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Show BANKS REMOVE FUNDS AND BOOKS TO ASIA MINOR PARIS. Starch 3. 9:10 a. m. The bombardment bom-bardment of the Dardanelles forts was resumed vesterdav. says an Athens dispatch dis-patch to the Matin, when an allied fleet .-.teamed into the straits. Four battleships battle-ships are reported to have bombarded portions po-rtions of the Turkish army along the gulf of Paros. which is separated from tiie Dardanelles bv the Gallipoli peninsula. The funds and books of the Ottoman bank and t he German bank, it is said, have been taken from Constantinople to lvonieh, a cltv in Asia Minor. An Athens dispatch to the FiRaro says: "Information from reliable sources is to the effect that Turkey now realizes ,he situation is becoming critical. De-inses De-inses are belnir thrown tip hastily at different points along the coasts of Asia Minor. Troops from the vilayets of Snivrna are beine: rushed to tile Darda-; Darda-; nelles region. Desertions are numerous. Placards are said to be posted in Constantinople Con-stantinople proclaiming the Younk Turks' leaders traitors. Bitter dissensions are t?aid to have arisen among the Turkish leaders." |