The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-03-04

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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 1t would appear to be a fact
that the allied fleet has reached Cha
nak. Is miles from the Mediterranean
entrance to the straits, the British press
warns the public not to expect the i'm
mediate fail of Constantinople. Never
theless, the operations of the British
and French warships against the sea
d~efenses of Co~nstantinople are creating
a tremendous stir in the near east.
Moving to Broussa.
Broussa, Asiatic Turkey, has been Sc
lected by the Turks as their new capt.
tai in case it becomes necessary to
evacuate Constantinople. The Germans
in Turkey, 1t is declared, wanted the
Turks to move to Adrianople, in Euro
pean Turkey, but the Turks would
have hone of this n started shipping
their archives to Broussa.
According to diplomatic information
received in Rome" says the Daily News
correspondent in the Italian capital,
t 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 A~drianople.
The prophets mantle. together with
all the important relics and treasures,
already have been removed to Broussa,
where the sultan's harem also has been
sent.
Continue Bom~bardment.
The fleet continued a b~ombardment
Of the inner forts yesterday. A powder
magazine was blown up. There were
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 81
lenCe. Mine sweeping operations con-
tinue. There are So 900 Turks on the
European side and $1,000 On the Asiatic
side"
The 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 1t 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
hat their success in the Dardanelles
undertaking will be immediate for they
are now facing the hardest part of the
pIODACiA III lIlC AOllSCSI ~ 20
ahead of them, although the guns Of
these forts have not the range Of the
guns Of the larger ships particularly the
15-inch guns Of the Queen Elizabeth.
The fact that the Queen Elizabeth is
in commission suggests that her four
sister ships, all of which were 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-
sidered 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 % knots an hour, the Queen Eliz-
abeth made q in her trials and she may
exceed that.
1t is reported from Sofia, Bulgaria,
! hat the Turkish forces manning the
Notifications at the Dardanelles 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, bout 600 wounded
Turkish soldiers were taken from the
Dardanelles forts to Constantinople
after the bombardment of February 10.