The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-10
TURKISH TROOPS
BEGIN RAID OVER
EGYPT'S BORDER
Commanders Expect Moslems
to Join. but British Are
Confident.
RUSSIAN REPORTS TELL
OF STRONGHOLD'S FALL
,psc.a, ,ab,c Despatch 10 ran srx.

NUf'|N' dNft DcspdtfN 70 lHE Sun.
r,>p.>. nov. "a Turkish army has
crossed the frontier into Egypt accord
ing 20 dispatches received here to-day
IRON Rome This Information was con-
,a..ed u the following statement. based
o. ,u official mes age from Con stantino-
u, ,o thc Turkish Ambassador TO Italy.
THE Turkish army crossed the Egyp-
ga. frontier Yesterday.
Tro russian fleet ia the Black Sea has
sour.t refuge u tho military ports OF
Russia The ottoman fleet has bonn
bar.Is5 ro'i. causing heavy damage.
.Ir. UIt.-h fleet has LEFT the waters
OF N.,blr 'o1,iu- one cruiser there"
j. is IuWu that the Turkish COM
mani,r- .>I,at the Moslcms Ia Egypt TO
rs, ..I iu.u them ~ the army marches
t..,Il '.. country. II rs reported here
tn.t .n, INVASION Is not IN force and that
tie GrI'tsn troops viii have little trouble
30 u..HuE uut the Turks. who are depend
ins largely ON obtaining rcenforcements
a. they 40 alons and IN throwing the
country INTO a religious war
Dispatches tonight from Pe.rograd
,eI Oh. rep' sted successes OF the Russian
ALTO. ~ the Caucasus. \ stronghold
iVtu'y-nv" miles east ~ Erzerum has
bc.H ,tptur Il. and a force OF Kurdish
CAVALRY has been scattered. The Kurds,
supported 10y regulars and armed peas
ants tied Ia stem the Russian advance
northeast IT Karakilsss, but were re-
pulsed Bands of Persian irregulars I'M
der the leadership of Amir Heshmat. for
msr chief Of Police In Teheran. are oper-
a'.rg uu the Turco- Persian frontier
atng ON thr Turco-persian frontier.
Armenian bands too. are marauding and
tc persecution of the Armenians has
been started IN earnest Armenian refu-
gees are pouring into the Russian camps
with reports that the Turkish soldiers
Havo orders TO shoot all Armenans found
near .ur frontier. II is reported in Petro-
grad that the ancient city OF Van. who're
important American missions are lor I'D.
has been attacked by Armenian bands.
The Noraing Post correspondent IN
Pe;rograd reports that the captured
stronghold Is KoNrkOi, on the River
AraN,s. IA n mountainous region topping
Lr1rrun by 5000 feet The place was
taken asst Friday and on Saturday the
Turks made n determined effort to recap
tule. 10 hut We're beaten back.
Arm.uiaus in Petrograd are enlisting
IN IN, Russian Caucasus armies in large
ndmb'rs
Reports from Athens cay that the Brit
isl and French warships have almost
completed the destruction of the forts OIL
a., pardanelles and that marines will
soon be landed. The probable landing
I.at, is on the Trojan plains, the site Of
the ancient city Of Troy.
Despite optimistic reports gent out from
Coustantinople It is known that an eco
homie crisis threatens the ottoman En-
pre- The Turkish Treasury Is empty
and no way presents Itself OF filling II,
Tor customs receipts for August were
only $4,000. as against $4,000 In the
previous year.
TIE employees OF the Turkish Govern
ueat have received no salaries Tor several
months and the large sum borrowed from
Germany at the beginning of the war has
been spent