The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-05

1914; when. to the already existing
clauses, another will be added regard
ing the protection Of Italy in her po-
sinon in North Africa.
The military attaches at the embas-
sies here are following with interest
the preparation Of the italian expedi-
tion to Tr1pol. The general opinion OF
experts is that the italian arrange
msnts have been conducted in a mas
telly manner. Those upon whom the
responsibility rests have succeeded in
mtbilizing at the points of embarka-
tim one of the largest expeditions ever
mtde by sea in the shortest time.
The first contingent OF about 10000
mn was ready to start yesterday but
Wa delayed because Of the wish OF
the officials to be absolutely assured
against any surprise at sea-
Italian ships are patrolling between
SiSly and Malta and between Malta
ant the heel OF Italy. The vessels
siRalled the presence of Turkish tor
PED boats up to last night when they
wee chased out of the patrol area,
managing to escape in the darkness.
II must be remembered the official
say that the Japanees who had for
bng time prepared for their. cam
palm, landed only 1900 men In Ko-
rea on their first expedition. This
was followed by an equal number of
tro0s twenty days later. The opera
ton were begun in the early days
aftei the landing Of the army. Italy
purIAses to land nearly 100000 troops
within Q. week and to begin operations.
Thu military officials consider the
rsrTnansent sSf5 1Qufr,rrtrst or the troops
perfect Ths equipment includes pro-
visions of III kinds, landing boats,
| movable caips and field hospitals
| with accomIpdations for thirty thou
| sand patient besides hospital ships.
Turkish primers within Italy. who
| already mum pr more than 500 and are
| held at Tar1o, Agosta, Brindiai, Ma
pies, Legho1 and Genoa, will be as
sembled in II large barra cks near Ca
| serta- Therthe captured ones will be
| prisoners ofhonor. The soldiers and
| sailors will le watched by sentinels
under the dtipline of their own off,
GERS and wi enjoy considerable lib
| erty. All VT be treated we'll.
Rear Adnlal Aubrey, in command
/ of the Italial fleet at Tripoli, reports
that in bomFding the city he spared
| all the consutes, hospitals, churches,
| monasteries, nd converts, aiming only
| at the fortcations Discrimination
was made VIII relative ease, as the
range Of therurkish cannon was so
short that Il Italian ships were en-
I dDloQ TO dppRaCn TIE Guy closely dnG
| take accurataim.
The bonlfdment was protracted
| because Of ts extreme care to avoid
useless bloohed and to respect the
| homes of thnon- combatants and the
| mosques. Meover, the firing was at
| long interval as Admiral Aubrey and
Vice AdmiraFavarell expected at any
moment to the white flag run up,
indicating aesire to surrender.
None Of { Turkish shots reached
the ships. in1iral Aubrey ordered
that the shiIabstain from using guns
of the large.calibre as they were not
necessary. BIN the battleships the
omcers coulplalnly see the effect of
their shots d realized that in a few
hours the fs might be dismantled
and their atteries silenced. This,
however, wtd be at the cost Of all
the lives othe defenders, a result
which the II was trying to avoid.
Scarcely 2 of the population re-
mains in Tph, the city having been
abandoned lnediately when the bonn
bardment BIN yesterday afternoon.