The chronicle=news., 1914-11-03
TURKEY BECOMES
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London, Nov. 3.--Great Britain
and Turkey are at war. Germany
has recruited an ally in the east. At
ter "A hours of waiting during which
hope was expressed that the Porte
might make amends for the Incl
dents in the Black Sea. the British
admiralty announced shortly before
/ O'Clock this afternoon that Brit
ish warship had bombarded and de-
stroyed the Turkish barracks at Aka
bah on the Turco-Egyptian frontier.
1t was at Akabah that Turkish
cavalry patrols were reported yester-
day preparing to move into Egypt.
There the British found soldiers ap-
parently under Germans serving as
quasi-Turks, much in the same man.
ner as ,thc German Officers remain
ing in charge of the cruisers Breslau
and Goeben and British officials say
there was no course but to open hos
tilities.
Turkeys formal entrance into war
with the allies-for France cannot
but follow Great Britain-came at a
time when the Turkish ambassadors
still at London and Paris were I'M
certain what next was to come.
An apology from the Grand Viscar
for Turkish attacks on Russian ports.
and doubt as to who held the whip
hand in the Snltan's government. to-
gether with the attitude of the Bal
Kan states. were factors which
seemed to carry such weight as to
make Turkey hesitate. The London
press was ever conciliatory in tone.
hoping to the last that the matter
would be adjusted. The newspapers
maintained this tone. notwithstand
ing the reported Turkish activity in
Egypt.
The British all along have claimed
that Germany was responsible for
the Turkish unrest and IL it proves
true that the Akabah garrison was
German. or part German, the charge
of a widespread conspiracy in the
east. Englishmen say. will seem to
be sustained.
The British admiralty claim con-
corning the engagement there. the
first in the latest phase of the great
war. was'brief. not giving the extent
of the cncmy's loss but adding that
there were no British casualties.
This engagement doubtless will be
followed quickly by others in Egypt.
while the former German cruisers
GUcbcn and Brcslau, are likely soon
to be heard from in the Black Sea or
elsewhere. Great Britain has long
anticipated such contingency and
has made preparations to check an
invasion of Egypt.
Meanwhile it is announced that
Germany has been pouring officers
and men into Turkey. Many of them
speak Turkish and will command
Turkish detachments equipped with
modern weapons, which the Germans
are said to have supplied.
AS regards the changed nature
Of the fighting in which w recently
have been engaged, II already had
been pointed gut that the operations
had up till Then been OF prepara-
tory nature and that the Germans
were obviously seeking to delay us
by advanced troops while their heav-
Ter forces were being got r~1dy and
brought up.
1T was known that they were
raising new army and that part of
1T probably would be sent to the
western theatre. either to cover the
troops laying siege to Antwerp in
case that place should hold out or
to act in conjunction with the be-
sieging force in violent offensive
movement toward the coast.
''Aftert he fall of Antwerp and the
release of the besieging troops there
was gradual increase in the
of their opposition. The re-
sfsiance of the detachmepts grew
more and more determined as more
infantry and guns came up into the
front line. Until Tuesday. October 20,
when the arrival opposite us Of a
large portion of new formations and
considerable number of heavy
guns enabled the enemy to assume
lhe offensive practically against the
whole OF our line at the same time
that they attacked the Belgians be-
tween us and the post"
Berlin. Nov. 3.-The information