The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-11-11
TURKS APOLOGIZE
ALLIES REFUSE TO ACCEPT IT
WITHOUT GUARANTEE
Want navy DISMANTLED

French Government Proposes That
Ottoman Empire Dismiss German
Officers in its Service Thus Sepa-
rating its Policy From That of Ger
many-War Not Yet Declared.
The grand vizier of Turkey has
apologized OF behalf of his govern
ment for the warlike operations Of
the Turkish fleet under German COM
manders in the Black Sea, but it was
stated authoritatively Tuesday even
ing that the Porte will have to go
very much farther than this before
the powers of the Triple Entente will
agree to resume friendly relations
with the Ottoman government.
It was disclosed in statement is
sued by the French government that
Turkey, in reply to note presented
by Russia, France and England, on
Friday last, agreed to recall her fleet
from the Black Sea, but refused to
dismiss the German officers from her
war ships and that, as it was believed
she could not maintain passive atti-
tude without doing this, the ambassa-
dors of the Entente powers demand
ed their passports and left Turkey.
There is every reason to believe
that despite the apology of the grand
vizier, which it is understood comes
from the peace party in the Turkish
cabinet, and may not be adhered to by
Enver Pasha, the minister of war,
and the Younk Turk followers,
France, Russia and Great Britain not
only will demand reparation for the
warlike operations of the Turkish
fleet in the Black Sea, but will insist
that Turkeys entire feet, or at any
rate the Goeben, the Breslau and the
Hamidieh be put out of commission
until after the war. Turkeys security
being guaranteed in the meantime.
This would give to Russia such
superiority in the Black Sea that
there would be no danger of Turkish
raids. It is suggested also that de-
mobilization of the Turkish army
would be demanded, which would
mean that these troops which have
crossed the Egyptian frontier must
be withdrawn.
Turkeys apology through the
grand vizier "for recent events in the
| Black Sea-" announced at London
was sequel to events which Ambas-
sador Morganthau reported in conf
Dental cipher messages to the state
department. 1t was accepted at
| Washington as indicating clearly that
conservative members of the Ottoman
cabinet purpose to avert war with the
Triple Entente.
Mr.. Morganthau cabled under date
Of p. m. Saturday that shortly after
the Russian ambassador demanded
his passports, the Turkish minister OF
agriculture called on certain neutral
diplomat and asked him to go to the
Russian envoy to ascertain if an
apology by Turkey for the lombard
ment of Russian ports in the Black
Sea would be accepted and would
pacify Russia.
The neutral diplomat saw the Rus
| Sldu 1ulUdSSdQO11 WIZ oc3o tlklI Lac
instructions to leave Constantinople
were absolute, but that. when all Ger
| man sailors, soldiers and officers were
dismissed summarily from the Turk
ish army and navy and when he had
been advised of their departure from
Turkey, he would return and resume
| diplomatic relations with the Otto
man empire.
Later in the day the Turkish min
lister of agriculture called on the same
neutral diplomat to learn if an apol-
ogy would be accepted by the Rus
sian government. The same reply
was made and the Russian, French
and British ambassadors left at p,
m. Saturday on special train ar
ranged by the American ambassador.
The French governments state
ment said: ''The Ottoman govern
ment not having thought it its duty to
give, by dismissing the German Off
GERS, the mark of sincerity to its in
tentions which was requested, the
ambassadors of France, Russia and
Great Britain, in conformity with the
instructions of their governments, de-
manded their passports from the
grand vizier and left Turkey.
From the impressions received
\ received from northern Africa it ap-
| pears that the Mussulman world in
tends in no degree to throw in its lot
| with the: Turks"
Earlier in the day the French gov
! ernment issued the following note
concerning the attitude of Turkey:
1.-The French government has noted
on several occasions regrettable
breaches of neutrality by Turkey,
chiefly in the conduct of the military
and naval authorities in connection
with Germany. An ever increasing
number of positions has been allotted
to German officers. The receipt OF
arms and munitions from Germany
and the welcome given to the Breslau
and the Goeben justly alarmed the
French government.
added to this, the Turks, without
provocation, committed acts Of war
in Russian ports. The government,
therefore, in concert with Great
Britain and Russia, desirous of be-
lieving that these acts were imput-
able to German officers endeaVoring
to usurp the authority of Ottoman
commanders, proposed to the sublime
Porte to separate its policy from that
of Berlin by dismissing the German
officers.
Turkey has not dismissed these
officers and its attitude presented the
same inconvenience as though
state of war existed, because it obli-
gated the Allies to detach portion
of their forces as safeguard against
aggressions.
LAS a result the French. British
and Russian ambassadors demanded
til ,ir passports and left Turkey.
French interests in Turkey were left
in charge of the American ambassa-
dor, while those in Palestine were
taken over by Spain.
dispatches from Algiers, Tunis