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No. 542.?No. 20.052. WASHINGTON. D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22. 1915' " FIVE CENTS.
COTTON DECLARED
WAR CONTRABAND
BY GREAT BRITAIN
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Prance to poiiow sun ana London
Government Will Act to
Relieve Trade Depression.
LINTERS, WASTE, YARN
INCLUDED IN THE ORDER
United States Is Certain to Protest j
Against the Action
Taken.
IS A CHANGE IN POLICY
Washington Has Steadily Main
tained That British Were Violating
Rules of Law in Seizing
Non-Contraband Staple.
LONDON, August 21, 6:11 p.m.
?Cotton has been declared absolute
contraband by Great Britain,
according to a statement issued
by the foreign office this afternoon.
The statement declares that the
government proposes to initiate
measures to relieve depression
which might temporarily disturb
".lie cotton market because of the
contraband order.
It was learned upon inquiry at
he fhreign office that the French
government will issue a similar
notice early tomorrow.
Text of Announcement.
The announcement follows:
"His majesty's government have declared
cotton absolute contraband.
While the circumstances might have
justified such action at an earlier
period, his majesty's government are
glad to think that local conditions of
American interests likely to be affected
are more favorable for such a
step than they were a year ago, and,
moreover, his majesty's government
contemplate initiation of measures to
relieve as far as possible any abnormal
depression which might temporarily
disturb market conditions."
Effective From August 21, 1915.
The declaration is effective from today.
A royal proclamation concerning
the suhject was published in a supplemsnt
nf thn T^tndnn Ho?Attp igqilpH 1a
night, it is very brief. After a pre-amble
citing previous proclamations
concerning contraband, it says:
"Now, therefore, we do hereby declare,
by and with the advice of our
privy council, that during the continuance
of the war, or until we do give
further public notice, the following
'articles will be treated 'as absolute
contraband in addition to those set out
in our royal proclamations aforementioned:
Raw cotton, cotton linters, cotton
waste and cotton yarn.
"And we do hereby further declare
that this, our royal proclamation shall
take effect from the date of its publication
in the London Gazette."
The proclamation was signed yesterday
by King George.
United States Is Certain
to Make Strong Protest ]
Announcement that cotton had been
declared absolute contraband of war 1
by Great Britain came as no surprise j
to officials here. Secretary Lansing was
informally advised by the British em- i
bassy some time ago that this action I
had been decided upon, and that formal !
announcement was delayed only pend- ,
nig the arrangement of details. This
included, it is understood, preparations I
to protect the market from tne effect
of the announcement and also an understanding
between Great Britain and
her allies.
While officials would not discuss the 1
subject last night it is certain the
United States will protest against the
British action, citing the previous
consistent policy of Great Britain in
holding cotton free of restraint. The
Tesult, it is expected, will be to draw
out a full explanation of the reasons
behind the British change of policy. A
long course of diplomatic interchanges
undoubtedly will follow before an
agreement can be reached, or possibly,
the question be submitted to arbitration.
Will Simplify Discussion.
The first direct effect of the British
announcement will be to simplify the
discussion over the orders in council
now In progress. Cotton ships have
formed a large percentage of the total
jiuminr vi emu neiu up under me
orders, each case involving much Informal
debate over arrangements for
payment by Great Britain for the
cargoes seized.
Bach case, also, became an additional
factor in the formal discussion between
the two governments, the United
States having steadily maintained that
Great Britain was violating the accepted
rules of International law in halting
commerce between neutrals, more especially
commerce in non-contraband
goods.
With cotton declared contraband, all
these phases are past. There will be
no payment for seized cargoes, as heretofore.
and the informal discussion, so
far as cotton is concerned, is at an
end.
May ake Purchases.
It la understood the British plan is
to steady the cotton market through
actual purchases It that becomes necessary.
Probably cotton factors will be
commissioned to keep the commodity
above * fixed minimum price. It has
been suggested, however, that with this
determination known to the cotton
dealers. It is unlikely that there will
bo any great drop or that the British
government will be called upon to act.
