El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-28
CONSTANTIN0PLE
IS NOT CUT OFF
Steamers Carrying War Mu-
nitions Still Ply Marmo-
"a Sea to Gallipoli.

Constantinople. Turkey, June rs
Turkish steamers SIN run up the Sea
OF MarmOra from COnstantlnople 10
GallipOh and Chanak, notwithstanding
the activity of the British submarines
Their cargo is mainly war stores ana
munitions. and any one who wishes
TO ship as passengers, whether ne De
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 lighting
zone slip away from their docks at
odd hours. generally midnight or later
with a squad Of sharp shooters, -
or more in number. stationed along the
rail on both sides OF the boat, rifles IN
hand, straining their eyeS cut over the
waters in search Of the enemy The
Sea Of Marmora has many porpolses,
and to the excited imagination every
porpoise seems a submarine So the
firing is frequent The crack OF the
rifles tend to steady the nerves, how
ever, so that by the time the real
danger zone comes into sight the sol
diers are quite Indifferent TO danger,
and lounge about the deck with utter
contempt for the underwater enemy.
Where War Munitions Are Made.
A little out Of COnstantinOple the
steamers pass the big powder works,
which even in the blackness Of night
present a scene Of modern war. Eight
towering chimneys belch forth smoke
and flame, and the glare Of the lighted
windows tell OF the struggle going on
to keep pace with the demand for mu-
nitions-
Ten hours from Constantinople finds
the ship in the broadcast part OF the
Sea Of Marmora, and a few hours later
the peninsula Of Gallipoh begins 10
draw near
This section Of the country is far
from desOlate. Every acre is cuIti-
waited Roads wind in and out along
the shore, and Windmills crown the
crest the ridge fanINfnnff
Wherever the sea pushes into the land
to form a bay, there is a little town.
busy and prosperous in a Turkish man
ner Of speaking In every case the
salient feature is sky-piercins
minaret. At fixed points along the
road. white tented military camps squat
against the green landscape.
Sign Boards Show Neutral Property.
At Gallipol a curious feature is pro-
vided by large black-and-White sign
boards erected here and there over
many OF the buildings Of the town
These are to indicate neutral property.
How the owners hope that the gun
pointers Of the ships in the Gulf Of
Saros, many miles away behind the
hills can see these signs is not eX-
planned.
The fact that several important
structures here We're hit by those sky
rocketing English shells impelled In
Yer Pasha to send % French and Eug-
llsh prisoners from COnstantlnople 70
be housed in GallipOH, where they sub
sisted for six days at the expense or
Hoffman Phillip, secretary Of the
american embassy. who accompanied
them officially
Gathers Stray Cats.
A feature Of Chanak is the coIlec-
ton OF cats living in the street Of the I
Lame Camel They were gathered
from various destroyed houses by a
kind-hearted Turk who now feeds
them.
Chanak is only the shell Of a city.
Beyond the white houses that line the /
seafront, there is nothing, EXCEPT N
the direction Of Kilid Bahr, from which
IL IS separated by only a few hundred
yards Of water. Only when the visitor
actually sees this narrow passage, 7
swept by over fifty eight-inch guns .
mounted thirty feet above the water.
does the difficulty OF Attempting TO I
force II become clear. Every inch or Z
the surface Of the water is plotted on
the artillery maps in the forts, and II /
needs but an instant calculation 70 I
get the exact range Of any ships enter I
ing the zone.
Two thousand shells an hour feu IN l
Chanak during one of the bOmbar I
ments by the British fleet but the
casualties in the forts were only 20 I
killed and 50 wounded The damage /
10 the forts was not serious This Is !
proof enough that the problem OF at /
lacking land Qualifications with ships, /
even when they are armed with me I
most powerful guns. still leave 4 1
heavy margin Of advantage with the
forts. /