The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-11-05
Attack on RUssia BY Svltaa Nay
Bring Other Nations Ia.
10 the Conflict.
LESS FEATIxe ALONG COAST
Gs~w.ays Efforts = Capture 0vNkisk
aa1 Calais Ceaso-eeth Sides
Exhaustso-Rslief for
Hungry 0sI9ians.
Summary u Events. }

(SHmma,y u Evests.
Hostilities between Russia an<
Turkey, which began when Turk
lsh cruisers bOmbarded two Rus
sian Black sea ports on Oct. 90
are developing rapidly, accordin,
to official reports from CONSTANT
nOple and Petrograd.
Loodon says that EAsland ant
Greece have an agreement by which
Greece will protect the Suez canal
and British troops have been mobil
lied along the Egyptian frontier. In
anticipation Of Turkeys action, foI
several weeks.
Constantinople reports that Turkish
Aa1 Russian fleets clashed when the
Turks started to steam through the
Bosphorus into the Black Sea, and
that I'VE Russian small warships were
sunk. Another report states that
TurkisA destroyers have sunk Rus.
elan gunboat and damaged four mer'
ehantmen in the port OF Odessa.
The United States State Department
has received word from the American
consul at Odessa that Turkish war.
ships bombarded that port and dam
aged American property.
Comes a. No Surprise.
Turkeys entry into the war is not .
surprise. Ever SINCE the hostilities
started reports have come Of the
mobilization Of the sultan's army.
Always they have been denied.
German officers have been drilling
the Ottoman soldiers for several
moaths- For several years It has
beea known that the kaiser was aiding
tho sultan In his military preparations
The German military system was drill
ID into the Turkish soldiers and In the
later Balkan war the German hand
coold b recognized in the movements
oe the Turkish army.
British Warned Turkey.
Il has been said that Germany snp-
piled the Ottoman government with
large sums Of money. Great Britain
warned Turkey to keep OF. and recent
advices from Constantinople indicated
that Turkey intended to maintain her
neutrality.
Under stress Of pursuit BY British
warships. the German cruisers Goeben
and Breslau early In ths war took
refuge 1t Constantinople. They yere
purchased by Turkey, but the German
officers and crews were retained.
Later they sailed forth. and a earning
was issued by Russia that should the
Russian wsrships meet these two
cruisers they would open fire.
Tho former German warships have
proved cause of irritation throughout
the last few weeks to the Allies, and
Great Britain asked the Ottoman gov
ernment to remove the Germans from
the vessels. but Turkey replied that
this was domestic question.
Means New Balkan War.
Meanwhile Turkey has been under
surveillcnce by the Allies. Its action
in the present attack on Russian sea-
ports has not been explained, but 1t
is possible that her injection into the
war may bring to arms some Of the
Balkan states which have up to the
present remained quiescent.
I OF the Balkan states. Servia and
Montenegro already are taking part in
the war, Servia having started It, Bull
garia and Rumania will stand toeeth-
ar with Russia, it is believed, both be-
ing opposed to Austria and Turkey.
Greece also will turn against the
Turks and the Greek navy will be OF
great assistance to the Allies, It 10 be-
lieved.
Lull In Big Battle.
The battle OF the User and the
series of fights which has taken
place along the whole front in
Belgium and France appear, with the
troops now exhausted. to have degen-
Grated into numerous isolated attacks
and counter attacks, in which the
gains and losses are about equally d.
vided between the combatants.
On that part Of the battle front
nearest the sea, where the Germans
have delivered repeated attacks with
daily increasing forces. in their effort
to make their way to Dunkirk and
eventually to Calais, and where the
Allies have offered stubborn resist
ance. there has been another day of
comparative calm.
Allies on Their Toes.
The situation around La Basse
10 being carefully watched The