Crop conditions this year, it is said,
will make it easier to maintain prices
because open markets unaffected by the
allies' action are more than able to
ibaorb the entife production.
PRESIDENT SURE
TO BE DELIBERATE
ABOUTTHEARABIC
Reasonable Doubt Arises as to
Physical Facts Connected
With German Act.
MAY TAKE FORTNIGHT
TO GATHER INFORMATION
Mr. Wilson and Secretary Lansing
Confer Over Meager
Dispatches.
MR. GERARD IS TO INQUIRE
Inconsistencies in Survivors' Statements
as to What Took Place and
British Censorship Complicate
the Situation.
THE ARABIC SITUATION.
Following -an announcement
yesterday afternoon that the
Arabic was not convoyed, the
British government last night
added that the ship had not attempted
to escape, and did not
try to ram the submarine, but,
on the contrary, slowed down to
aid the Dunsley, which had just
previously been torpedoed.
Two Americans definitely believed
lost, the White Star line
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announcing inc ucam use, unaily,
as thirty-nine, of which
twelve were cabin passengers,
six steerage and twenty-one
of the crew.
No excitement in Berlin, dispatches
saying that the newspapers
are afraid to comment.
President Wilson and Secretary
Lansing confer, with re- ,
suit that reasonable doubt as to (
conditions arises, and it is
definitely decided to instruct 1
Ambassador Gerard to ask ex- 1
planation at Berlin. ,
Former President Roosevelt 1
issues statement, declaring that
the severing of diplomatic relations
with Germany would i
not be adequate, that the submarine
attacks by Germans rep- !
resent arrogant answers which 1
United States weakness has
inspired, that the time for deeds (
has come, and that the people of
United. States were unwise not '
to insist upon military pre- 1
pared n ess. x ,
President Wilson and Secretary Lan- ,
sing held a conference yestereday aftsrnoon
on the subject of the torpedo- '
ing of the British White Star liner
Arabic, itvwhich it now seems definitely
sstablished that two United States citzens
lost their lives, with the result
that reasonable doubt as to the con- j
litions surrounding the sinking of the
ship has determined the Washington
soverntnent to proceed with deliberation
in its purpose to fix responsibility
for the loss of -American lives and the
jeopardizing of a score of others.
The gathering of the necessary information
may take a fortnight or
more. Nevertheless, Germany will be
Kiven an opportunity to explain this
last sea tragedy, and, if possible, to
show whether the conditions justified
the German submarine commander in
sinking the liner, in apparent disregard
5f the solemn protest of the United J
States government against the destruc- '
tion of merchant vesjsels bearing *
United States citizens without proper 1
warning and opportunity for succor.
Physical Pacts Necessary.
President Wilson and Secretary Lan- t
sing conferred on the Arabic situation <
with the text of two messages from I
Ambassador Page at London before (
them, giving the details of the de
struction of the ship as far as they '
have been gathered from American
survivors. The ambassador and con- 1
sular officials in England have been 1
instructed to supplement their reports 1
with all available information bear- '
ing upon the physical facts' of the
tragedy. The additional affidavits will
be studiecj carefully, but in the mean
time the German explanation will be j
sought. (
Two cablegrams came from Ambas- s
sador Page yesterday, but contained <
no information whatever regarding the i
physical features of the attack on the (
Arabic. One said the White Star line j
officers informed the ambassador that
Mrs. Bruguiere and Dr. Edmund Wood
were the only Americans missing; that
Paul Bruguiere was confident that he
saw his mother in the water and was
sure that she was lost.
in the second 'message the ambassador
said Vice Counsul Thompson haa
informed him that Mr. and Mrs. Burgess
and J. Kellett should be added
to the list of those who have been <
saved. i
The name of Mrs. Moore, it was said,
should be changed to Leopold Moore
in the list of survivors, leaving the '
missing only two?Mrs. Bruguiere and
Dr. Wood.
Instructions to Gerard.
:
Ambassador Gerard at Berlin will be
instructed to look to the German government
for an explanation of the ,
sinking of the Arabic, or at least for
a statement of the facts, so fair as they
have been reported to the admiralty 1
by the commander of the submarine.
