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Show ITALIANS TO ASSIST THE WlllNA ROVE Dec. 27 Instructions have : been sent to the Italian cm ser Calab 1a , now at Be rut Syria to assist the United States cru ser orth Carolina if the necess ty shou d arise, as the re suit of further demo stratlons aga nst the departure of Europeans from Turk ish te ritory The cruiser Tennessee the fuel ship Vulcan and the gunboat Scor I p on of the United States navy whic i a so are looking after American Intere ts i along the eastern Med terranean are ready to fiteam to any p ace where they are needed accord ng to reports rece ved here Acco ding to a dispatch from Athens the cruiser North Carol na recent y threatened to use her guns as tl e resu t of an incident at Tr poll Syria The cruiser convoying the An erlcan steamer Virginia entered tl e harbor of Tr poll and the commander requested the Turk ish author ties to permit the Br tish and French consu s to depart with their na tiona s resident in t e city This request was refused but several of the French res dents boarded the Vir ginia They were attacked by a mob who wounded the capta n and first off cer The North Caro na then threatened tc fire and the mob fled The V gin a and the North Caro na U en left for Dedeagatch Later the cruiser proceeded to Smyrna |