The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-11
WORRYING OVER
CONsTANT!N0PLE
car Ferdinand at Head Of Bulgarian
Troops, Threatens to March
Into the Capita! Of
Turkey.
POWERS TO INTERFERE
After Winning the War, Greater Ma.
tlons Intend to Rob Little
Country Of Her
Reward.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. IL
Rear ADMIRAL Knight, in command OF
the cruisers Montana and Tennessee,
received orders today from Washing
ton to proceed to Turkish waters at
10 o'clock tomorrow morning for the
purpose of protecting American inter-
es.s. The ships slipped their cables
this afternoon and anchored In the
middle of the Delaware.
Rear Admiral Knight when asked
what action he would take in case
the powers took hand in the situa-
ton at Constantinople. replied:
Il am going there to protect Amer
lean interests and shall do SO al
any cost. expect to arrive at Glib
raltar late on the 21st."
with the expectation tina. the war
ships will have to feed hundreds OF
American refugees. the vessels car
ried an extra supply of provisions
o save CoESLdUtuuoPtSs
PARIS, Nov. 11.-Turkey was un'
derstood in diplomatic circles here to
day to have signified its approval OF
temporary Joint occupation Of Con
stantinople by landing parties from
EnSxsh, German, French. Russian,
All Ian and italian warships, osten.
sihly to protect the six powers sub
iects there, but really to keep the
Bulgarians ont.
The powers could not conveniently
{ land enough men to resist the Bulgar
ian army in the event Of an actual
attack on the Turkish capital, but i
was considered that Czar Ferdinand
could not possibly be insane enough
To brave the six big nations anger
antagonizing even his own frieLds, by
trying to force his way into the city
over the dead bodies of their blue
Jackets and marines.
1t was the general impression here
that the landing would be ordered the
moment 1t became evident that Con
stantinople could hold out no longer
The chancellories were In communica
ton on the subject today and " was
said on good authority that they were
virtually agreed.
Even Russia, Bulgaria's supporter
has expressed the view that perma
nent Bulgarian occupation Of the sui
tan,s capftal was undesirable, 1t did
indeed, give Ferdinand to understand
that it had no objection to his entr,
into the city, provided he did not re
main there. The ST. Petersburg gov
ernment admitted, however, 1T was
understood that once in occupation O
the city, he probably would be unwill
ing to surrender it again and that I
would be difficult to dislodge hin
without resort to force, which
would entail possibilities OF all sorts
of international complications. Fol
this reason, ST. Petersburg was dis
posed, not only to agree to the pro
posed preventive measures but actual
ly to cooperate in it. Reports that
massacre OF christians was In prog
ress in Constantinople Saturday ap
parently were baseless The govern
ment, at latest accounts, was assuring
the populace as rapidly as possible
News that English and American resi-
dents were entrenching Robert Col
lege, an American institution, was
taken as indicating the tenseness o
the situation.
Strike Against War.
VIENNA, Nov. 11.-Tremendous an
ti-war demonstrations by the socia
democrats occurred throughout th'
provinces Sunday. according to mes
sages received here today.
The speakers urged the masses Il
DO everything In their power to ham
per military movements and to submit
passively to capture by the enemy ]
finally dragged into action. In Rus
sia, against which Austria is likely tt
be aligned, 1t was declared that thous
ands OF working men will act similar
". Many arrests were made Of promi
nent participants in the movement
The war party here was eyceedingl,
bellicose today, however, regardless
Of the real commercial and strategeti
Importance which control of the eastern
coast of the Adriatic has to Austria
the "insolence," as military men term
ed 1t. OF the Servian move on Durazz
IN defiance Of the Austrian warning t