That this might take a fortnight is '
realized from the fact that the German
admiralty has heretofore declared that ,
it could communicate with the submarines
on the ocean lanes only with
difficulty and that often It was neces- sary
to await their return to home ;
ports.
It is recalled that so far the State
Department has been unable to secure
reports from the German foreign office '
in the case of the Orduna. shelled more
than a fortnight ago, and the same
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THREE ROSS SHIPS
AND ONE GERMAN
SINKIN BATHE
Two Others of Teutonic Fleet
in Riga Gulf Go Out
of Commission.
MIMES DAMAGE THREE
EMEMY TORPEDO BOATS
Czar's Defending Squadron Suffers
Heavily, Several War Craft
Being Struck.
FIGHT LASTS FORTNIGHT
Kaiser's Vessels Long Seek to Force
Way Through in Order to Aid
Army's Operations on
Coast.
BERLIN, August 21, via London.?Three
Russian warships
and one German warship, all
small vessels, have been sunk in
the battle in the Gulf of Riga.
Official announcement to this effect
was made today.
Two other German warships
were put out of commission during
the engagement. One ran
ashore and the other was damaged.
A statement from the German
admiralty concerning the battle
reads as follows:
"Our Baltic naval forces penetrated
the Gulf of Riga after mine
3vvccp<cu> ndu swcpi trie mine
fields and net obstructions. In
the outpost engagements which
developed a Russian torpedo boat
of the Emir Pucharskii class was
destroyed and other "torpedo
boats, among them the Novik, and
one large vessel were severely
damaged while retreating.
"On the evening of the 19th, in
Moon sound, the Russian gunboats
Sivutch and Koreets were
sunk by artillery fire and torpedo
ooats, after brave resistance.
Forty members of the crews, in:luding
two officers, some severely
wounded, were rescued by our
torpedo boats.,
"Three of our torpedo boats
were damaged by mines. One
sank, one was run aground and
one was escorted to port.
"Our loss of life was small."
Lost Gunboats Sister Ships.
The Russian gunboats Sivutch and
Koreets were sister ships of 857 tons
lisplacement. They were 218 feet long,
56 feet beam and 8 feet deep. They
vere armed with two 4.7-inch guns and
lour 3-inch guns. Their normal complement
was 140 men each.
For nearly a fortnight a powerful
Herman squadron was engaged in an
ittempt to force an entrance into the
Hulf of Riga, for the purpose of asiisting
the German army which occupies
the western part of the coast.
The Russians asserted that they recelled
August 8 an attack delivered by
line German battleships, twelve cruis;rs
and a large number of destroyers,
cut the Germans asserted this was not
i general attack, but merely a reconlaissance.
Buss Warships Drawn In.
Later the Russians announced that
:heir warsnips nan Deen arav/n in
closer on account of the superiority of
the German squadron, and an otticial
:ommunicaiion received last night fronj
Pet'rograd said that a German fleet
lad penetrated the gulf and engaged
the Russian vessels.
The character of the vessels sunk
t>ears out a statement from Petrograd
that the chief units of the Russian
Baltic fleet were not in the Gulf of
Riga, which was defended by mines and I
jmall warships.
Main. Buss Fleet Not at Biga.
PETROGRAD, August 21.?The newsiaper
Russlty Invalid states that the
-hief units of the Russian Baltic fleet
ire not in the gulf of Riga, which a
jerman fleet has entered and engaged
:he Russis'.n naval defenders. The gulf
?f Riga, th/e newspaper declares, is defended
by mines and small warships.
Admiral A. H. McCormick
Dies at Annapolis, Md.
Rear Admiral Alexander Hugh McCormick,
U. S. N., retired, seventythree
years old, died last night at the
Naval Hospital at Annapolis, Md., according
to advices received here. Admiral
McCormick had been in failing
health for several years. Death was
due to a complication of diseases. No
M'oes poroivorJ OS tn Ihp tilYlA f>r
place of funeral services.
