The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-05
THE GERMANS HAVE TAKEN WARSAW
TURKEY
[By Henry Wood, United Press Stat,
Correspondent.l

[sy Horny wood, United Press Staff
correspondent.]
BRUZA, Asiatic Turkey, July 24.
(By courier TO Dedeagatch, euigaria'
and thence by eable.)-Daring Eng
Iish submarine commanders by bur
rovvIno beneath tho thickiy mined
waters Of the Dardanelies and elud.
Ina tho Turkish fleet, have created
reign Of terror from tho western en-
trance to the sea Of Marmora to tn,
very gates Of constanttnopie.
Eaetly how many Turkish sh'ps
have been sent to the bottom BY Brit
ish submerslbies probably 10 known
only to the Turkish ministry OF ma
rine. The under sea craff have been
particularly successful In striking az
Turkish transports. Enroute here
from constantlnople learned that
aboard one sunk recently we're 500
wounded Turks who had Just been
discharged from constantinople hos
pitaIs and were returning to the Gal
sliopII front. Only $50 were saved.
The news was suppressed by the Turk
lsh government, but the disaster 90
CURED In full view Of another trans
port laden with wounded soldiers,
who made the facts known.
Bruza 10 the Asia Minor city to
which Il was proposed to move the
Turkish, capital In case constantInople
was threatened. ! came here first on
Friday boats Of three times week
service from constantlnopie across
Tho sea Of Marmora. A few days
previous the boat from Bruza TO Con-
stantInopIe had actually been stopped
and boarded by officers Of a British
submarine within a few miles Of
IsIam's capital. Tho BrItIsh officers
were looking for Turkish soldiers.
They found none, but took off what
food supplies there were aboard, pay.
ina for them In English gold and
salutlne courteously a. they left tho
ship.
Because Of tho fear Inspired by this
visit, our boat left the 1osphorus with
life boats swung out and with hum
dreds Of life preservers hanging over
tho rail- ready for instant use. In
stead Of heading directly across tn.
sea Of Marmora, the usual course, we
crept along the coast for the entire
distance, never getting moro than 200
or 800 yards from shore.
on the following Monday, no more
submarines having been sighted, the
captain took courage and we headed
directly across The little sea on the
return TO constantinople. Peasants
and provincial officers aboard the
boat did not share tho captains optin.
ism and we had scarcely left the last
protecting point Of land when a shout
rang out from the bridge. The signal
bells changed, the boat turned tall for
shore and there was a wild scurry for
life belts.
The excitement lasted only mo-
ment. There were countermanding
orders from the bridge and we resum,
ed our course. Two miles OFF to the
left a porpoIse had leaped from the
water. The Imagination Of an officer
thought he saw the perIscope Of a
submarine. shared the same feeling
Of uneasiness on my second trip here.
Farther south In the sea Of Marmora
where transports are steaming to and
from oaIIIpoii peninsula, the greatest
precautions are taken against the
English submarines. Armed soldiers
line the rails with orders to shoot at
everything appearing on the surface.
This 10 the season for the porpoises
to show their greatest activity and
tho porpoIse mortality, consequently,
Is without precedent In the history Of
the sea. .t -.. .0, ..
To safeguard them asainst subma-
rIne attack, the hospital transports are
aii painted white with stripes Of red
running the full length. The Red cres-
cent Is the official symbol Of the Tur-
klsh Red Crescent society, which cor
responds to the Red croes. But the
Turks have more faith In the Red
Cross than In the Red Crescent and
fly the Red Cross flag as soon as they
are out Of sight Of constantinople. Re-
turning to the capital the hospital
stips hoist the Red Gre eseent as they
approach the Bssphorus-
Tho police are confident that the
British submarines have a base some-
where In the sea Of Marnora and that
some one Of the few hundred English
men remaining In constantlnople Is
supplying this base with petrol. Hard
ly a day passes that some EneIshman
10 not seized and hauled off to under
90 "third degree"
IN THE CAUCASUS.
coNsTANTINoPLE, (via Berlin
wireIess), Aug. 5.-'Tn the Caucasus
fighting we have occupied the kura
kiIissa district, north Of Hamur," said
an official abatement from the war of