The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-12
Await Landing


 Rome-(Via Frontier. )-October It.
 The approaching landing of Italian troops in Tripoli is impatiently await
 ed according to messa ges received here today. The sailors on shore are be- ginning to experience exhaustion from
 continuous duty.
 | One thousand sailors in the six days
 since they landed have constructed
 temporary Notifications to protect the
 important points of the town. | The Italian ministry of public works 1 is preparing to revive the commerce and industry of Tripoli. A special com
 mission will be sent there. | The war office estimates that, 10000 1 men will be needed to garrison the
 place.
 For several years the garrisons will be
 composed wholly of Italians, because Of the tear there might. be disaifection among natives so employed.
 Hassurd Karamani is now mayor of 1 rripcii by decree of King Victor Elm
 manuel.
 1 He sent message of loyalty and devo- ton to the Italian soyereigns. and the communication was also signed by other
 rotables of Tripoli. It expressed their
 satisfaction at the Italian occupation.
 Invasion Reported Reports from 1ripoli this afternoon say Arabs O the interior are circulating 2 report that the great Mahdl of the Sa- hara, having heard of the Italian in-
 Nasions, is gathering arms and men, and especially trained horsemen, and pro-
 claiming a holy war which is to be con- ducted relentlessly till the hertics are driven itno the sea.
 The Corriere D Italia says patrol of carbineers last night encountered four men armed with guns in the woods around the castle of San Rosario, where the King is staying Shots were ex- | changed
 l Three of the men escaped. but the | fourth was caught The men are said to | be preachers, but the paper points out | that they were not known in the north. Rome October 11.-There Is a feeling l! in official circles here that Turkey and l her pathizers as well as those ee- n,ents which are antagonistic to Italy are doing everything possible to en- | gender opposition among the powers to | Italy's plans and 1t Is believed that cer- | tain reports which have been circulated aim chiefly to play on Anglo-German antagonism With this object it is sup posed the report has been spread broad cast that Germany, having planned to obtain Tobruk from Turkey, prior to the beginning of hostilities will end by obtaining this important strategic point from Italy as base for operations in the Mediterranean against British su- premacy
 Reports Denounced All the rumors and reports are de- | nounced by Italy It is pointed out by Italian officials that Germany has never taken any step in such a direc- tion in the past and has no intention to ask anything from Italy in the future,
 N hile it is also declared Italy would not dream of being catspaw for Ger many.
 In connection with this denial it is stated that the entire situation remains unchanged that none of the powers op- pose Italy's action, and they have no | intention of intervening until Italian l dominion in Tripoli is indisputabe | Adyices from Tripoli sent by Rear l Admiral Borea DOlmo. the governor, and Captain Csgni, the commandant, | say sailors now in possession of the | city have given splendid proof of their | toyyers of resistance and endurance | Their numbers are small and in ad- d:tion to the great amount of work | they have been compelled to do they | must guard against the danger of an | attack by the enemy. It IS peiieNtus | however that the Turkish troops are thoroughly disheartened as otherwise being only one days march from Trip oli, and twice outnumbering the Ital- 1 ians they might have attempted to re- capture the place or at least inflicted 1 serious losses.
 Italian Troops Welcomed It is too late now for the Turks to do so as the first section of the troops of the
 expedition have landed and great prepa- yations were made to welcome the Italian soldiers as the liberators of Tripoi from the Turkish yoke for all time All wire ss messages received by the government convey the information that the trans ports and their escort of warships are proceeding satisfactorily. Several alarms during last night proved false. While Turkish embassy officials ocny the existence of slavery in Tripoli for, the reason as they set forth that the Ottoman empire was signatory to the anti-siavery convention at Brussels. Ital- ian officials declare Tripoli up to two weeks ago was the only outlet of the great slave market of Central Africa. Slavery they point out had existed in Africa always. it was allowed by the l Koran and approved by usage Its worst