New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-30

hood Of the Turks exercising self-re-
straint and limiting their retE liation TO
Italy and in permitting racial and re-
iigious feeling to excite them TO politi-
cal excuses
Much the darkest clouds at present
seem to be in the direction Of Greece.
Strong fear prevails lest Turkish pride
and the necessity for the Young Turks
government to gain popularity may in
cite the government 10 show that 1t also
can play the game Of aggression and
demand Greece TO give up her claims on
Crete
British officials are more concerned
over the possibilities Of trouble in the
Balkans and Greece than with the actual
conflict over Tripoli. The theory gains
ground here that Italy's stroke is the
last act Of the programme agreed upon
by the powers Of the Triple Alliance;
that il was arranged when Austria took
Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Italy only
awaited an opportune moment to carry
il into execution.
Austria's acquisition OF the two PROV
inces. Germany's forward movement
in Morocco and Italy's compensatins
campaign near by are interpreted by un-
| friendly observers as too logical To he
| lands hands are tied officially i'm the
/ present strained relations Of Europe. The
government cannot afford to incur the
enmity of either beligerent by taking
sides with the other. Yet her neutrality
! means a loss Of influence with Turkey
which she has been struggling to retain
since the beginning Of the Young Turk
regime.
| 4 massacre Of Italians in Adana, Asia
Minor is feared. Italy has considerable
interests and large colony there.
/ The Russian feet in the Black Sea is
ready for any emergency. 1t is now an
! chOred before TrebiZond.
| The Sultan and the heir apparent sat
in council with the ministers all night,
when it was finally decided that Turkey
should yield to force and not oppose the
/ Italian landing at Tripoli, but hold in
/ huential Italians as hostages.
The Daily Chronicles" Milan CORE
spondent, who sends his dispatch via
/ the Swiss frontier. says: Despite the
vast preparations for war which the
government has been vigorously engaged
/ in for the last week, the publication Of
! the text of the ultimatum 10 Turkey has
: produced a veritabe sense Of stupefac-
I tion among the people. Except in Sicily,
/ there is nothing approaching enthusi-
asm a this colonial adventure. Anxious
fears are expressed lest the brutal crud-
ity of the ultimatum favor the impress
/ sion abroad that the note was drafted
under the inspiration Of the worst ethics
Of Siciian brigandage, rather than by
the Cabinet OF a Christian power
AS during the recent ravages Of the
cholera. the ministry has resorted to its
favorite device-the wholesale stoppage
/ Of telegraph and telephone messages,
even forbidding the sending Of messages
/ by Italian correspondents arriving at
! Tripoli, who found everything calm
there and nothing in the attitude of the
/ natives to justify panic or an exodus. y
\ news dispatch from Vienna says
I that Turkey purposes to present an ulti-
lnatum to Greece demanding that the
latter withdraw all claims to Crete.
\ news dispatch received here this
morning from Tripoli says;
The last remaining italians left to-
day on the steamers Adria and Ercola,
! The Rev. Or. Rossett, the Apostolic
! Prefect and the manager of the BanCa
di Roma both asked permission of the
Italian Consul To remain, but they were
advised to leave. The securities of the
bank were placed i'm safekeepins.
"Tripoli appears like q plague stricken
city. There is hardly any one in the
streets save the Turkish soldiers, who
anxiously await definite news from
headquarters"
\ news dispatch from Rome says that
the Turkish heir apparent, who recently
listed King Victor Emmanuel bearing
the congratulations of his country or
the occasion of the Italian jubilee, asked
the Italian monarch to intervene and
| prevent a war.
The correspondent Of THE Times II
/ Constantinople says the Turkish govern
ment has entire confidence i'm its ability
| to protect Italian subjects here and a
! the principal ports from reprisals on the
part Of the populace But the position
/ Of the Italian residents in the interior
/ especially the Italian workmen employed
on the Taurus sections OF the BagdaC
railway. is regarded as less secure.
! Amorg the educated classes, especially
/ the Young Turks. resentment against
: ItaN's aggression IS strong. The min
! isters arc severely Censured for theil
neglcc, To take the most Obvious mill
tary and diplomatic precautions in the
face Of recent warnings.
Turkeys military strength in Tripol
appears to be entirely inadequate 10
meet the storm. Two regiments Of cav
airy one infantry division and six bat
terics of artillery at the most with a
few fortress troops and engineers, would
furnish a maximum Of 5000 effective
fGhting men. of which about two thirds
are believed 20 be i'm Tripoli Little or
no progress has been made since the
revolution in the organization of a local
militia force
The attitude Of the masses in Con-
gtantinopic If Respondent is calm and
orderly No Representation marked the
Selamlik. where the sultan APPEARED
somewhat downcast.
Paris, Sept 29.--An unconfirmed rumor
has reached Paris from Malta, by way