Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-08-22 | Page 2 | War Declared on Turks by Italy

e DEC 1 TURKS BY t e 1 r 4 ROMAN ULTIMATUM fJ IGNORED PROMISES Of SULTAN BR BROEN Ambassadors of Both Nations Have Haye Asked Aske 1 for Their Passports L Latin t nl Government Issues S Brief Circular r rI I to Its Representatives Representatives' in Fore Foreign CouIi Countries rie Stating Acts of Hostility and the Holding Up of Reservists Caused Cased Break 1 PORTE PLOTS PLOtS' TO REGAIN TRIPOLI t Kin King Emmanuel Has Coh f ed d Lar 4 rg rt 1 Y Which Wi Will Vilt ll Be Sent tb Da Darda Dardanelles u I 11 s' s to- to toCo toC I C Co Co- CoV V oper operate te w With th Allies s in in Attempt f to th Force For e. e vT J Way to Constantinople i o Fleet of Tr n ss l 4 SO V lM Ready to Convey Troops to I p oil t cay By fit m Pr CONST CONSTANTINOPLE Au 0 l 1 via s Berlin r lW an London London Italy Italy declared war on t r y y The tt Italian ambassador asked for his p passports P ports an ah and d h has de de- parted By United Press ROME Aug 2 21 1 Italy formal formally declared declared var war ar on Turkey toni to toni to- to ni night Y ht Ost Ostensibly ns bly Y Ito Italy's Italis reason for declaring war Va ar was the the fact that Turkish authorities authorities' refused to permit Malian Italian reservists reservists reservists reser reser- in Ottoman territory return to return to their native native country to take up arms against Austria Turkeys Turkey's ally The Rome newspapers newspapers also charged that the Tu Turks lurks ks were plotting to regain Tripoli an an- hexed b by Italy following the Italian Hurko l war of J 1912 91 2 It was as also charged that Jt Italian Ji n subjects in I Turkey have lave since s declaration of w war r against Austria Austn three months ago go Reports were clr circulated u a ed in m European Europe n capitals a fortnight ago that Italy had concentrated an army estimated at between and was to be sent to the fhe Dardanelles to co coper ate with the allies allies' troops in the a attempt to force a way Con io to Co Later reports said a a. fleet of t transports an was as concentrated concen concen- cen- cen near the Italian naval base of Taranto ready to con oln oy y the he troops to Gallipoli the moment the declaration of war war was was fJ flashed shed from Rome I I I AMBASSADORS AMBASSADOR LEAVE E. E There have beer been various reports that the Italian an amb ambassador has left C Constantinople and that the Italian consul officials wei were leaving Turkey Germany alone of the Turkish German Austro German Austro Turkish is n nc op openly at war with Italy though such a declaration is con iii re probable before the end elid of the war Berlin news newspapers newspapers' Pp aPers severs several wee weeks s ago declared Italy was planning lanning to declare le war 1 on Turks Turk Turkey y Yand yand and that Italian newspapers were paving the way by printing stories of all alleged ged Turkish outrages against Italians Berlin Berli lj however however how how- ever took the ne news vs calmly taking the vi view w th that t if Italy s 's ari sent ari army to the Dardanelles Dardanelles' and fo found nd it necessary to send Tripoli her frontier for forces s would be so weakened that sh she could not wage a a. successful campaign against Austria The Turkish ambassador called at ai the foreign office and nd rev received received re re- his passports passports' tonight He will leave Rome tomorrow ITALY GIVES R REASONS The g government late tonight issued a brief circular addressed to Italian representatives in foreign countries and explaining Italy's reasons for declaring Var war on the P porte orte The statement recited Tur Turkish ish acts acts of hostility aga against the Italian government the holding holding holding hold hold- ing up of Italian reservists and concludes In view of these obvious obvious' infractions of promises made b by Y the Ottoman gov g government and o our ultimatum of August Augu t 3 provoked by the eva evasions jons of the gove govern government n. n ment particularly with ith regard to free departure of Italian s subjects sub P. P jests from Asia Minor the Italian government has se sent instructions ns to the Italian ambassador to to communicate the theT Turkish gove government a d declaration of war by hy Italy