The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-28
Germany For Peace.

CONsTANTINOPLE, Sept. 21.--Al~
| though Germany Is trying diplomats
cally at Rome and in this city to ar
range All understanding between Italy
and Turkey over .Tripoli, there Is lit
| tie hope. in view Of the news of the
! day that the effort will be successful
! The Turkish transport Berna, which
| left this city several days ago, has
arrived at Tripou, but whether she
succeeded in landing her cargo before
! the arrival there of the Italian war
| ships Is not known.
! The newspapers suggest that all
| Ottoman subjects refuse. to pay their
! debts to Italians In the event of an
Italian occupation OF Tripoii. The au-
I liberties Of Constantinople have pro-
| hibited a public meeting of protest
arranged at Stamhoul against tha
threatening attitude OF Italy.
Italy Sends Ultimatum.
PARIS Sept Z1.---Nith the infor-
nation from source regarded as
reliabi that Italy has sent an ulti-
/ matum to Turkey to the effect that
the latter must agree TO an occupa-
| ton of Tripoli. and that unless re-
I ply is received by tomorrow Italy
will proceed with the occupation and
the further news that Italy has freed
all her merchant marine from Turk
lsh waters and is concentrating men
anu t1iltfll AtiAkACtIS oA W ii Aoi CHI wax
ton, all Europe IS tonight on the
tiptoe of expectancy anxious awaiting
the developments of the next twenty
four hours.
Italy is ready for war, and her ex-
petition is off TripoN, awaiting orr
ders. This much has seeped through.
despite the rigid censorship that mas
been exercised on all dispatches out
OF Rome for the past several days.
The DatfiesflD fleet h92 EniOlthfa1fvr
conveyed an eXpeditionary force. and
the immtnence of q landing in Tripoli
has created panic among the 1tal-
ian residents of that seaport, who fear
a massacre net emily of themselves.
but OF all Europeans when the first
step is taken in the occupation. l-s44a
latter bit OF Information comes to
Paris from Malta, where 1t was re-
ceiyed from Tripoli in a private mes
sage. There is consequently much
excitement in the Turkish seaport,
and the Anglo Maltese colony there
to-day sent an appeal to their COM
patriots in other parts OF the world.
The telegram reads;
I'VE implore our brethren TO ap-
peal to tho government to assist US
and to come TO our help as the Italian
steamers refuse to receive any bur
persons OF their own nationality"
Two Italian battleships and four
torpedo boats passed Malta to-day
headed for Tripoli. This movement
is believed in Malta to be a move on
the part Of Italy. not only to pro-
tect its own landing force. hut to
prevent the landing OF any Turkish
troops in Tripoh,
The Turkish cabinet held q meet.
, ing in Constantinople to-day and de-
cided that in the event of rupture
| of the relations between Italy and
Turkey the Italians should be de-
prived of all benefit OF the capitula-
tons
In addition to asking the security
Of all Italians in Tripou. italy seeks
satisfaction from Turkey. according
8 to statement given out in Paris to-
= day by the Italion embassy, for q
a series of recent incidents" Among
. these Incidents are the arbitrary ar
= rest of Italian subjects at Constant
r tinople and their Imprisonment, de-
spite all the Italian governments re-
me- strances.