Admiral McCormiek was a native of
the District of Columbia, having been
born here May 9, 1S42. He was appointed
to the Naval Academy from
Texas in 1859, and from then until his
retirement In 1900 was active in the
services of his country. He spent fifteen
years and one month at sea, and
his shore duty extended for more than
twenty-three years. He attained the
rank of rear admiral September 9, 18U9.
He was retired at his -own request
March 26, 1900. Of recent years he had
lived at Annapolis.
Among the surviving children are
Howard McCormiek, a lawyer, with offices
in the Commercial National Bank
building, and Alexander McCormiek of
Westminster, Md., who was in the real
estate business here as a member of
the firm of Nicholson & McCormiek for
several years; Miss Eliza McCormiek of
Annapolis, Md., and Mrs. G. 8. Itadford
of Bridgeport, Conn.
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Face Fearful Task in Seizing
Gigantic Defenses of the
Austrians.
VERONA. Italy, August 21.?Italian
artillery is now hammering at the outposts
of the great intrenched camp of
Trent. The Austrian position on
Mount Panarotta, an attack on which
by Italian artillery was announced In
the latest official communication from
Gen. Cadorna, lies to the northeast of
Levico, which is ten miles southeast of
Trent. This mountain, more than 6,000
feet high, is one of the outpo%ts of
Trent.
Have Difficult Task.
In attempting to advance on Trent
the Italian forces have before them a
lonir and difficult task. From the top
| of Mount Panarotta down to Tenna
Pass is a succession of forts and in|
trenchmcnts extending for more than
twenty miles and connected by underground
passages built last September.
The gigantic defenses of the Austrians
around Trent extend from Steivio
Pass, near the Swiss frontier, down to
Lake Garda and up to the Carnic Aips.
They form a barrier more than 200
mile3 long, in which nature herself
has erected the most formidable bulwarks.
King of Italy Under Fire.
FROM THE ITALIAN FRONT TO
BRESCIA, via Paris, August 21.?A
number of journalists w'ho were conducted
to the front have approached
the Austrian territory along the Cliiese
valley, where Garibaldi stopped in 1866
while marching toward Trent. While
there an automobile, in which was King
Victor Emmanuel, accompanied only
by a colonel, appeared. The king was
hastening toward the trenches to bid
his soldiers good morning.
I The spot was three miles from the
Austrian batteries, which shelled the
region where the king quietly discussed
military matters with his staff and
examined the Austrian positions. Victor
Emmanuel is thinner than at ..ie
beginning of the war, but he is sunburned
and in perfect health. The king
permitted some or ine correspondents
to take pictures of him.
Cheered as He Kisses Girl.
Descending the valley, all the villages
which three months ago w re
Austrian were decorated with the tricolor
and their inhabitants gave the
king a warm welcome. The king took
up at one place a little girl who was
offering him flowers and kissed her on
both cheeks, amid the cheeri. g of the
soldiers and the populace.
FOR SALVING SUBMARINES.
Naval Officers at Newport, R. I.,
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icstiug ?cw UCV1W.
NEWPORT, R. I., August. 21.?A device
for tlie salving of a submarine unable
to reach the surface is being tested
by naval officers here. -In the eourse
of the experiments the submarine G-l,
submerged to a depth of between fifty
and sixty feet, was brought to the surface,
it became known here tonjght.
Lieut. Robert T. Merrill, attached to
the submarine tender Tonopah, is the
inventor of the device, the nature of
which is kept secret.
FOREST FIRES DESTROY TOWN.
Wahl, Wash., Sums, and Canadian
Town in Danger.
BELL1NGHAM, Wash., August 21.?
Forest fires which have been raging in
Whatcom county today destroyed the village
of Wahl, near here. There was no
loss of life.
The fire approaching Wrahl, it was
estimated, advanced a mile every five
minutes, leveling crops and destroying
small timber
Maple Falls, near the Canadian border,
is in the patli of the fire, and desperate
efforts are being made to save that place.
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SWIMMERS IN CONTEST
COVERING FIFTY MILES
BOSTON*. August 21.?What is
claimed to be the longest swimming
race ever attempted was
under way tonight, Samuel Richards,
jr., of this city and Henry
F. Sullivan of Lowell battling
with the waters in Massachusetts
bay pn their way from Nantasket
beach"to Race Point at the tip of
Cape Cod. They started this afternoon
on the course, which will
require nearly ftfty miles to complete.
