The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-09-30
ITALIAN F0RCEs
SURROUND TURKS
At TR|P0L|
Troops Are Landed on Coveted Ter
ritory After Exchange Of Shots
With Turkish Batteries Italian
Fleet Bombards Prevsza.
Turkey Aims To Drag All Europs
Into War and Powers Nay
Intervene.
WAR DEVELOP sENTs.
italian warshIp ashore At TrI-|

tsnsn WsrsniP Asnofc trr
poll.
italian landing In progress on
both sides town Of TfIpoII and
troops converpIna on Turkish gar
rison from both sides.
Turkish town Of Prevcxa bonn
barded by italians and force land
ed from blockadlno italian ships.
Ottoman fleet now a Constant
Inople; expected soon 20 ciash
with italian squadron at entrance
20 Sea Of Marmora.
Powers striving 60 settle Turko-
italian trouble lest all Europe be-
come Involved IN war.
italian government mysterious
Iy massinG troops on Austrian
frontier.
Turkish transport Derna seized
by italians on TripolI, with Turk
lsh governor Of province, troops
and war munitions.
LONDON. Sept. s0.-Turkey made
II clear to all Europe today that n
will submit to no more loss OF its ter
ritory without Desperate fight.
European statesmen, always fear
ful that q war anywhere In the old
world will spread beyond control
hoped when Italy declared war yes
terday. that Turkey would yield. The
Turks ignored all such suggestions
In fact. a general European war seeml
what they want. They may lose tn
poll, but they propose to make ~
the loss by territorial acquisition
somewhere else.
The Ottoman government also eyi
dently feels that It's back IL definitel,
against the wall. II lost two pro
vinces 70 Austria recently. Italy 4
attempting to seize another. Grcec'
is after Crete. Russia's BLACK SCI
feet IN anchored on Trepizond In read
mess to occupy the northeast corne'
OF the Ottoman empires Asiatic pos
sessions. Bulgaria II threatening ~
province OF Macedonia. Montencgr'
IL eyeing northern Albania envIousiy
Patriotic Turks are convinced TIA
the partition OF their entire country ]
imminent. and. as the committees 9
Union and Progress expressed X 4
n proclamation issued today, The O'
toman nation prefers death TO az
honor" and II II must perish propose
to go down In a war with all Europ
involved"
Now that European diplomats q
this, furious efforts are being mad
to settle the Turko-Italian trouble b'
fore II goes farther. London, Pari'
Berlin, Vienna and st. Petersburg Ar
I'm constant communication and ther
Is high authority for the statemen
that an agreement on some plan
keep the lid on in the Balkans
likely to be reached at any moment.
The italian feet bombarded Pr
veza today, destroying the govern
ment house and many private Dul.e
ings. II II said another torpedo boa
was sunk but this may be the one los
Yesterday. Troops are reported ala
10 have landed. Hostilities are 81
pected TO start today In several 3iacsi
Preyeza Is a Turkish seaport whic'
has once before been bombarded Y
a hostile feet During the trees
Turkish war In 1897 the creek
shelled the. town but failed to compe
its surrender. The population OF m
town is about 1000. mostly Creek
and Albanians. II has three ancicn
forts but it's main protection is
series OF wide sand pits which pre-
vent warshIps from enterins tn'
harbor
Italy IN taking the aggressive TO-DAY
FoIlowing the exchange Of a few snot,
between the italian ships on Tripou
and the Turkish batteries ashore ths
TtaIians resumed today their LANDING
begun last night. The troops are no'
going ashore at the city OF Tripoh
where they might be effectively re-
sisted. but at either side OF the town
whence they have already started %
march upon the antiquated tortihca'
tions.
A naval engagement is momentarily
expected between the Italian meet sent
TO intercept the Turkish squadron now
M Constantinople under the american
Admiral Bucknam. The Turks are
hopeIessly outclassed but Bucknam is
an extremely able comman.
der and will undoubtedly give a good
account OF himself.
more or less effective blockade
has been established by the italians
of the western Turkish coast. and fol-
lowing the BON mbardment OF the town
OF Preyeza, a landing Is reported az
this point. War Minister Chefket
Pasha is Fastening troops TO All
coast points. however. and
though he cannot raise the blockade.
will certainly put speedy end 70
landings on Turkish soil
The Turkish feet. last reported OF
Chios, in the Aegean sea. has sunk
two bargeloads carrying italian sol
tceutinued on Page seven.)