| Show I 1 TALY NOW HI AT WAR WITH THE TURKS nECLA declaration RATION OF WAR DECLARED BY ITALIAN government I 1 AGAINST AGA TURKEY the rh support given givan by turkey to the revolt in libya and prevention of 0 departure of italian residents i given as the reason london italy has declared war against turkey and the italian ambassador has left constantinople marquis ril 11 garrone Garro ont nl italian ambas dor ador to turkey on saturday handed t to 0 tho the porto porte a note declaring italy coil considered herself in a state of war wit with ii turkey and demanded ills his passports according to an official telegram from constantinople received at amsterdam and transmitted to td the central news tile the reasons given in tho the note tor italis declaration of war were the support given by turkey to tile the revolt in libya and the prevention of the departure of italian residents from syria the italian government says a stet stef fant dispatch from rome has sent to all its representatives abroad a circular als dispatch atch setting forth tile the questions at issue between italy and turkey the dispatch closes with these words in view of these obvious infractions of categorical promises made by tha ottoman government and following upon our ultimatum of august 3 provoked by evasions of the ottoman government particularly with regard to tho the free departure of italian subjects from asia minor the italian government has sent hent instructions to its ambassador at constantinople to do claro war on turkey although italy declared war on austria on may 24 21 there has never been any declaration of war between italy and turkey tile ally of 0 the central powers nominally hayo have been at peace friction between turkey and italy howe however ver line lias been in ill evidence since shortly utter the lattora latt lat cra entry into the war early in june there were reports that lilt italian consuls were gradually leaving turkey and that Amp american rican officials were taking over tile the task of looking lookin if out for italian interests later charges were made that the ottoman government was preventing these consuls from leaving appl that similar co esclon was being exerted over italian citizens who wished to quit turkish boll |