Six hours after the start they
had covered thirteen miles. Both
were reported in good shape.
Richards was slightly in the lead.
ABE RUEF IS PAROLED
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Former San Francisco "Boss" Had
Been in Prison More Than
Four Years.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 21.?Abra
ham Ruef, once a power in San Fran
Cisco politics, serving a fourteen-year j
sentence for offering a bribe to a San J
Francisco supervisor, was paroled to- !
day from San Quentin penitentiary by
the state board of prison directors.
Ruef's parole provides that he shall
go to Mendocino county, where he has
a ranch, and remain there ninety days.
Ruef requested that this condition be
made, so that he might not be charged
with renewing activity in San Francisco
politics, where a municipal election
campaign is under way.
Ruef has spent four years, five I
months and fifteen days in prison. He I
was sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment
for having offered a bribe
to Supervisor J. J. Furey. His conviction
was one of the results of the
famous San Francisco graft prosecution.
With full credits for good behavior
his fourteen-year sentenece was automatically
reduced to eight years and
ten months. He has served half of this
minimum requisite for parole.
ALBANIANS IN U. S. PROTEST.
Declare Against Partition of Old
Home by Powers.
BOSTON, August 21.?In the name of
the Albanians of America F. S. Noli,
president 01 trie -fan-Aiuu.ma.il r cucr?ttion
of American "Vatra," today appealed
to the entente powers to prevent
partition of Albania by the Balkan
states, appealed to Pope Benedict XV to
the same end and sent to President
Wilson a protest against violation of
the treaty of London, which, Mr. Noli
said, guaranteed the independence and
integrity of Albania.
President Wilson was asked to "use
his moral influence to prevent partition
of Albania, as proposed by the Balkan
states to the entente powers." The appeal
to the powers was cabled to the
several ministers of foreign affairs.
BBITISH JOURNALIST ACCUSED.
Held by Magistrate Under Defense
of the Realm Act.
LONDON, August 21.?Theodore Sington,
described as a journalist, was
remanded today by a Manchester
magistrate on the charge of having violated
the defense of the realm act by
sending to an American publication
"information calculated to prejudice his
majesty's relations with foreign governments."
The prosecutor stated that If the articles
In question had been published
they might have caused material injury
to this country in the minds of American
readers. Mr. Hington .denied that
his articles were intended for publication.
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IARINES READY
iERVICE IN HAITI
Navy Department Prepared to
Respond to Call From Admiral
Caperton.
A battalion of marines, 350 men, now
stationed at Annapolis, has been ordered
to prepare at once for embarkation
for Haiti in the event of Rear Admiral
Caperton's calling- for more
forces to handle the situation in the
island.'
If the marines are sent to Haiti, it is
probable they will eo on the cruiser
Tennessee, which is now on her way
north from Port au Prince, Haiti,
There are at present some 1,800 marines
in Haiti and about 200 bluejackets
from the naval vessels on duty
there are availably for shore duty.
Further Trouble Feared.
Further trouble with unruly natives
inland from Cape Haitien, indicated as
a possibility some time ago, is believed
to have prompted Admiral Caperton's
request that an additional marine
battalion be in readiness to join
his force. Officials made it plain that
he had not definitely asked for reinforcements
and the Tennessee will nA
go to Annapolis unless further requests
come from the admiral.
The relic of the revolutionary army
left Cape Haitien after refusing to
disarm and with the threat that they
would repel the invasion of Haitian soil
by armed resistance.
Wants Adequate Force.
Admiral Caperton wishes to have a
sufficient force available for duty in
the north to control the situation. The
twelve field pieces, which would go
with the Annapolis battalion would be
sufficient, it is believed, to put down
any revolt further inland, where the
Haitian officials are unable to influence
the natives.
A slight disturbance was reported by
Admiral Caperton as having taken
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The message said quiet prevailed yesterday.
GOING TO SANTO DOMINGO.
