The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-03
Sultan's Soldiers Are Massinx
for an Attack Upon English
in Egypt.
Allies Sink Two
Turkish War Craft
Turks viii Attempt to Block
Suez Canal. Invade EgypE
and Stir Mohammedan SUBJ
jects of England to Revolt

London, Nov. 2.-There IL :
report from Constantinoplc to.
night that the grand yixier has
anologtzcd to Russia, Great Hri-gs
tain and France, for the acts OF
the Turkish fleet In the Black
Sea, but many events of the past
twenty-four hours show that war
between Turkey and the Triple
Entente has actually begun, and
that only the formal notification
IL lacking.
The Turkish ambassador to Ores
Britain. Tewfik Pasha, was handso
~ passports today and expects to
leave for Berlin tomorrow. The ans
bassadors of the Triple Entente
powers received their passports III
Constantinopie yesterday, and tho
British ambassador Immediately de-
parted for Bulgaria on a. special train.
The French and Russian ENJOYS prob
ably left last night or this morning. 81
Fighting on sea and land today and &
yesterday shows how meaningless
have been the protestations OF Turk
ish officials 1t Is reported from
Athens and Rome that q Britt
ish and French squadron sank two
Turkish warships In the harbor ~
Tchesme, near Smyrna. The TuFNA
renewed the bombardment Of Ode6
and Theodosia on Saturday. Turk
ish armies are massing near BeyrouE
and on the Caucasian frontier. ana
two Turkish army corps are nearing
the frontier of Egypt and the report
persists that from 1000 to 5000 Bo&
douins have already crossed the bor-
der. In addition Turkey Is mining the
coast OF Smyrna, and Is sending Mul-
lahs to preach the Jehad In Asia and
Africa.
Send Two Ships to Bottom.
It was learned in Athens that the
Anglo French feet. which has been
concentrated within striking distance
of the Dardenelles. entered the harbor
of Tchesme which Is forty miles west.
southwest of Smyrna, this morning.
and found two Turkish warships Tor
which the fleet had been searching.
These were the gunboat Dubakr0iao
and the converted cruiser kinaliAdn.
The report says that the Turkish ships
were sunk. 1t is assumed here that
the British and French ships hAvo
been ordered to prevent Turkish war
ships from operating In the AcgOAM.
A dispatch from PetrogTad con.
tanned the news that the German
cruiser Goeben, renamed Sultan Seltm
by the Turks, led the bonn bardmenf oz
the forts of Sebastopol. which began
on Sunday. The Sultan Selim 81
tackled with eleyen-inch rifles, but the
fire Of the forts was SO vigorous thaks
the warshp was injured and cons
PEELED to withdraw. A wireless mes
sa sc fro mthe Sultan Selim. which sa1G
Damaged. will return to Constants
nople for repairs" was intercepted.
The former German cruiser was 10.
companied by the Breslau and four
Turkish destroyers
Your correspondent in Rome learns
that Turkey Is rushing preparations
for war. ana that fleet and army are
being Unanswered for rapid oftenStve
operations. Turkey is strengthening
the defenses of the, Bosphorus and n
laying mines everywhere in Unrest.
ened waters, especially along the coaae
OF Smyrna.
Roman newspapers are informed
that Turkey has massed an army Ok
100000 on the Caucasus border, and
that 100000 soldiers are encamped
at Beirut. Jaffa. and other ports
for transport to the Sinai Peninsula
A dispatch to the Express from Rome
states that the ports where Turkey
has concentrated troops are block
AIDED by British and French warshipa
and that Great Britain and Francs
are fully prepared for any eventuahtys
The Constantinople correspondent ~
Reuters reports that Bedouins. de-
pended upon by Turkey to supplement-
the strength Of regular soldiers. arc
aiding over the border OF Egypt.
Details of preparations for an ex-
tension Of hostilities are contained In
the dispatches OF the day. Turkish
gunboats are reported to be 1t the
entrance of the Gulf of Suez. De.S
tachments Of Turkish cavalry arc aid
to be at Akabah. the fortified town
Of the Gulf of Akabah. in Arabia,
and at the most easterly projection ~
the Red Sea. Turkeys plans include /
three main objects. it il believed heKo,
She will attempt to invade Egypt. ~
blockade the Suez Canal. and to netr n
up a revolt among the MohammGdAn
subjects of Great Britain in India au& n
Egypt. 1t Is this last contingenoY NJ
which Great Britain regards with the
most concern, although nothing -
developed so far to indicate that thu
70,000,000 Mohammedans In India
the Mohammedans in Egypt Will f433 II
in loyalty to the empire.
Sympathy For Turk Leaders. ~
London, Nov. 2.--The &ituAticu H. n
regard to Turkey II the same - -
evening. except that there a = Mt4tA
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