The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-28
||RCE ITALY WITH
B|Ns OF THE TURKS
lish Public Misled by
lie Reports Originated
by Ottoman Empire.
n ONLY ALTERNATIVE
I,ration of HostilitieS Re-
.,,t of Long Series OF
Outrageous Insults.
nv RICHARD HAGoT.
~.s,. N The Tribune.

nv RICHARD HAGOT.
!, cable to The Tribune.
NDON. April 27---I imagine that
=. few In England who have
I, tAis time realized that the
{. az inhumanity and savage
<lystiuess brought against Italian
Aehsing for their country in
a we're false charges. These
.3as have now been repeatedly
,utkoritatively proved inventions,
tbsir source and object are well
4 20 all who have not been CON
q accept them rs truth without
|sv>aHpation. So far as ontrages
4 humanity and against all rules
riEEed warfare are concerned, L
PRESENTLY show that, in the war
kich italy is now engaged, these
hssn perpetrated on an almost in
M seale-but not by Italians.
4 II should be suspected that l
Wing upon a novelist's imagina-
|n describing these outrages, or
/ an unduly prejudiced, J. wish
a 10 stats that ] derive my in.
|<|oa from documents and official
"a a the possession Of the Italian
4 o6fes and the ministry Of war,
q which documents have been
.ously placed at my disposal by
|aIlan government.
s tales Of Cruelty.
. somplete ignorance of the Eng.
,1hyie 90 to the existence Of any
~ reason for Italy's declaration
. was Immediately seized upon
1 1asnta Of the Young Turk party
1Fdlng favorable ground for the
q ths seeds of those caIumnies
italian humanity which in a
|hort time spraug to maturity.
1eTgetie suppression Of the Arab
aE Tripoli no doubt afforded
b opportunity of reaping the
eaGly sown. Sensational ac-
of Italian cruelty and injustice
1t TO the press by newspaper
c1dents who, as q matter Of
Fers very many miles distant
npol during the days of the
nnrreetion, and who had no
means Of information save
npphsd BY Turkish agents
Shese last figures an English eI-
ehoss reasons for propagating
{nhons OF the Young Turk syn
lave recently been exposed in
y Italian Journal.
d War.
n1w proceed to mention some
lncpal eauses which compelled
phu government to issue the
nat Immediately led to the
o. tho war with Turkey. I
!m document sent to me
1he Italian foreign Office. 1t
lcfal statement drawn up by
~ minister of foreign affairs,
eness di San Guliano, and
MN. AS former embasss-
SglAnd and one better known
n society than most foreign
ob, no comments Of my own
NY to emphasize the value
ssssman 3 memorandum.
lnlcs between Italy and Tur-
y would apear to have broken
setedly, is In reality only the
& q long series Of annoyances
b aes not always apparent on
4 e OF thlnge, directed against
Z ne italians by the Ottoman
. ~ For a considerable period
= ps complaints have been re-
e me Kings government from
:, % the Turkish empire, seek
sucn against constant exac.
mpossibility Of obtaining
the absolute tyranny to
we're exposed, all redress
~ snlngs were invariably re-
: @s follows = long list Of
= Ase Numerous.
v 9s other complaints. and an
controversies OF greater or
exist, such as. for instance
50 ,aggressions committed
yiauals belonging to the
e suiates IN various portions
y 9e tho massacres at Adana
~ tue sacking OF the agency
1Sssu General Steam Naviga-
i at santi Quranta, These
elssslon were such as to
that for some time Ital-
urrounded by a hostile at.
@ieeoncilable with the good
aiiy existing between the
And with the new regime
ioung Turks-which had
%any hopes In italy, these
ssciacnts only became more
Fovoke Trouble.
~ost Persistent examples Of
~; ana hostility of the Turk.
,iies have been demon
~ &Ire oo'e portions Of the Otto.
IN which Italian interests
pIomlnent, such as in the
.a 11a the Tripolitania. The
N yhe Turkish officials in ths
~ on the Arabian coast on
W Erltrean colony has CON on
ohe moro violent and mor,
lf Ihe list of insults Of
laI ,nd,, Io italian flag is too lon,
some " whien lsls ba1p" bpap',. ,,, W We wi, wifi
" Turki.Fhe ssT Fhes,ms- m,s, On June 5
}v ~ the sum of 234O thaler,
italian vessel from Sc
81 "ah q simple act Of piracy