Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-06-25
TURK STEAMERS
BRAVE DANGERS
OF SUBMARINES
DESPITE ACTIVITY or BRITISH SUB
MERSIBLES They STILL RUN UP
SEA OF MARm0RA.
FEAR or SUBMARINES is VERY
STRONG AMONG SOLDIERS.
SHIPS ARE CAUTIOUS.


Correspondence 90 the Associated Press
Constantinople. June 2.-Turkish
steamers run up the sea uf Marmora
from COnStantinoplc 90 GallipOli aud
Chanak, Notwithstanding the activity of
the British submarines. Their cargo j.
mainly war stores aud munitions. and
anyone who wishes a. ship a. passengers
whether h. 10 Turk ~ alien. must have
official remission "a make the trip.
The fear If submarines H. very strong
among the Turkish sailors. aud the >iea
mers bound for the fighting zone slip
AVA, from their docks I'd odd hours. gen
orally midnight ~ later with u squad
of SharpshootcrS. twelve or more in num-
her, stationed along the rail on both
sides Of the boat. rifles ia hand, >trdiuiug
their ewes out over the waters IN search
1T the enemy. The Sea of Marmora has
MANY %pOrpoi>cs aud To the excited lm
aginatiom every porpoi~c seems 4 >uhma
rine. - the firing " frequent. The
crack uf the rifles tends tu steady the
nerves. however. - that hN the time the
real danger zone comes Into sight the
soldiers lounge about the deck with ui
ter contempt for the under water Cucmt
A little ont ~ t~onStantiuoplr the Stca
mcrS pass the big powder works. which
even i'm the blackncsS If night present a
seccne Of modern war. Eight towering
rhimiieys beIch forth smoke and flame
and the glare of the lighted windows
tell Of the struggle going "n 10 keen,
pace with the demand for munitions.
Ten hours from C-onstautinoplc finds
the ship IN the broadcst part ~ the Sea
If Marmora. aud a few hours later the
peninsula nf G%allipnli begins tu draw
near.
This section ~ The couutr, ~ FAR from
'leS0latc. Every acre " cultivated Roads
wind in and out along the shore. aud
wndmillS crow the crr~tS uf the ridge
of Gallipoli. Wherever he Sci pushes
into the lame a. form Y bay. there ~
a little town. busy AMI prosperous. IN "
Turkish manner If speaking. In every
ease the salient feature j. y SKY piercing
minaret. SO fixed prints along the
road. white tented military camps squat
against the green land>capr.
At Gallipoli y curious feature In pro
Vided by large black and white sign
boards erected here and there aver MANY
of the buildings ~ The town. These are
IT, Indicate n%eltral property. How the
owners hone that the gun pointers of
the ships ~ the Gulf of Saro>. mauv
miles away behind the hills can Src thc>r
signs u not explained
The fact that several important ~truc
lures here were hit IN those >kvrnrketing
English shells impcllcd En,cr Pa>ha IT,
send twenty five French aud English
prisoners from -Con>tantinonlc ~ 49,
housed in Gallipoli. where They >ubSi>trd
Tor six DAYS At the expense nf Hoffman
Phillip. secretary 81 the American I'm
bassV. who accompanied them uniciall,
\ feature of thnnak j. the collection
# CATS living ia the street of the Lame
tamel. The, we're gathered from va
riouS DESTROYED houses Is 4 kind hearted
Turk whu new feeds them.
chanak - only The she'll ~ 4 ritz. H.
rond the white houses that line the sea-
front. there i nothing except Ia the H.
%rection of kilid Bahr. from which II
T. separated by only \ few hundred
wards of water. ONLY when the visitor
actually sees this narraw passage swept
u, over fifty eight inch gunS mounted
thirty feet above the water. does the
difficulty OF attempting ~ force II h.
come clear. Every inch of the >urfarr
~ the water j. plotted on the artillery
nap ~ the forts. AMI II needs but m
insIantS calculation Ia Get the exact
range pf any ships entering the zone.
Two thousand shells per hour fell iu
'hanak during one of the commandments
bv the British fleet but the casualties in
the forts We're onl, - killed aud 20
wounded The damage a. the forts was
not Serious. This j. proof enough that
the problem If attacking land fortifca
ton with ships. even when they are
armed With the most powerful guns. still
leave = hea'l margin Of advantage with
lhr foris.
Admiral Won Suesion. the German com
maBder. = . gentleman with a kindly eve
aud 4 courteous manner. He wears the
badge ~ The order of Pour L. Meritr
aud iises comfortably ia a concealed
amp where the attentions of hostile
aefoTjsDes have not vet been directed.