The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-27
FOREIGNERS LEAVE
 TR|P0L| IN ALARM Threats of Italy to Occupy
 Province Cause Unrest FEAR ARAB REVOLT
Turkish Ambassador at Paris Says His Government Will Maintain the Integrity of the Empire
 Washington Interested


 Tripoli.. Tripoli. September 26.--For- eigners are alarmed at the sltuatioh growing out of the reported lntentloh of Italy to occupy Tripoli in denahcc of the Turkish government.
 An Arab revolt is feared. All foreign CTS who can are fleeing hastily Every available boat leaving here is crowded with Europeans.
 The above is the first dispatch d. rect from Tripoli since the threatened conflict between Italy and Turkey dl-' rected general attention to that Turk isb prvinee on the north coast ol Africa. It bears out earlier advices from Malta and other points indicating an exodus of Europeans from the troubled zone.
 Italian residents of Tripoli have left in large numbers fearing they mighe be made victims of Turkish vengeance and the now reported possibility tha' the Arabs may take advantage or the situation and begin an uprising aoos grave feature to the Turko-ltaliah quarrel
 Meanwhile there is doubt as to the
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 intention of Italy as the correspondents of that country have been threatened with severe punishment if they make known to the world anything ressru- ing the movements. actual or con tenplated, of the army and navy.
 paris Sentembers 26.-The Turkish ambassador to France, Rifaat Pasha, said today that he did not know wheth- CT Italy designed to attempt to occupy Tripoh but that Turkey wouio n,a,n s,na tain the integrity of the empire Tripon, unlike Bosnia and Herzegovlne' was not divided by races or rehglons' he added: all, were Mohammedans. TIT pol was not a colony but vital mem Der of the empire, he said.
 London. September 26-A news dis hatch from Rome this Afternoon says
 ,"Jt is announced that the. ltaHar zf.1atsise d "a yfaires at Coafstantfnople has presented the porte a note to the ehect Thar any dispatch Of Turkish military transports to Tripoi will be regarded aS most. serious action.
 [ It is learned on high authority thas the purview of the porte is that 1T Italy does not concede her grants in Tripoli the tension will be relaxed ana the Ottoman empire will receive 1taiy claims pacifcally. It is said the ltalian government repudiates the suggestion that she is seeking compensation TOT Morocco, or territorial expansion, put complains rather that Turkey has or fered systematic opposition to every at tempt at development In Tripoli-
 italy will insist she no longer be placed in a position of inferiority Paris, September. 2e.--A dispatch to the Temps from Rome says that the Italian cruisers have left the naval ports with the object of intercepting Turkish transports en route from Tripoli.
 Washington, September 26.-Though without direct interest in the issue be- tween Italy and Turkey concerning the formers pretentions to predominance in Tripoli as long as the open door IS maintained and American treaty rights are respected the state department of- ficials are watching developments Tn the case with the keenest interest. The opinion was expressed that this issue would be settled peaceably.
 The basis for this belief was con- viction that the five powers which united in the treaty of Berlin in prac- tical guarantee of the territorial ln- tegrity of Turkey are not now ready to have that bulwark of peace swept away and consequently will bring pres sure to bear upon the principals in Italy and Turkey to effect a satisfac- tory adjustment of the present differ- ences. t'
 It is believed Germany, above all other nations in Europe. is most deeply interested in preventing d rupture be- tween these two nations with which she is connected by solemn treaty ob- lieations or ties of cloest friendship. A movement in the direction of media tion is expected on the part of the Kaiser in the immediate future.
 Bellport l.. r. September 26.--Zie Bey Pascha Turkish ambassador to the Uni ted States, told a journalist tonight he had received no instruction from Con- stantinople to ask the American gov ernment to restrain Italy from hostile action in Tripoli. Such instructions he said, would be entirely in accord with the treaty of Paris, 1856. to which the United States subscribed and by which the powers undertook to guarantee the integrity of the Otto man empire. The ambassador believes the Tripoli dispute will be settled without recourse to war. He Is entirely familiar with every phase of the Mus selman's ideals and during his official life at Berlin, Paris and St. Peterspurs he has studied the several phases.
 "Remember." said the ambassador, | .TripoI is province of Turkey. Ac- cording to dispatches, Italy would try to take that province and make 1t an Italian protectorate. Turkey means to guard Tripoli. The new Turkey, the young Turkey of union and progress has built up a strong and loyal army. Our fleets cannot compare with the fleet of Italy perhaps, but our army .- slr f.n1 several political dissensions at home. The government is opposed by a small majority party of extreme or ultra radi- calism. It is internal. It is guarded. But when it comes from aggression from abroad. Turkey to man will de- fend her right Gakac af TIui0ufowu atft