The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-07
Trebizond, Goal Of Latest Attack
BY Troops Under Grand Duke
Nicholas Bombarded BY Rus
sian Torpedo Boat DeStroyers
TARTAR FORCES LANDED
UPON ARMENIAN COAST
Petrograd Reports Capture of
Towns Lying In Path Of White
Cars Columns Marching West
Toward Capitol Of 0ttomans
n ETROGRAD, March Fresh sue.
cesses ere reported from the troops

III EIhObhAJ, March Fresh sue.
il cesses are reported from the troops
under the command of the Grand
Duke Nicholas, operating in the
Armenian coast of the Black Sea,
against Trebizond. These columns
have now captured Atina and Mupra-
va, taking two officers and $50 men
prisoners. The forces were landed to
the east Of Trebizond under the cur
tain fire of the warships which have
been at work clearing the way for the
advancing Russian troops. n"
A hotilla of torpedo boat destroy
ers yesterday attacked snd bombarded
Trebizond, the base Of the Turkish
army under the command Of Field
Marshal Won der GoItz, which was 20
badly beaten, at Erzerlin. Zsev-
eral yesels in the harbss are aaid TO
Ihaye been damags; by = M ,Rsssian
shells, while the fire from the land
forts proved ineffective u ~
Meet Slight Resistance ~. Z. X
The landing point for the these new
forces is about seventy miles east of
Trebizond, and the troops are said 70
be meeting with but small resistance
from the Turkish army. The t-oops are
being transported from Batum, where
they have been held in readiness for
several months. - I-I.-"I
The fact that they were not used
in the earlier stages Of the Armenian
campaign leads to the belief that the
Grand Duke has under his command A
fresh army to push an aggressive cam
palgn through Armenia, driving west
ward tOwa:d Constantinople, or to the
southwest to join the British in Mesop-
otamia, or for an attack on Bagdad
from the north.
If he decides upon the latter course
he is expected to push forward at
once against Diarbeker, l40 miles
southwest of Erzerum.
Fleet Is at Work
The Russians have occupied wit de
or Wide, and pressed forward ten or
twelve miles westward. The feet has
destroyed several shore batteries and
keeping well in advance of the land
forces and by destroying bridges over
several streams in the path of retreat.
ing Tu'ks has rendered their retreat
more difficult. The feet has been
working so close to the shore that the
warships have been reached by rife
hre from the Turkish troops.
The rapid Russian offensive beyond
Erzerum, it Is believed here, makes il
probable that the retreat of the ,Tur.
kish corps operating along the Black
Sea coast and of those troops which
were active in the Mush district before
the Russian occupation will be entire
Iy cut off and that the main Turkish
armies will be surrounded.
Capital In Turmoil ,,f . g.. .5.--.
That the people of Constantinopla
fear this Increasingly, is shown by the
repeated reports Of riots against the
| Young Turk party and the continuanee
of the war in the Ottoman capital.
News from Constantinople represents
the situation there as most critical since
the news of the fall of Erzerum has
leaked out.
The always latent dissatisfaction of
the people with their Young Turk rulers
is now assuming hourly more threaten
20 l''lN'''opI potH III INC anu
the provinces, especially in Smyrna,
where the populace is in almost open
revolt.
The leaders of dissafection are Os-
man Pasha, Abbdi Pasha and Suwat
Pasha. Startling developments, it is
asserted, may be confidently expected
very shortly.
Other reports from the capital says
that band of Turkish women broke
INTO the railway yards when troop
trains were leaving, protesting against
sending the men to death. They pros.
trateh themselves on the rails in front
of the engines and would not allow
the trains to be moved. Later in tho
night the troops were secretly moved.
The people of ConstantinOple had
been led to believe that German vic.
tory had been won at Vetdun and riot.
ed when they learned the advance was
checked. The riots were suppressed by
German troops,