Evening star., 1914-10-31
from London"
Coercion Of Sultan Doubted.

Coercion Of Sultan Doubted.
The correspondent of the Morning
Post in Petrograd sends his paper the
following:
The statement published here that
the guns of the cruiser Goeben were
| turned on the sultan's palace in order
to make him yield to the German de-
mand is probably untrue
Petrograd says that up to late hour
Friday no declaration of war had been
received from Turkey. The dispatch
continues:
CONSERVATION prevails in CONSTANT
nople, and the Turkish ministry Is sit
, ting continuously. The secretary of
the Turkish embassy in Petrograd says
that he hopes the misunderstanding
will soon be cleared The head of the
Moslems in Russia condemns the folly
lowers are loyal to the Russian em-
peror."
The Russian gunboat Deneta was
sunk, part of the crew was drowned
and the others were killed or wounded
by the Turkish torpedo boats which
Thursday raided the fort of Odessa, ac-
cording to message to Lloyd's agency.
Russian Steamers Damaged.
The Russian steamers Lazareff, Witaz
and Whampoa and the French steamer
Portugal were damaged by shell fire
and number of sailors were killed or
wounded
Shells also were fired on the suburbs
of Odessa, near number of oil tanks.
but the tanks were undamaged. A
sugar factory, however. was hit. Some
civilians also were killed or injured by
the shells.
Strong Turkish cavalry divisions are
h., rl,1x0
hood of the Gulf of Akabah, on the
Red sea, about 200 miles south of the
Suez canal, and the entire Turkish fleet
is reported to have left the Black sea.
| This news was contained in Il Cairo
dispatch received in Vienna and for
lHwar.led TO London by the correspondent
at Amsterdam of the Central News
! Agency.
| There have been great manifestations
| in Damascus, in Asiastic Turkey,.in fa-
| pecially against Great Britain, accord
| ing TO Il dispatch to the Exchange
| Telegraph Company from Athens.
The massing of Bedouins along the
| Egyptian frontier, the dispatch adds.
| is being continued.
French Take It Calmly.
! PARIS, October 31.-Only few
French papers discuss the Black sea
! incident and their attitude is calm and
patient while awaiting further devel-
| opments. incidentally it is noted that
A. = Iswolsky, the Russian ambassa-
dor to France, and Theophile Delcasse,
| the French minister at Bordeaux, have
4, formally discussed the event.
| The Figaro declares that Germany
evidently dictated the exploit in order
to provide in the orient what it hopes
will be a diversion. and that the direct
responsibility of the porte does not YET
appear to have been established.
| The Petit Parisien says that, first o.
all, it is necessary to know if the sud
den. brutal attack has been approved
by a majority of the Ottoman govern
ment At the same time it calls atten
ton to the fact that German authorit!
over the Young Turk party is such that
their marine is dominated by Admira
Souchon and the army by Gen. Limal
Won Sanders.
and GOODNESS in examining the situa
tion.
a Bordeaux dispatch to the Hava.
agency says that the Turkish ambas
pected to return Immediately becaus'
of the developments in the near east.
Before French Cabinet.
BORDEAUX. October 30, via Paris
October 31.-Turkey's entrance int
the war was the sole topic of conver
sation here today. 1t occupied the at
tention of the ministers at a council
of the cabinet. Speculation was riff
as to the consequence which Turkey.
action would have on the European
| situation.
In official circles it was stated tina
the attitude of the French government
for the present will be waiting one
Complete solidarity exists among Eng
land and France and Russia, it wa:
said, in the face of the situation created