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Show w RUSSIA DENIES IT I BEGAN WAR UPON TURKEY Petrograd, Nov. 1. The following official statement was given out here "The communications from Berlin aud Vienna agencies suying that the Russian fleet opened hostilities against the Turkish squadron arc com-monly com-monly inventions Thcv arc trying manifestly to lead Into' error public opinion in Constantinople, which Is being purposely kept In ignorance concerning the perfidious attack on our coast by Turkish warships under the command of German officers. "The same proceedings were em-ploved em-ploved when Germany declared war 1 on us. it being said thnt Russian sol-ders sol-ders invaded German territory, while Ofl a matter ... fact, not B sin :l R slan soldier crossed the frontier b fore war was declared. "Previous to the Turkish hostilities, our fleet undertook no action It is evident that if the initiative had been taken by the Russian fleet, the bm-bardlng bm-bardlng of the ports and the sudden attack of the Turkish fleet could no have taken place." |