The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-03-04

moved."
London. March 2-The flags of Great
Britain and France are now flying at
the entrance to the Dardanelles over the
Turkish forts reduced by the sea power
of the allies.
While it would appear to be a fact
that the allied fleet has reached Cha
nalk. Is miles from the Mediterranean
entrance to the straits, the British press
warns the public not to expect the inn
mediate fail of Constantinople. Never
theless, the operations of the British
and French warships against the sea
d~efenses of Constantinople are creating
a tremendous stir in the near east.
Moving to Broussa.
Broussa. Asiatic Turkey, has been Sc
lected by he Turks as their new capt.
tai in case it becomes necessary to
%evacuate Constantinople. The Germans
In Turkey, it is declared, wanted the
Turks to move to Adrianople, in Euro
pean Turkey, but the Turks would
have none of this and started shipping,
their archives to Broussa.
According to diplomatic information
received in Rome" says the Daily News
the decision of the Turks to transfer
their capital to Broussa, Asia Minor,
was in direct opposition to Germany,
which wished the transfer, If made, to
be to Adrianople.
1.-THE prophets mantle, together with
all the important relics and treasures,
already have been removed to Broussa,
where the sultan's harem also has beer
sent.
Continue Bombardment.
THE fleet continued a bombardment
Of the inner forts yesterday. A powder
magazine was blown UP. There We're
numerous victims. The fleet had
reached as far as the lighthouse near
Fort Kilid Bahr. The forts on the Eu-
ropean side have been reduced to ST
lence. Mine sweeping operations con
tlnue. There are $4,000 Turks on the
european side and 5 5000 on the Asiatic
side
n attempt to force the straits by
the allied fleet is indeed of momenteous
Importance to the allies. The opening
OF the straits would release the Russian
grain which the allies want and would
give to Russia war material which she
herself cannot produce, while it would
be certain to have a marked effect on
the future policy of the Balkan states.
Hard Nut Yet to Crack.
The allies, however. do not anticipate
that their success in the Dardanelles
undertaking will be immediate for they
are now facing the hardest part of the
problem, having the strongest forts
ahead of them, although the guns of
- ''NNS ~ SIiS oiSS u tiiS
guns of the larger ships particularly the
l5-lnch guns Of the Queen Elizabeth.
The fact that the Queen Elizabeth is
III commission suggests that her -four
sister ships, all of which We're laid
down within a few weeks of each other
are either in the fighting line or ready
to join it. These five ships are con-
sldered the greatest fighting machines
in the world and besides being heavily
armored, are almost as fast as battle
cruisers. Although their speed is Civ
en- as 25 knots an hour, the Queen Eliz-
abeth made 81 in her trials and she may
exceed that.
1t is reported from Sofia. Bulgaria,
that the Turkish forces manning the
Notifications at the D~ardanelles suf
fered heavy losses during the bonn
bardment by the Anglo-French fleet
Reuters Sofia correspondent says that
according to credible information which
he has obtained, about 500 wounded
Turkish soldiers were taken from the
Dardanelles forts to Constantinople
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