The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
TRIPOLI RETAKEN
IS LATE REPORT
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ly, as they had seen their comrades shot
from behind, and, 1t is reported. even mu-
tilated, though of this, IT is impossible
to ascertain the truth. With their excit-
able temperament and highly-developed
imagination, the Italians suspected every
living Soul of guilt, and for Iour days
gangs of soldiers, often withouS officers,
| shot every one they encountered"
The correspondent gives instances wit
messed by himself and his confreres, and
follows with signed statements by the
latter, made at the request of the British
consul, and affidavits of three German
residents in refutation of the italian
premier's denial that women and children
We're shot.
THE troops" adds the correspondent
| the oasis in which they were fired upon
from the rear, although there is no GER
tain proof that any Arab in the west end
of that section took part in the rising,
and there were vast numbers of women
and boys who were perfectly innocent
Of these nearly all the men, and even the
boys above a certain age, were shot,
while undoubtedly many women persisted" I"
Look for Attack.
Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
London, Nov. 4.-Wireless messages re-
ceived tonight from Tripon state that
the Turks and Arabs are ready to attack
Tripoli and that a crushing defeat for the
Italians seems inevitable
The messages state the attack is ex-
pected hourly. If the Turks and their
Arab allies are victorious. 1t is believed
that one Of the most terrible massacres
in history will be the result
atrocities are coming in from all points.
English, French, and German correspond
ents tell the same story of italian bar
harism, and pictures from the front give
the details. Signed statements of eye
witnesses are also appearing in all the
papers. In the face of to-day's develop
ments, Italy's official denials of the acts
attributed to her soldiers are wasted
words.
Several of the pictures received to-day
showed great piles Of women and chill
dren murdered and mutilated. English
Indignation at the butchery has reached
high pitch. Premier Asquith and Sir
Edward Grey, the foreign secretary, are
severely criticised for prohibiting a dis
cussion of the massacres in Parliament,
and disgust is expressed generally at the
foreign secretarys explanation that
Great Britain could not interfere in Trip
neutrality.
Place Responsibility.
I'VE have declared our neutrality, as
far as warlike preparations are con-
cerned," answers the Daily Standard,
but our declarations do not free us OF
all our responsibilities. When the war
is over and Italy proceeds to regularize
her achievements, she will have to ask
our consent to the denunciation of the
treaty of Paris, by which she, with
others, guaranteed the integrity of the
Ottoman empire. That consent need not
be given Internationally, and the foreign
office might hint that II would be with
held if the war were not conducted &C
cording to the recognized rules and die
tates of humanity
The porte has sent a formal protest to
the sgnatories of the second Hague con-
ference, asserting that the Italians are
violating the laws of humanity and the
dictates of public conscience"
The Turkish ambassador at London de-
nies the allegations of Italian correspond
ents of the Roman papers. 1T is OBJ
viOus'J he says, that the surrender of
arms could only have been carried on by
force, and that the Arabs, who could not
have submitted TO the rule of the invad
ers, were in their natural right to take
up all the arms available to defend their
native territory
kilograms to-day from Alexandria and
Cairo state that Egypt is in a state of
unrest, and there is q rising sentiment in
favor of sending large expeditions to
Tripoli to aid the Turks. There have
been several riots among the students at
Alexandria, who have adopted as their
cry:
Long live the Sultan. Death to the
Italians
Constantinople dispatches states that all
factions of the Turkish government are
now united in favor of continuing the
war and refusing to negotiate with Italy
for a settlement.
War of determination.
Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Malta, Nov. A party Of newspaper
correspondents have arrived here from
Tripon. where they surrendered their
credentials to the Italian commander and
left the army because they declare they
could no longer bear to witness the atroc-
tiles to which the italian troops are SUBJ
jecting the Arabs.
Among the correspondents are Frank
McCullagh, an American; Gottberg, the
noted German military critic, and three
British writer's. Every British corre-
spondent but one has thrown up his as
signment.
About 100 women and children and
1000 men have been shot" said one of
them to-day. "Cripples and blind beg
gars have been deliberately killed. Sick
people, whose houses were burned, were
left on the ground and refused even a
drop of water. The Italians freely ad-
fbof
No quarter is ever given
the Arabs, whom Gen. Caneva persists in
prosecuting as noncombatants
The atrocities have aroused the whole
country to a pitch of desperation. wom-
en- and boys have gone into the desert to
fight with the men. Mutilated and NOR
tally wounded men creep up to the front
for the satisfaction of killing at least one
more Italian before they die
'One day 1 saw fifty men and children |
executed in one batch alone, and execu- |