The Archive · 1914

The War with Turkey

The news from the newest theatre of war is followed here with the greatest interest, Although, _according to Constantinople advices, war has actually not been declared, fighting has begun on the Caucasian front the Russians being dea-cribed as being the aggressors. It is reported from Athens that 15,000 Turks are already in Egypt, and the number of the Turkish troops marching against Russia is alleged to number 300,000.

The "'Maftino" at Rome learns from Egypt that the feeling of the population is strongly anti-British, the Indian troops in Egypt sympathizing with the native population.

Greece is resolved to maintain her neutrality.

Bulgaria does not take a hostile position.

British cruisers state, that they have sunk, near Tenedos, a Greek torpedo-boat, which they mistook for a Turkish vessel.

The stock of gold of the Reichsbank continues to grow. The weekly report. published last night shows an increase by thirty millions, The total stock amounts to 1,858 millions The Belgian Minister of War told the correspondent of the Rome "tribuna", that the Belgian army

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