The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-27
BRITISH SUBS
FAIL TO stop
TURK VESSELS

Ottoman Ships Continue Run
ming from Constanfinopie to
.GailIpoIi and Chanak-
tcorrespondence Of Assoctasec press2
C0NSTANTINOPIEs June Sur
kish steamers still run up the sea OF
Marmora from Constan4nople to Cal
Hpon and C,hanak, Notwithstanding
the activity of the British Submarines
Their cargo IS mainly war stores and
munitions. and anyone who wishes 10
ship as a passenger, whether ne be
Turk or alien, must have Official per
mission TO make the trip
The fear OF submarines IS very
strong among the Turkish sailors,
and the steamers bound for the fight
ing zone slip away from their docks
1t odd hours, generally midnight or
later. with a squad of sharpshooters,
twelve or more in number. stationed
along the rail on both sides OF the
boat, rifles in hand, srrairinS their
eyes out over the waters in sea-ch
of the enemy. The sea OF Marmora
has many porpoises and TO the eS-
cited imagination every Porpolse
seems a submarine So the firing Is
Frequent The crack of the rifles
tends to steady the nerves, however.
50 that by the time the real danger
zone comes into sight the soldiers are
quie indifference TO danger, and lounge
about che deck with utter contempt
for the under water enemy
A little out of ConstantnopIe the
steamers pass the big powder works.
which even in the btackness OF night
present a scene of modern war Eight
towering cfimneys beIch forth smoke
and flame. and the glare of the lighted
windows tell of the struggle going on
TO keep pace with the demand for
munitions
Ten hours from ccnstantinople finds
the ship IN the broadest part OF The
sea of Marmora. and few hours
later the peninsula OF Gallipoli be
gins to draw near.
This section of the country IS Tar
from desolate- Every acre is cult
rated Roads wind in and out along
the shore and windmillS crown the
crest OF the ridge Of Ga1hpol. Wher-
ever the sea pushes into the land to
form bay. there is little town, busy
and prosperous In a Turkish manner
OF speaking In every case the sal
lent feature is a sky piercing min
aret At fixed points along the road,
white tented military camps squat
against the green landscape.
at Gallipoh a curious feature is
provided by large black and white
sign boards erected here and there
over many of the buildings OF the
rown- These are to indicate neutral
properly. How the owners hope that
the gun PIONEERS of the ships in The
Gulf of Saros, many miles away be-
hind the hills, can see these signs IS
not explained
The fact that several important
structures here were hit by those sky
rocketng English shells impelled En-
yer Pasha to send Twenty-Five French
and English prisoners from ConStan-
tinople to be housed in Galhpo;<,
where they subsisted for six days at
the expense of Hoffman Phillip. sec
retary of the American embassy, who
accompanied them officially
A feature of Chanak IS the co1ec-
ton OF cats living in the street OF
the Lame Camel They were gather
ed from various destroyed houses by
kind hearted Turk who now feeds
them
Chanak IS only she'll of city.
Beyond the white houses that line
the seafront there is nothing except
In the direction OF Kid Bahr, from
which It is separated by only few
hundred yards of water Only when
the visitor actually sees this narrow
passage, swept by over fifty eight inch
guns mounted thirty feet above the
water. does the difficulty of attempting
to force it become clear Every inch
OF the surface Of the water is plotted
on the artillery maps in the forts, and
1t needs but an instant;s calculation
to get the exact range Of any ships en-
tering the zone
Two thousand shells per hour fell
In 0hanak during one of the lombard
ments by the British fleet, but the cas-
ualdes IN the forts were only twenty
six KILLED and fifty wounded. The
damage to che forts was not serious
THIS IS proof enough that the prob
lem of attacking land Qualifications
with ships, even when they are armed
with che most powerful guns, still
leaves a heavy margin OF advantage
with the forts
Admiral Won Usedom, the German
commander, is gentleman with "a
kindly eye and a courteous manner
He wears the badge of the order Pour
lie aTerfte and lives comfortably IN a
concealed camp. where the attentions
OF hostile aerop1anes have not yet
1.aen directed