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Show PUT SMALL CREDENCE I IN PEJCEJERTURES I Rumors of End of Turko-Italian Turko-Italian War Always Prow. Rumors Only. COST IS STAGGERING Conflict Is Costing; Enormous Sums in Money and Thousands Thou-sands of Lives. BY FREDERICK WERNER. Spsclal Cable to The Tribune. BEIILI.N. Jan. Z7.-RumOTS of th end of the TurkO -Italian war being In sight continue to fly thick and fat. but the'-have the'-have apparenth- little or no foundation on fact, for none of the combatants ar really eager for peace except on terms wholly inacceptable to the other party In Italy there Is nor the slightest sign of a moral depression and very few Indeed, an? those who dare criticise the conduct of the campaign In certain H details, and prsctleajiy the whole press treats the.ee as enemies of their country, coun-try, in spite of the immense amount of money and lossee of life which the Tripoli campaign have already cost, th whole Italian people. Including th bitterest bit-terest political enemies of the cabinet, stand behind the government. Everybody Every-body is still convinced of the necesahv of this war and strangely enough, m of the Socialists aie anions the. heartiest heart-iest endorser of the war pollev, h- I lieving that th new colonies wiil prove a blessing to the Italian worklngman. The. former minister Of foreign affnit. Gulccardhil, the Socialist leader. Albert -elll, and Senator de Cesaro are all enthusiastic en-thusiastic In their praise of the, new acquisition, and declare t'nat: while nil Tripoli is not an oasis, this 1 le only due to the miserable Turkish adnata ts-tration ts-tration and 'he laziness of the natrva population. Italian, and especially Sid lan Inxmlgrants, Qiey say, will within a few years transform the whole country coun-try Into a veritable paradise. . The Balkans Next. """"" Experts, however, take a different view and point out that, even U the war ware to end now. It would have cotit Hal; four hundred million lire, to Which musi be added at least an equal amount Lo be sp'-nt 'n Improving the liaibo What the kalians think of the lent.i-bllltj lent.i-bllltj of their new acqulstion does not oi course concern anybody else, but the continuation Of the war comains n dan- gor to v Europe that with fear and JH trepidation wonders what will happen When the snow melts 011 the hills of jH Tin- chief Socialist and Republics n papers In Italy continue their violent ai-tacks ai-tacks on th government which, the 1 I insist, Is still fooling the public. W read such phrases In the socialist Avan-tl, Avan-tl, as these: "All soberness of Judgment Judg-ment is lout, and this war l..?s been mace a colossal cinemaAogroph show, full Ol exaggeration and exaltation, and bi words of doubr or discussion on the sui eot may lead to the espul?lon of thosa who utter them." I Italian Losses Heavy. A ,-o. respondent of the ;idine nape.'', who has been to Tripoli. mo:o than hints that the Italian losses In the Bir Tol-ras Tol-ras engagement were enormous. Ponie of the Rome and Milan paper favorabl to th.- 80v.-rnrr.en 1 also referred, hut can- tlously to tin- perilous topic, out th correspondent of th Socialist Jourra' goes much farther. Be says that it w Impossible to ascertain of estimate th. number nf th Hlaln. for th. oodles of th dead soldi era were hurriedly buried. Th wounded were In hundreds. After Bhars.-... Bhars.-... i'ne government admitted 8000 killed, but in reality double thai, number of men were lost. Far the continual veiling of the truth, the Socialist oorrearpondant blames not only tlve government, but also General Geneva, who, 3fter en en- gagement, teieRrapitu eentlnvaVsi thj "usual three or nix dead a.ni few f. wounded, th number valine a llttl. I according to Mie fmportauce of the event. ' I Unseemly Festivities. The Socialists ov alfto Uttetly -itivk- I Ing those who kep the. CThrlFtmaj. Ne I year, and Epiphany fetAS too well In this period of war and mourning. The kins. ve ,t remembered, did not give his an I nual banquet at the Quirtnal on New V ear's day to the embassadors nnd mm- Lb t era plenipotentiary; On accomt of th par. otne;- persons connected with the I government, however, had iheir ferti- fues. Anions: tbeee Were notably the nn- V. ,p.r pr.-jv-ta rl? of sriite. who had a New A Veer banquet t the Hotel Keglna. dui h-. mtr which chsmpagUS 'ins abundam t "Yes." sai'S S Socialist vrifr. "this S Italian nationalism and petrr-tirm of the .1. trell-bnown Piper Meldsieck braJid. Thea patriots feasted sumpuously while our Jf soldiers are dying In Tripoli." f The So. lallst. by the way, and all 8 Italians who are salnst the wp.r anil f " rniUtarlam generally, uv inveuted h f, new word io describe 'he uppottrs of flt; the government. These are now called ijL- "Tripolinl." The-, respond by designs- P.- nit the others as 'Turchl d'ltalla." H |