The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-02

Rome, Nov. Turkey is bent on
war, but intends to force a decfara-
ton from the triple entente powers
This is the summary Of the present
situation as gathered by correspou-
dents of Roman newspapers In SOFIA.
Bucharest. Constantinople and Petro-
grad
Coached by Berlin, the Porte ia OBJ
viously intent on assuming the at
ttude of a threatened mistreated ma
ton. and desires, apparently, to avoid
diplomatic blunders similar TO thosa
which placed Germany in the light Of
an aggressor.
With every opportunity to disavow
the acts of her fleet in the Black Sea
and to reassure Great Britain a. 70
the Suez Canal and Egypt, the Turk
tsh Government remains silent willis
her squadrons and armies are hasten-
ing to take positions for attack. The
situation is utterly impossible. and
cannot endure another twenty-f0ur
hours without complete backdoWn
by the Porte.
Fire on DardaDelIes.
There would be no surprise hers IL
the forts of the DardanelTes -wera
fired on today by the French and
British fleets. which are reported by :
Petrograd newspaper to be waiting
merely for orders from their foreign
Offices to enforce satisfaction for tho
destruction of Russian property In
the Black Sea. The allies are in no
mood to temporize, as is clearly indi-
Gated by official statements in Lon-
don and Petrograd.
Russian newspapers assert, accord
ing to a correspondent Of the Central
No In, Dnf~ <txak
informed Turkey that she must decide
by o'clock tonight Sunday wheth-
er she wants war or peace If the lat
ter she must Immediately disarm the
Goeben and the Breslau and rcpa-
triate their German officers and sea-
men. making also reasonable amends
for the acts OF her feet in the Black
Sea.
Apparently Turkey has treated the
ultimatum with contempt. II 30. Z
declaration OF war by Russia, Great
Britain and France may have been
transmitted already to Constantine
pie. Certain preparations by this
country. OF which it is impossible 70
speak, bear out this conjecture.
Your correspondent is Informed:
that the British. French and Russian
ambassadors have demanded and ~.
ceived their passports. and that the
British and Russian embassy left Com
stantinople this morning. The French
ambassador is expected to depart to-
morrow
Goes Through Greece.
1t is stated that the British am.
bassador Will arrive at Oxyiar to-
morrow. and viii be conveyed to 81
lonica on special train furnishad
by Greece. These reports come from
Constantinople with which telexraph-
Ia communication was resumed TODAY
afssr having been interrupted Tor
fourteen hours
The attitude Of the Porte IL -.
vealed in a dispatch received TODAY
from Sofia. This states that the pre-
mier OF Bulgaria inquired OF tho Porte
II the action OF the Turkish fleet IN
the Black Sea signified opening Of hos.
ttlities. The Porte replied that Tur-
key did not consider that hostilitiea
had been begun.
The Messagero's correspondent In
Bucharest says that it Is denied 81
the Russian legation that Odessa has
been bombarded The Ottoman en-.
bassy here takes the position that
Turkey does not consider herself a
war with Great Britain. Russia ~
France. but will defend herself H a.
lacked. The statement 10 made at tho
embassy that Turkey will not declare
war because she desires neither ~
provoke nor to make war.
At the italian foreign ONCE Il -,
denied that Turkey has issued 1 for-
NAL declaration OF war. The Govern
ment OF Italy comedies that the aitu~S
alton Is alarming. but states that 4 II
not yet desperate.