Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-11-06
TURKEY GETS IN WAR
RUSSIA SEWERS ALL DIPLiMATlc
RELATIONS WITH TURKEY
AT coNsTANTlNoPLE.
TURKS SINK RUSSIA'S SHIPS
According to Reports Turkey Has An
nexed Egypt-SebastopoI Bonn
barded Also-Berlin Elated Over
Russian-Turkey Mixup.

Washington-Wa 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 an attempt 10
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 on 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 Petrograd CORE
spondent OF Reuters Telegram compa-
ny sends the following dispatch:
"The Russian gunboat Kubanets put
up a fight against two Turkish tor
pedo boats, which entered Odessa har-
Dor and attacked merchant ships. The
Kubanets finally drove the Turkish
boats off.
1.-THE torpedo boats entered the har-
Dor and fired all their guns. Shells
struck the Kubanets, tearing away her
wooden superstructure, while steam
ers in the harbor and warehouses on
shore were damaged. The Turks strove
to torpedo the Kubanets, but failed.
"The passengers and crew of the
steamer 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.
A Turkish cruiser has bombarded
Sebastopol.
The Russian ambassador and his
staff left Constantinople Saturday.
NJ Nto,.,- NLoo.e QarI;o
Berlin. - Announcement of Turkey s
participation in the war caused en-
thusiasm in Berlin.
Turkey Apologies.
Washington-Tu Turkeys apology "fol
recent events in the Black sea,
through the grand vizier, announced
at London, was a sequel to events
which Ambassador Morgenthau report
ed today in confidential cipher mes
sages to the state department Il
was accepted here as indicating
clearly a purpose on the part of the
conservative members of the Ottoman
cabinet to avert war with the triple
entente.
Mr.. Morgenthau cabled under dat
of p. m Saturday that shortly afte
the Russian ambassador demanded hi
| passports the Turkish minister o
agriculture called on a certain neutra
diplomat and asked his to go to tn
} Russian envoy to ascertain if an apo
r ogy by Turkey for the bombardmen
of Russian ports in the Black Sc
: would be accepted and would pacif
. Russia.
The neutral diplomat saw the Rus
S sian ambassador, who said that hi
= instructions to leave Constantinopl
:, were absolute.
n Russia and Turkey Clash.
Vienna-The following official al
q nouncement was made public Monda
l. night:
, "On the Russian-Turkish frontie
n near Trebizond battles have con
s. menced between Russian and Turks
d troops"