Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-11-11

cuss this question. At it's conclusion
King George signed the documents
proclaimng the state of war and the
announcement was made
Britain Annexes Island.
London, Nov. 5.-Great Britain to-
day formally annexed the Island OF
| Cyprus in the Mediterranean, which
nominally formed part of the Turk
ish Empire.
The defensive alliance between
! Great Britain and Turkey having
become annulled Ly the outbreak OF
war, the British gov arnment decided
that it was necessary to appropriate
The island in order that proper pro-
vision might be made for its govern
ment and for it's protection.
The island, since the Anglo-Turk-
ish convention of 1878, had been oc-
cupied and administered by Great
Britain, though it had remained un-
der the suzerainty Of the Sultan.
Turkish Army on Frontier.
1>'ioCi 'N, INV. "a uGklSn
army 10000 strong, consis 'ng of the
Ninth, Tenth and Eleve,. ii army
corps, is massed along the Caucasian
frontier, according to the Novoe Vre-
mya. Many villages have been oc-
cupied by the outposts OF this army.
This Turkish army, The Novoe
Vremya continues, would consist un-
| der normal conditions Of so battal.
IONS OF infantry. 60 batteries of ar
| tillery containing 23O guns and 40
squadrons of regular cavalry, but to
it has been added so regiments OF
Kurd cavalry. amounting to 10000
men,
Russia's sudden and energetic ad-
vance into Turkey territory is believ-
ID in Petrograd to have been meant
"a disband and overawe the Kurd
tribes, who are little interested in
/ ne success Of Turkish arms and are
wore concerned in the safety Of their
wn villages.
Persia Stirred by Turks.
/ Petrograd, Nov. 5.-The Bourse
News has published a special dis
latch from Teheran as follows:
"All classes Of Persian society are
/ reused by the action Of Turkey. The
German and Turkish ministers here
re eXerting all their power to bring
/ 'ersia into active participation in
, ne war against Russia. Salared
! Dowleh, the pretender to the Persian
'hrone. has announced himself OPEN
, rul"raEtp Of = >ju.
Reports o'n 'ranr.l eay tho
"rrGtah '.n~u IN. ra has been. prr.s.-
"a anu ,.~ &C., --.uU and Austrian ,.,.,.
suls have taken refuge in the consul
ate Of the United States.
"TurlIish troops have crossed the
Persian frontier and are approaching
I Ourmea.'
Greece to BE Neutral.
London, Nov. "a dispatch from
Sofia to The Times says:
THE Bulgarian government has
( received formal assurance that the
Greek government is determined to
maintain neutrality and has refrain
ed from ordering a mobilization. The
/ Servian minister here announces that
I Servia will offer Bulgaria her moral
support should Turkey attack Bull
garia.'
Seek New Route to Coash
London, Nov. 5.-The first Ger
! man rush for the French coast hav-
ing been checked, the news Of the
next few days will determine the
truth or falsity of predictions as to
the seriousness OF the renewed Ger
man attempt to get to the coast by a
more southerly route. There was
| nothing in the reports from West
| Flanders during the forenoon to in
| dicate the trend Of the new German
attack, although Ypres continued to
| figure in the dispatches as the mill
| tary key against which the Germans
| proposed to deliver their hardest
| blows.
Opinion is divided here as to whe-
ther this fresh attempt to open
way to the channel will rival in in
tensity the struggle along the User.
| Some British optimists hold that the
apparent exhaustion OF the Germans
is an indication that they are really
planning to fall back as they did be-