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Show TURKS AND HUNS SEMUI1S REPORTED RUPTURE RESULT OF DIFFERENCES OVER DIVISION OF RUMANIAN LANDS. When Germans Took Last Large Ship From Turks, as Compensation for Loss of Hun Ship, it Was Too Much for Turks. London. The relations between German and Turkey have been severed, sev-ered, according to direct information from Constantinople. i This announcement is made by the J Copenhagen correspondent of the Exchange Ex-change Telegrapn company. The excitement against Germany, the advices further say, has been growing, grow-ing, particularly after last week's events. The Germans recently demanded the cruiser Hamldieh, the only large ship then In possession of Turkey, as compensation com-pensation for the Breslau, the former German cruiser which was destroyed In the Dardanelles while under the Turkish flag. Despite Turkey's protest, pro-test, the Hamldieh has departed for Sevastopol with the German flag flying. fly-ing. Announcement was made In the relchstag on June 8 that differences had arisen between Bulgaria and. Turkey Tur-key over the division of lands taken from Rumania under the peace agreement agree-ment with the central powers. The announcement an-nouncement was made by Dr. von Kuehlmann, the German foreign secretary, sec-retary, who added that the question was a difference of opinion between two of Germany's allies to whom Germany Ger-many was bound by exactly equal ties, and that everything must be avoided which would cause the impression to prevail abroad that Germany's policy favored the claims of the one ally at the expense of the other. Announcement was made some time ago that Germany and Turkey were in t hot dispute over the disposition of Russia's Clack sea fleet. Taliiat Pasha, the Turkish grand vizier, replying to deputations from the Turkish navy league, pointed out that Turkey had an Incontestible claim to the fleet, said negotiations were proceeding between Germany and Russia for the handing ever of the fleet to Germany, but 'hat the Turkish government had taken energetic en-ergetic action with a view to acquiring acquir-ing It. Turkey's ambitions in the Black sea and in the Caucasus recently were attacked at-tacked by the pan-German Berlin newspaper Kreuz Zeitung. "Turkey's Idea," said the newspaper, "seems to be to get In a dominating position In the Black sea, making the pan-Turkish Idea paramount there and creating In the Caucasus a strong rampart ram-part between Turkey and Russia. Hence Germany policy Is confronted with difficult tasks." |