New-York tribune., 1915-03-08
Paris Gives Official
News on Bombardment
tBy Cable 10 The Tribune. ]

Paris (via London. March An
official statement issued this evening
says:
"The British battleship Queen Eliza
beth. posted in the Gulf of Saros. bonn
barded by indirect fire two big works:
on the Asiatic side alongside OF
Chanak and defending the strait ltorts
Hamidieh and Hamidieh Sultanieh)..,
"At the same time cruisers inside the
Dardanelles continued direct ire
against the works at Dardanos, on the
Asjatic side, and Souain Dere, on the
European side"
Refugees Crowd to Stamboul.
Advices from Constantinople state
that the population refuses TO peileye
the assurances of safety given by the
authorities and the press. The city IS
crowded with fugitives from the Gal
linoli peninsula and the Marmora coast.
Every day the authorities are becoming
more suspicious of all foreigners and
Christians, and the position OF the
Germans even is precarlous. Arrests
searches and robberies are OF everyday
occurrence.
All the gold found in the possession
of nrivate individuals and in the banks
Is being seized indiscriminately. Ihere
Is great fear of massacres, and panic
is undoubtedly pending in the vicinity
OF Constantinople, including the Bos-
porus. PhanaraH and Princes Islands.
Even Tchataldja is being constantly
fortified and heavy guns are Deihs
placed in position. Troops are Deihg
moved from the barracks and lnstaii-d
in private residences.
Enver Pacha is in Constantlnople.
German Prestige in Danger.
A Turkish gentleman, who belongs to
the school Of old Turks, and who,
though a resident of Paris for many
wears mast. is in close touch with what
is happening in Turkey. discussing yes
terday the aspects of the situation at
the Dardanelles, as it appears to be de-
"From what ] know of Turkey and
the near East, the fall Of Constantine
ple will mean the complete dlscredltlng
Of Germany. Hitherto the people OF
Constantinople and. in fact, through 'uI
the Ottoman Empire, have been lea on
lies, and once they realize tne truIn'
as they will do when ConstantlnoPle Is
forced to capitulate. they VIII De IuII-
Gus with the government that mas s. ms
led them. a HldSNdNiI u AN"'b ~
will be one almost certain result ana
have for my own part little doubt that
as soon as the first battleship IS seen
from Constantinople the people Will
take things into their own hands, ana
white flags will be seen flying from
the windows of every house IN the
town. 90,
presumably the Allies will estao-
lish a committee of control and keep
the administration Of things in their
own hands, but there clearly will be
need of native administrators. 1t IS
too soon vet to speak Of the men VINO
will be fitted for such work, but they
exist. men who have neither been
dominated by the Young Turks nor
mixed up in their schemes"
Amsterdam, March 7 (via London =
A dispatch received here from Con,
stantinople says the Porte has agreed
10 the appointment of DR.. STREET as
Greek Minister to Constanlr )ple IN
place of NJ. Panas, who left Constanti-
nople owing to the incident which
arose over the insult offered 70 the
Greek naval attache by a Turkish po-
lice official DR.. Streit was formerly
Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs.