Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-11-06
TURKEY GETS IN WAR.
RUSSIA SEWERS ALL DiPLlMATIc
RELATIONS WITH TURKEY
AT coNsTANTINoPLE.
TURKS SINK RUSSlA'S SHIPS
According to Reports Turkey Has An
nexed Egypt-sebastopoI Bonn
barded AIso-BerIin EIated Over
Russian-Turkey Mixup.

RUSSIAN urkey Mi<uP.
Washington.-War has been official
ly declared at Constantinople between
Turkey and Russia.
Ambassador Morgenthau himself de-
scribing events in Constantinople
says that Saturday the Russian ambas-
sador received instructions from his
government to demand his passports
as the result of the Turkish bonn
bardment of Russian %seaports. The
Russian envoy made In attempt TO
see the grand %vizier, but failed, as the
latter pleaded illness. During the
morning the Turkish minister of fl
nance called on the French ambassa-
dor, informing him that the lombard
ment had occurred without the previ-
Gus knowledge of the Ottoman govern
ment. He placed the blame for the
incident ons,the shoulders of the Ger
man officers in the Turkish navy.
This explanation did not alter the
purpose of the Russian ambassador to
leave and the French and British am
~bassadors made preparations to leave
Constantinople together.
Tells Details of Battle.
London. - The P~etrograd CORE
spondent of Reuters Telegram compa-
ny sends the following dispatch.
'The Russian gunboat Kubanets put
UP a fight against w Turkish tor
pedo boats, which entered Odessa har-
Dor and attacked merchant ships. The
Kubanets finally drove the Turkish
boats off.
.'The torpedo boats entered the har-
Dor and fired all their guns. Shells
struck the Kubanets, tearing away her
wooden sup~erstructure, while steam
ers in the harbor and warehouses ON
shore were damaged. The Turks strove
to torpedo the Kubanets, but failed.
1.-THE passengers and crew OF the
teamer Yalta, which was sunk, were
saved, and most of the crew were OF
the Kasbeck, which also sunk, got
away on RATS"
Turkey Has Annexed Egypt.
Turkey has formally annexed Egypt,
according to a German official state
ment.
Sebastopol Is Bombarded.
4 Turkish cruiser has bombarded
Sebastopol.
The Russian ambassador and his
staff left C~onstantinople Saturday,
War News Cheers Berlin.
Berlin. - Announcement of Turkeys
participation in the war caused en-
thusiasm in Berlin.
Turkey Apologies.
Washington-Turkey's apology 10
recent events in the Black sea-
through the grand vizier, announce
at London, was a sequel to event
which Ambassador Morgenthau report
ed today in confidential cipher mes
sages to the state department.
was accepted here as indicating
clearly a purpose on the part OF tn
conservative members of the Ottoma'
cabinet to avert wal with the tripl
entente.
Mr.. Morgenthau cabled under dat
of 5 D. m. Saturday that shortly atte
the Russian ambassador demanded n
passports the Turkish minister {
agriculture called on a certain neutrs
diplomat and asked his to go to tn
Russian envoy to ascertain If an apo
ogy by Turkey for the bombardmel
of Russian ports in the Black Sc
would be accepted and would paci1
Russia.
The neutral diplomat saw the Ru
sian ambassador, who said that n
instructions % leave C~onstantinop
were absolute.
Russia and Turkey Clash.
yienna-The following official a
nouncement was made public Mond'
night:
"On the Russian-Turkish 'front.'
near Trebizond battles have CO
menced between Russian and Turki
troops"