The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1914-11-04
AWAIT ORDERS TO FIRE
British and French Fleets Men.
acing Turkey.

Rome special: Turkey Is bent or
war, but intends to force a declaration
from the triple entente powers. This
is the summary of the present situa
ton gathered by correspondents Of
Roman newspapers in Sofia, Buchar
est, Constantinople and Petrograd.
Coached by Berlin. the porte is OBJ
viously intent on assuming the atti
tude of the threatened. mistreated ma
ton and desires, apparently, to avoio
diplomatic blunders similar to those
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 as to the
Suez canal and Egypt, the Turkish
government remains silent while her
squadrons and armies are Fastening to
take positions for attack. The sit
not endure another twenty-fOur hours
without complete backdown by the
porte.
There would be no surprise here II
the forts of the Dardanelles were fired
on today by the British and French
fleets, which are reported to be waiting
merely for orders from their foreign
offices to enforce satisfaction for the
destruction of Russian property in the
Black sea The allies are in no mood
to temporize, as is clearly indicated by
official statements in London and
Petrograd.
Russian newspapers assert, accord
ing to correspondent in Petrograd,
that Russia has informed Turkey that
she must decide Immediately whether
she wants war or peace. II the latter.
she must Immediately disarm the Goe
ben and the Breslau and repatriate
their German officers and seamen.
making also reasonable amends for
the acts Of her fleet in the Black sea.
Preparations For War.
Apparently Turkey has treated the
ultimatum with contempt. If so a
declaration of war by Russia, Great
Britain and France may have been
transmitted already to Constantinople.
Certain preparations by this country
of which it is impossible to speak bear
out this conjecture.
1t is said that the British, French
and Russian ambassadors have de-
manded and received their passports
and that the British and Russian en-
10 4 ta hn
French ambassador expects to depart
today These reports come from Con
stantinope, with which telegraphic
communication was resumed Sunday
after having been uninterrupted for
fourteen hours.
The attitude Of the porte is revealed
in dispatch received from Sofia This
asserts that the premier Of Bulgaria
inquired of the porte If the action OF
the Turkish feet in the Black sea sig
nified opening Of hostilites. The
porte replied that Turkey did not con-
slider that hostilities had been begun.
A correspondent in bucharest says It
is denied at the Russian legation there
that Odessa was bombarded. The OF
toman embassy here takes the posi-
ton that Turkey does not consider
herself at war with England, France
or Russia. but will defend herself II
attacked. The statement is made at
the embassy that Turkey will not de-
clare war because she desires neither
TO provoke nor to make war
At the Italian foreign office il is de-
MED that Turkey has issued a formal
declaration OF war. The government
Of Italy comedies that the situation is
alarming, but states that il is not yet
desperate.