The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-11-06
Attack on Russia by Sultan May
Bring Other Nations In
TO the Conflict.
LESS FIGHTING ALONG COAST
Germany's Efforts to Capture Dunklrk
and Calais cease-Both Sides
Exhausted-Relief for
Hungry Belgans.
Summary # EVents.)

HOstilities between Russia anC
Turkey, which began when Turk
ish cruisers bombarded two Rus
sian Black sea ports on Oct. 30
are developing rapidly, according
to official reports from CONSTANT
nople and Petrograd.
London says that England 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, fol
several weeks.
Constantinople reports that Turkish
and Russian fleets clashed when the
Turks started to steam through the
Bosphorus into the Black Sea, and
that five Russian small warships were
sunk Another report states that
Turkish destroyers have sunk a Rus
sian gunboat and damaged four mer
chantmen 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 as No Surprise.
Turkeys entry into the war is not a
surprise. Ever since the hostilities
started reports have come of the
mobilization of the sultans army.
Always they have been denied.
German officers have been drilling
the Ottoman soldiers for several
months. For several years it has
been known that the kaiser was aiding
the sultan in his military preparations.
The German military system was drill
ed into the Turkish soldiers and in the
later Balkan war the German hand
could be recognized in the movements
of the Turkish army.
British Warned Turkey.
1t has been said that Germany sup
piled the Ottoman government with
large sums of money. Great Britain
warned Turkey to keep off, 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 the war took
refuge at Constantinople. They yere
purchased by Turkey, but the German
officers and crews were retained.
Later they sailed forth, and warning
was issued by Russia that should the
Russian warships meet these two
cruisers they would open fire.
The former German warships have
proved a cause of irritation throughout
the last few weeks to the Allies, and
Great Britain asked the Ottoman gov
eminent to remove the Germans from
the vessels, but Turkey replied that
this was a domestic question.
Means New Balkan War.
Meanwhile Turkey has been under
surveillance by the Allies. Its action
in the present attack on Russian sea-
puts huo hOl DOOh ONDlulhGht bul IL
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.
or the Balkan states, Servia and
Montenegro already are taking part in
the war, Servia having started it. Bull
garia and Rumania will stand togeth-
er with Russia, 1t 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, 1t is be-
lieved.
LuIl 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 di-
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
is being carefully watched. The