The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-11-05
TURKEY FINALLY
ENTERS into WAR
Italy, Greece And Balkan States Are Nov
Expected To Be Entangled In
The HostiIities
CHRISTIANS ARE IN DANGER
Grave Fears Are Felt For Safety OF
Christians in Turkey-Massacre
Is Threatened

Inc war SITUATION III Europe Has ue'
veloped a number Of new difficulties
within the past week. Turkey has
entered into the great game and made
her introduction into hostilities by
shelling two Russian towns. The bat
tie along the User between the allied
armies and the Germans has sunk into
lull due to the fact that the sol.
diers of both opposing armies a.e ex-
hausted after days Of constant fight
ing.
Much concern is being felt in this
country over the entrance of Turkey
into the European war. 1t is gener-
ally believed by the war department
officials of this country that Turkeys
warlike attitude will ultimately mean
that Greece, Italy and the Balkan
States will be drawn into the conflict.
A very grave danger is said to be
facing the Christians in the Ottoman
empire According to the latest re-
ports from Turkey the people are stir
red with hatred for the Christians
within their borders and an uprising
and massacre is greatly feared. This
will place the United States in deli
cate position, for there are thousands
Of Americans in Turkey who must be
rescued.
It is the unanimous belief Of the al
lied powers that Germany was the
guiding hand in the hostile move made
by Turkey The leading newspapers
Of London predict that this will mean
the complete overthrow Of the Turk
is hempire and that when the war is
ended Turkey, as government, will
be no more. Italy is expected to take
a prominent part in the subduing Of
the Turks, while Greece, it is believed,
will not lose another opportunity to
crush her oldtime enemy.
In East Prussia and Russian Poland
the Germans are not faring so we'll in
their campaign against the Russians.
Dispatches from Berlin admit that the
German armies were forced to retire
from before Warsaw. The Russian ad-
vices say that the retreat Of the Ger
mans is in the form of a riot and the
Russian arms are inficting heavy
losses upon the fleeing Germans.
The second uprising in British South
Africa, which was led by General
Christian DeWett and General Chris
tian Frederick Beyers, promised for
time to be more serious than the first,
but that at the present time it had
been greatly subdued. Premier Bo-
tha, the British leader in South AT
rica, issued a proclamation calling
upon the people Of the Union to as
sist the government to suppress any
revolt that may arise against the moth
er country.
Failure, for the time at least, re-
suited in the attempts Of the Ger
mans to secure command Of the sea-
ports along the coast Of France In
the event that the kaiser determined
upon an assault on England, the pos
session of the seaports along the
French coast, together with the COM
mand Of the Antwerp, Ostend and the
Belgian coast, would prove invalua-
ble
The fighting in the region Of the sea
coast has been the most severe since
the Germans invaded Belgium.
Day after day the Germans have
hurled great masses of troops against
the lines of the allied armies but each
time they were repulsd. 1t is said
by military experts that the very safe
ty of England depends upon the abil-
ity Of the allied armies to hold the
Germans in check and defeat their ef-
forts to gain command of the sea-
coast.
When the armies of the kaiser push
ed onward towards the coast Of Bel
gium and began fighting their way
in the direction of the French coast,
the lines of the allies were quickly
shifted. The left wing of the allied
armies in France was extended until
1t reached to the sea. 1t was then
that the British fleet played such an
important part in the struggle against
the Germans. The fire was so terrif-
ic that the Germans were compelled
to withdraw further inland.