Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-10-04
ITALY DECLARES war on TURKEY.
''Sick Man" EutstiIas Feeble Hope Yet
That Powers VIII Save HIN.

l Uuol Vu0u0 VIII 00u0 ubsue
Following the declinstion O.
tbs demands embodied in it's ulti
mstum to Turkey, Friday after
noon Italy formally declared wal
upon Turkey, aud immediate
steps were taken for the seizure
of Tripoli, the bone IN the pres
ent contention.
It was unoffioially announced
tonight that Turkey had decided
not to oppose an armed resistance
to the occupant of Tripoli, the
government hoping by this meth
cd that Italy will not treat the
Tripolitsns as q conquered pee
pie, and further trusting in . for
lern hope that some of the powers
will yet step in and save Turkey
from further embarrassment.
Turkey is thoroughly frightened !;
the cabinet has resigned, and
the quick, determined action of
Italy has created confusion in q
procrastinating empire for years
spoiled by the long-suffering for
bearance of other and more DOW
erful nations.
The trouble between Turkey
and Italy which eliminated this
afternoon in declaration of war
at Rome dates back to 1878,
when with the making of the
treaty concluding the Russo
Turko WAT, the powers are under
stood to have agreed to permit
Italy a "pscific penetration of
Tripoli. Turkey claims that
this right has been respected ever
since. Italy has oolonized Trip
oil until her interests in that
African province are very great.
She has asserted, however, that
her subjects have been mistrestsd
by the Ottoman authority and
constantly discriminatsd against.
Frequent disp utss have arisen but
the prolonged negotiations have
never resulted satisfactorily to
Italy.
At the time that the Franco
German differences regarding
Morocco we're acute, Italy turned
her attention again to- Tripoli
and in subsequent negotiations
with Constantinople set forth
that many outrages against her
subjects had been perpetratsd
and for which no redress had
been made. She assumed q de-
oisive attitude aud presently be.
gan the mobilization of her army
and navy.
Italy's standing army IN 1910.
1911 numbered approximately
225, 900 men and IA 600 officers,
but far greater number could
be put in the field in case of ne
cessity. The Italian navy con.
sists in vessels comm issioned.
built or building, fifteen battle
ships, nine armored cruisers and
gun vessels, thirty.six destroyers,
an equal number of frst.class
torpedo boats and twenty-five
submarines. In the naval force
there are approximately $1,000
men. A. q whole the Italian
navy 10 generally ranked fifth
among nations. Al seamen the
Italians are skilled and ingenious.
They have constructed some re-.
msrksble war vessels.
Naval lists show that Turkey
has fighting strength of nine
coast defense ironolads. five pro-
tected cruisers, six torpedo YES.
sels, one gunbost. twenty.one
torpedobost destroyers, twenty.
seven torpedoboats and two sub.
marines. Az compared with the
greater nations this array is .
negligible quantity. The nomi.
nal strength of the Turkish navy
is 929 officers, 30, 600 sailors, be-
sides about 1900 marines.
The empire is divided into
seven army corps districts and
there are .wo independents divi.
sions at Medina and Tripoli, re.
spectively. The total fighting
strength 10 close to million men
and by the existing recruiting
laws ell Muasulmans are liable to
military service.
London. Sept. 29.-Affairs de-
vsloped today with extraordinary
| rspidity. A state of war exists
between Italy and Turkey and
hostilitiss have begun.
No sooner had the time limit
fixed in the ultimatum expired
than, ignoring Turkeys concilia.
tory request for a period of DELAY,
Italy declared war. The Turkish
representatives. in Italy were
handed their passports. The
Turkish commander at Tripoli
was asked to surrender the towu
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