OCCUPATION OF BENGHAZI.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3356, 24 October 1911, Page 5

OCCUPATION OF BENGHAZI.

CONFLICTING REPORTS.

TURKEY NEEDS ALLIANCES

(United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received October 23, 10.45 p.m.) TRIPOLI, Oct. 23.

Conflicting reports as to the occupation of Benghazi make it uncertain whether full possession has yet seen taken. The Arabs, well armed, are fiercely resisting. It is reported that Arabs butchered a number of Christians prior to Ibe Italians landing. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 23.

Owing to Turkish lighthouses in the Red Sea being in darkness Britain has proposed to the Porte the neutralisation of the waterway, The Porte is favorably inclined, but wishes to reserve the right against the transport of troops.

Turkey’s admission to one of the European alliances is the subject of much European newspapers’ discussion. The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente are mentioned as in the terms, without much basis, beyond the Vizier’s allusion to Turkey’s need for alliances. The latest suggestion is an Anglo-Russo -Turkish combination.

WELSH COAL.

A LARGE ORDER

(Received October 23, 9.20 p.m.)

LONDON, Oct. 23

The Italian Government have ordered 150,000 thousand tons of "Welsh coal for war purposes. FIRES RAGING IN TURKEY. DAMAGE £200,000. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 22. Fires are raging at Stamhoul, in the Bajezid quarter, near the Ministries of War and Finance, and at Cumkapu, on the Sea of Marmora. Several hundred houses have already been burned. Two hundred bouses, shops and a mosque have been burned. The damage is £200,000.

ROME, October 23

The Italian losses at Benhazi are given as 15 killed, including seven officers, and 54 wounded.

The Turks lost 200 killed, and many wounded. CONSTANTINOPLE Oct. 22.

Britain has assented to British officers continuing in the Ottoman navy.

FRONTIER. FIGHT DENIED. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 23. The reported fight on the Bulgarian frontier is now stated to be untrue.