italian fleet have sailed
one for Salonica and the other for
Smyrna.
Europe is greatly relieved at the re-
ceipt Of news that Turkey has assured
/ Greece that contrary 10 reports she has
no intention Of attacking her
dispatch received here by "a news
agency from Vienna says that Count Won
/ Aebrenthal. the Austro- Hungarian For
eign Minister informed the Italian AM
bassador there yesterday that any fur
/ tber action by the Italians on the Al
banian coast will make it necessary for
! Austria 20 dispatch warships tmther.
Count Won Aehrenthal asked the ambas-
]
movements in the vicinity OF Albania
with her declarations that sse was keep
ing her hands of the Balkan Peninsula.
No Landing at PreVesa.
The Italian Ambassador last night abb
solutely denied 10 the Foreign Minister
that Italians had been landed at Pre-
yesa. and emphatically assured him that
Italy would leave Albania entirely alone.
INSURANCE against risk OF capture az
sea was taken yesterday at Lloyds on
British ships carrying coal TO Turkey. az
IL was thought that they might be seized
by the Italian fleet on the ground that
the coal was intended for ;he Turkish
navy. The rates were by no means
heavy An official of Lloyds said that
the greatest concern arose from the fact
that the ships We're navigating In places
without the aid Of the coas. lights.
The Constantinople correspondent OF
.The Daily Mail" says Emperor Will
lam sent a telegram TO the Turkish au-
thorities on Monday recommending that
Turkey accept the terms Of ltaly's ulti-
matum, adding that Germany would
stand by Turkey later.
The Daily Mail" asserts that Turkey
/ first asked Great Britain 20 intervene.
but as a condition of Intervention that
/ the integrity OF the Ottoman dominiOns
/ should be maintained. The paper adds
that as it was unlikely Italy Would suyss