Show 1 TURK JURK LINE WEAKENS STRAITS J R AI I S MAY fALL Moslem Front Thinned b by Heavy Losses Is Having a Difficult Time rime Holding Allies in Check Army in Precarious Condition Conditio ATHENS Sunday Sept 12 via Paris Sept 13 An An American American Amer Amer- ican citizen of standing in Athens Athens Athens Ath Ath- ens has received advices advices' from Constantinople which he says are trustworthy that the situation of Oc the Turkish army and government government government govern govern- ment is unfavorable Accor According to this information tho the position of ot the Turkish forces defending the Dardanelles Dardanelles Dardanelles Dar Dar- Is precarious precarious- It Is said the Turkish front thinned by the heavy losses which the fighting has entailed on both sides is finding it increasingly difficult to hold the lines tines against the French and British Turkeys Turkey's position at sea is described de scribed as disadvantageous Th f tG rn Goeben tin an and Breslau are arc s 's said hl to have been incapacitated in incapacitated in- in capacitated while the Russian fleet flee preys upon Turkish shipping According to this information Turkish affairs are under the control control control con con- of oC a triumvirate with autocratic autocratic autocratic auto auto- cratic powers consisting of oC Enve Enver Pasha minister of oC war Bey Dey minister of ot the tho interior and Bedr Bedri Bey Be- chief of police pollee of ot Constantinople Constanti- Constanti nople Dissatisfaction among the Moslems Moslems Moslems Mos Mos- lems is reported and it is said Shiek Shiek- Islam ul-Islam was dismissed because ho lie did not approve of ot measures taken against the Armenians The committee committee com of oC union and progress is reported reported re ro re- re ported to have been virtually superseded superseded su sup b by a secret committee which Is ig responsible to the wishes of the triumvirate I Armenians Persecuted The Americans American's informant states that Armenians are being shipped to concentration camps at various points being heing driven afoot or forwarded forwarded forwarded for for- warded in box cars He adds that the he earlier massacres of ot Christians In n Asia Minor are being duplicated in n the present instance and that In some cases only a comparatively small part ot or the lie expelled Armenians reach the concentration camps alive Henr Henry lenry American ambassador ambassador am- am at Constantinople has exerted exerted ex ex- every effort to protect the Armenians Armenians Armenians Ar Ar- but apparently his endeavors ors have been unavailing It is stated staled that American women who attempted to go with the refugees to o look out for tor Armenian children were turned back and that a anum number number num num- ber of oC young oung Armenian girls who were students at the American college col col- lege ege at Constantinople fell Cell into tho the hands lands of oC tho the Turks Owing to the Interruption of sea transportation it is almost impo Impossible sible si- si ble le to purchase coal in Constantinople Constantino Constantino- and wood is l being eing used for lo- lo es The crops were good but ut It has been almost impossible to o harvest Petroleum costs 1 a gallon and the price of sugar has increased increased in in- creased sevenfold I. I Arm Against Tho The Americans American's informant states slates that hat the agreement said to have been cen reached between Turkey and Bul Bulgaria arla has not effected a definite settlement of relations but to the tho contrary the Turks are arc hastily hasUly erecting erect erect- ing tug defenses against the Hw Bulgarians LONDON Sept 13 1 p p. p m. m m.- m. Conditions in Constantinople are aro do do- scribed as chaotic by h- Routers Reuters correspondent correspondent cor cor- respondent at Athens who bases his Ills dispatches on statements made b by persons arriving In Athens today from rom the Turkish capital The correspondent cor cor- respondent telegraphs The inhabitants of Constantinople Constantino- Constantino le are suffering greater hardships than lian Is necessary because the tho committee committee com coin of or national defense run by byl l- l Enver nver Pasha minister of ot war and Bey Ber minister of or the tho Interior has bas las cornered all nil commodities and is selling them at high prices The Tho resignation from tho the cabinet of at f the Islam ul representative ot of f the sultan in religious affairs is confirmed ed He disapproved of ot the of ot the Christian elements ele ele- m ments against which ho he protested to o the to cabinet Tho The Armenian Greek patriarch has been deprived of ot all aU powers The Black Dlack sea end of ot the Bos- Bos honis has been closed by bye byea a chain of wire netting ant and mines |