Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-11-05
TURKEY EMBRO|LED
IN GREAT STRUGGLE
CRUISERS BoMBARD PORTS ON
BLACK SEA AND PLUNGE MIN n
NATION INTO WAR.
Other Balkan Nations Expected to Join
in World War. Now That the OF
toman Government Has Taken
the Fatal Plunge.

The expected has happened. The
long sustained neutrality of the otto
man empire finally has broken under
German pressure and the ninth nation
is now embroiled in the great struggle.
From Petrograd comes the news
that Turkey has begun hostilities by
bombarding peaceful sea coast towns
Messages announce the simultaneous
appearance Thursday morning OF the
cruiser Breslau OFF Odessa and OF the
Hamidieh OFF Novorossyck.
Odessa is seaport OF Crimea. Novo-
rossyck is on the east coast OF the
Black sea and is the capital OF the ter
ritory OF the Black sea. 1t is a ship
ping point for petroleum.
From $50 o'clock to 10: 30 Thursday
morning Turkish cruiser with three
tunnels bombarded the station and
city of Theodosia. damaging the ca
thedral, the Greek church, = pier and
some sheds. One soldier was wound.
ed branch OF the Russian bank OF
foreign commerce caught fire. At the
conclusion OF the bombardment the
cruiser left in a southwesterly direc
ton.
Theodosia formerly Kaffa) is Rus
sian seaport on the southeast coast oil
Crimea, about 100 miles northeast OF
Sebastopol, by which 1t is connected
by rail.
Novorossyck is on the northeast
coast Of the Black sea and Is the cap
ital OF the territory OF the Black sea. 1t
is almost directly opposite Theodosia
at a distance OF about 100 miles.
Ever since the war began the stti
tude OF Turkey has been the subject
OF doubt. 1t has been reported a mum
Der OF times that Turkey was on the
verge Of Joining forces with Germany;
it was even said that Germany had
supplied the Ottoman government with
large sums OF money. Great Britain
warned Turkey to keep OF, and recent
Advices from Constantinople indicated
that Turkey intended to maintain her
neutrality.
Under stress OF pursuit by British
warships, the German cruisers Goeben
and Breslau early in the war took ref
uge at Constantinople. They we're pur
chased by Turkey, but the German OF
ficers and crews were retained. Later
they sailed forth and a warning was
issued by Russia that should the Rus
sian warships meet these two cruisers
they would open fire. The former Ger
man warships have proved a cause OF
irritation throughout the last few
weeks to the allies, and Great Britain
asked the Ottoman government to re
move the Germans from the vessels
but Turkey replied that this was a do
nestle question.
Meanwhile Turkey has been under
surveillance by the allies. Her action
in the present stack on Russian sea
ports has not been explained, but II is
possible that her injection into the wal
may bring to arms some OF the Balkan
states WHICH have up to the present re
NAMED quiescsnt
Six hundred German officers hay,
arrived in Turkey since the war be
gan. They brought siege guns, neio
guns and ammunition with them.
A German colonel, Weber Pasha
took command OF the Dardanelles forts
and big German guns were mounted
in them. All the Notifications of the
Bosphorous have been overhauled. P
large number OF mines laid down
along the coasts OF Asia Minor. es
pecially in and around Smyrna. which
is fortified, and to the north Of SMYRNA
intrenchments have been dug to repel
any possible attack by land.