New-York tribune., 1911-11-06

were fired on by Arabs in ambush.
Tripoli Nov. 5.-A Turkish battery
took up a position on the east front OF
Tripoli to-day and sheled the warshps
anchored i'm the roadstead.
At the same time Arabs concealed IL
the palm groves opened fire on the Ital-
ian lines The latter replied vigorously.
Washington. Nov 5.-Thc so-calcd
italian barbarities' in Trlpoi finally
have been brought officially To tho at
tention Of the American government In
such form that some declaration or tho
position OF the state Department in tho
matter now is expected. Tho subject
was broached first in tho course of Il
verbal statement by the Turkish AM
| bassador to Acting Secretary Adee, and
later in the day in the shape of letter.
In each case the ambassador, who de-
cared he was acting by express cabled
| instructions from his government, de-
scribed in detail the acts attributed to
the Italian troops and protested in tho
name Of humanity against the alleged
Ibarbarlties inflicted upon helpless women
and children and non-combatants by the
infuriated Italian soldiery.
BY order of his government the am
bassador appealed 10 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 i'm contra
vention of the Hague convention, TO
which the United States and Italy are
parties Acting Secretary Adee promised
to submit the protest TO Secretary Knox.
who at present is absent from Washing
ton.
The ambassadors note was based
upon a cable dispatch from the Turkish
Minister for Foreign Affairs. of which
the following is a copy:
Your excelency has heard the news. un-
fortunately confirmed of wholesale cXecu-
tions OF a great number Of inhabitants or
Trlpoi, perpetrated daily by the Italian
military authorities.
The right of ali able bodied citizens TO
fight for the supreme defence Of their in
v;ided homes is undenable 1t confers on
the said citizens the character of belliger-
ents and obliges the enemy TO respect the
lives OF those among them who fall into
their hands. But the Italians are violating
not only the sacred principles Of the mod
crn law Of nations but also the most cle-
mentary rules of civilization and humanity
in shooting down the natives who have
properly enlisted, and even the innocent
women and children, on mere suspicion
not to mention those deported by thou
| sands.
These acts are, moreover, contrary To
the engagements pledged by Italy herself
at the second conference of The Hague in
tlna NFAr,t1 ffFaNY IN
toms of war which places the population
and the belligerents under the safeguard
and under the protection Of the laws OF
humanity and the eXigencieS of the public
| conscience"
| therefore beg you to protest in the most
energetic manner to the government TO
which you are accredited against such
crimes against humanity committed by the
| Italians, the sad spectacle of which offers
a striking contrast TO the efforts, crowned
| with success, and admitted by the Italians
| themselves. that our authorities in Tripoli
and BenghaZi have not ceased to display
i'm order TO safeguard the lives and prop
peans, and that under the very fire Of the
| enemy and in the midst OF a justly indlg-
nant and overexcited population.
| Please read the present dispatch 20 the
| Minister of Foreign Affairs, leaving at tho
''''''' ''''' ASSN.
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
| Suppementing this cable dispatch csms
another from the Turkish Foreign Office
later in the day. which was also trans
mitted to the State Department. This is
regarded as of great importance, because
il formally demands intervention by tho
United States. II reads as follows:
"The Italian atrocities i'm Trlpoi being
confirmed officially and from every quar-
ter / beg your Excellency to reitcrats
the representations prescribed in my pre-
cedng telegram, and to insist upon the
necessity of prompt and efcacous in
tervention, in order to put an end imme-
djateN to these inhuman proceedings"
Malta. Nov. 5.-Steamer passengers
inst arrived from Tripoli describe the
eituation there as a reign Of terror
strong military patrols are continual
Ily conducting rigorous house-to-house
searches and on the smallest pretence
summary punishment is meted out.
Many victims have been shot In their
own houses In the absence of any at
tcmpt t. discriminate between friend and
foe many foreigners have taken refuge
/ in their respective consulates.
! An order forbidding any one to be out
before Il o'clock In the morning or after
/ Il o'clock in the evening has been strictly
enforced The Italian soldiers appear to
have unlimited power, and, the passen-
gers say. were shooting down man,
J woman or child who disobeyed the order.
The passengers also confirm the stories
of the brutality displayed by the ltal-
iaps i'm their treatment of the Arabs.
London. Nov Ga dispatch to Ihe
Daily Telegraph from Tripoli 10y way OF
Malta ciiticises the lack OF enterprise IN
/ the leadership OF the Italians, who. with
splendidly equipped force of $4,000 men.
annie artillery and a fine hospital and
medical service are apparently dong moth
! ing the Italian military situation being
! worse than IT was "A month ago As cholera
1 of a malignant type Is rife. prudence. as
! well as military initiative. says the corre-
/ spondent. would have suggested the neces-
| sity OF moving all ot the troops out upon
the clear. dry desert instead OF which they
are cribbed In in narrow. unwholese<