Sr. Bobo Says He Left Haiti for
"Patriotic Seasons."
SAN JUAN, P. R., August 21.?Dr.
Rosalvo Bobo, who headed the recent
revolt in Haiti against the administration
of the late President Guillaume,
and who subsequently v.as defeated in
the elections for the presidency of the
republic by Gen. Dartiguenave, arrived
in San Juan today on his way to Santo
Domingo, where he intends to take up
his residence.
Dr. Bobo said he left Port au Prince
the day after the election of Gen.
Dartiguenave for "purely patriotic reasons,
and to make the work of the
American forces there easier." ,
J. W. BROWN FOUND DEAD.
Frederick County, Va., Farmer May
Have Been Murdered.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va., August 21.?The
body of John W. Brown, aged about
sixty-two/years, widely known farmer
of the northern section of Frederick
county, who had been missing since
August S. was found accidentally this
afternoon by a party of young men In
a mountainous section near here, several
hundred yards from his home, with
gunshot "wounds in the body, indicating
he had been murdered.
Spade and shovel, with which a shallow
grave had evidently been dug, !
were found nearby. The body was
covered with small branches and
leaves and one arm was left uncovered.
When Brown left home two i
weeks ago lie was dressed as if going j
to church, but later the family thought
he had gone tp relatives in Pittsburgh,
Pa. *
He was of eccentric disposition. Some 1
years ago he had a dispute with i
Charles F. Keiter, a wealthy farmer, ,
over sheep, and shot Keiter, who lost ,
one hand. The latter died on an adjoining
farm recently. Brown leaves a 1
large family connection.
ITALY DECLARES WAR
AGAINST TURKEY WHEN
DEMAND IS SPURNED
Porte Refuses Permission to Rome's
Subjects to Leave Syria
Unmolested.
MOSLEM AID FOR LIBYA REVOLT
ANOTHER REASON FOR ACTION
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Italian Ambassador Presents Final Note in Constantinople
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aiiu ucuiauus laoapuua iiiuiuu
Has Been Marked.
LONDON, August 21.?Italy has declared war against Turkey
and the Italian ambassador has left Constantinople. This announcement
is made in a Reuter telegram from Constantinople, via Berlin
and Amsterdam. A Steffani News Agency dispatch from Rome also
says Italy has made her long-expected declaration against Turkey.
The reasons given in the note for Italy's action were the support
given by Turkey to the revolt in Libya and the prevention of the departure
of Italian residents from Syria unmolested.
Marquis di Garroni, Italian ambassador to Turkey, today handed
to the porte the note declaring Italy considered herself in a state of
war with Turkey, and demanded his passports, according to an official
telegram from Constantinople received at Amsterdam and transmitted
to the Central News.
The newspapers of Rome have unanimously urged that the government
declare war against Turkey if it be ascertained that every
effort to obtain permission for Italians to leave Ottoman territory
was unavailing.
The Italian government, says a Steffani dispatch from Rome,
has sent to all its representatives abroad a circular dispatch setting
forth the questions at issue between Italy and Turkey. The dispatch
closes with these words:
"In view of these obvious infractions of categorical promises
made by the Ottoman government, and following upon our ultimatum
of August 3, provoked by evasions of the Ottoman government particularly
with regard to the free departure of Italian subjects from
Asia Minor, the Italian government has sent instructions to its ambassador
at Constantinople to declare war upon Turkey."
Friction in Evidence. subjects. It was stated that Italian
consuls were stiil being detained in
Although Italy declared war on Aus- Turkey. At that time the tension betria
May 24 and hostilities between the tween Italy and Turkey was becoming
Jtwo powers began immediately, there more acute daily.
has never been any declaration of war tH*^?^*naou"ce? ?" the 4t.h of August
. . T, j * ? , that Italy had asked for categorical exbetween
Italy and Germany, the ally of pianations concerning Turkey's alleged
Austria, while until how Italy and refusal to withdraw her troops from
Turkey, the ally of the central powers, the Cyrenaica district in Tripoli, and it
nominally have been at peace. Friction was charged that Turkey was pursuing
between Turkey and Italy, however, what was described as her usual policy
has been in evidence since shortly after of procrastination,
the latter's entry into the war. i* n ?
