The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12
CAMP A|GN
FALLS TO GROUND
British Stories of Italian Atroci
ties in Tripoli Not Sup
ported by Facts.
SENTIMENT is CHANGING
Shown That Invaders Have Only
Melted Out Necessary Pun
isllnent for Treachery.

Especial Cable to The Times-Dispatch)
London. November 1.-THE absolute.
ly prejudiced and unfair British press
campaign to prove Italian troops gull
ty of astrocities towards Turks and
Arabs In Tripoli. continues undated
Without any attempt to arrive at the
facts 1t IS taken for granted in edi-
torials. headlines and press dispatches
that Italian soldiers have ruthlessly
butchered unoffending men. women
and children.
On the other hand, the many In
stances of Arab treachery, which en-
hibited itself by sudden rising OF sup
possed -combatants and friendlies
inside the Italian lines, are entirely
lost to sight IN the English eagerness
TO show sympathy with the Moham-
mendnn cause.
Shown In Different Light.
Facts which are gradually becoming
known. however, throw an entirely
different light in necessarily stern
punishment which was meted out by
the Italian commanders to Arabs who
sought by surprise and treachery to
massacre the Italian forces.
Letters received from eye-witnesses
of events in Tripoli declare that Ital-
straint as could be expected under eX-
ira ordinary circumstances and provo
cation. Regarding the alleged slaugh-
ter of women and children. attention
is called to the fact that women and
children as we'll as men suddenly pro-
duced weapons from their hiding place
and began treacherous attacks on un-
suspecting Italians.
That these facts are gradually be-
coming known throughout Europe is
shown by the following paragraph hid
oen IN to-day's Paris correspondence
OF the Fall Mall Gazette:
French opinion. which exhibited a
certain hostility towards the Italians
in Tripoli at the commencement of
the campaign, has now veered slightly
In their favor. This result has been
brought about by communications pub
lished In the journals. which have
represented as falsehoods the stories
of Italian barbarity towards their
foes. great and exemplary severity
only has been shown II is declared.
In cases Of treachery. and where wo.
i2en and even children and infirm per-
sons have taken up firearms and am
pushed the expedltionary force"
Sources Prejudiced.
Unfortunately. much of the informa-
through prejudiced sources. It can
hardly be expected. for instance. that
the English press will sympathize with
the Italians, The British rule over
100000 900 Nfoslems, and they are by
no means easy subjects to govern.
Sedition is rife in India, and the King
is on his way there to be crowned
Emperor. There have been serious
antl-Italiau disturbances In Egypt, In
several cases requiring the use of the
militia to restore order. Throughout
the empire Moaammedans are angrily
denouncing italy and demanding the
active efforts Of British government
to end the war
Bearing all these facts In mind, 1t
ia not difficult TO understand the re-
cent inspired attacks on Italy. That
the conspiracy overshot itself Is now
becoming evident. AS tho real facts
come to light revulsion OF feeling
on behalf Of the maligned Italians may
perhaps take place. even in England.
for the average Englishman. no mat
ter whore his personal interests lie.
Continued on. Seventh -Enge.l