Early in June there were reports that .Hostilities Felt Near.
Italian consuls were gradually leaving In official circles in Rome the fee,_
Turkey and that American officials . ... .. . ' .
were taking over the task of looking ** was held that hostilities on the
out for Italian interests. Later charges part of Italy might begin at any mowere
made that the Ottoman govern- ment, as her last note to Turkey was
ment was preventing these consuls aImost in the character of an ultifrom
leaving and that similar coercion
was being exerted over Italian civil- matum. Shortly after this it was reians
who wished to quit Turkish soil. ported that a declaration of war by
si lu . tt li J c<4 Italy against Turkey would be simulASKS
Aid Of united btates. taneous with the sending of about
t?ion ? n._. 150,000 men to the aid of the FrancoJuly
0 advices came from Rome Brjtish force on the GaUi ?
that the Italian government had ad- su]a
dressed a note to the United States jt was announced August 19 that &
asking it to use its influence to pro- strong squadron of fast Italian cruisers
tect Italian subjects in the Ottoman do- was being held in readiness to sail
The coTOl.in. .tot they T
being prevented from leaving was e pected the warships would be sent
iterated. against Turkey if the latter country
Two days later the Italian cabinet declined to satisfy Italy's demands for
met for the supposed purpose of dis- t{,e release of Italian subjects held ill
cussing the situation as regarded Tur- ottoman empire,
key. and almost coincideotly the Italian
government began to gather evi- Turk Provocations Intolerable,
dence intended to show that Turkey ' . ,. _ ,.
had violated the treaty of Lausanne, an A meeting of the Italian cabinet was
undertaking according to the terms of held Friday and at that time Baron
which she pledged herself to withdraw sOnnin0, Italian minister of foreign
all Turkish troops and officers from affa:rs presented an exhaustive renort
the Cyrenalca district in t ripoii ana , , ? help
bring about the submission of the on the Turkish situation. He asserted
Senussi tribesmen in this locality. In- that the Turkish provocations had bestead
of doing this, it was alleged, come intolerable. The cabinet's deKnver
Pasha, the Turkish minister of cision was kept secret. Dispatches towar,
last March sent his brother, Nuri <jay stated that the Italian ambassador
Bey, to Cyrenaica to foment rebellion. at Constantinople had been instructed
lVTnlrea Another Protest. lo hand to the P01"1? a note asking
makes Another protest. for a formal categoric statement as to
August 3 the Italian ambassador at departure of Italians from Turkish
. possessions. It was unofficially stated
Constantinople made another protest to }hat the note wa8 in the natu*e of an
Turkey relative to the attitude of the ultimatum and that a reply was ex*
Ottoman authorities toward Italian pected Saturday.
ITALIAN EMBASSY ANNOUNCES *
SUCCESSES AGAINST AUSTRIANS
Declares Francis Joseph's Defenses Battered
Down and Much Territory Captured?Offensive
Continues.
The Italian embassy made public last practically Impassable, owing to the
night the following statement Issued by most up-to-date fortifications Austrothe
government at Borne on Italian "unKal7 h,ad bfU'U/''th P:?U"!?n
, the whole length of it, and in the buildmilitary
operations up to August 18: Jng, of wh,ch ghe ha<J taken fuU advan.
"As opposed to misleading reports cir- tage of natural defenses and almost imculated
by Austro-Hungarian sources, pregnable mountains and valleys, has
the royal Italian government wishes to been crossed by the Italian armies,
make known the following facts: in.M.
"Austro-Hungarian military action on Austria,
the whole Italian front is on the de- "Immediately upon the declaration of
tensive; the few isolated offensive war, the Italian troops occupied many
movements undertaken have been of a important positions in the Trentlno and
merely local character and were noth- Cadore, with a view to counterbalIng
more than vain attempts to recon- ancing the enormous advantages which
luer lost positions, the frontier drawn In 18? placed en"The
frontier, which was considered (Continued on Second Page.)
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