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Show DARDANELLES I CAN DE FORCED1 Former Italian Minister of Ma-rine Ma-rine Believes Straits Are Not Impregnable. SHIPS SHOULD TRIUMPH Turico-German Land and Sea Forces Formidable Sees Great Future for Russia. Rome pril 9, 8:10 p. m., via Par is. April 10, 2:50 a. m. Admiral Bet-tolo, Bet-tolo, who several time6 has been Itall an minister of marine. Is quoted in an interview as declaring he always has believed and still believes the Dardanelles can be forced, although the difficulties today naturally are greater than they were a few years ago. because of improvements made in the defenses under the direction of German officers. After describing the land and sea forces of the Turko-Germans, Admiral Rettolo added that in spite of this formidable array, ships could triumph in the end over land forces because tbe long range of their artillery would enable them to destroy coast batteries batter-ies while they were in such a position posi-tion that shells from the enemy's guns could not reach them One of the essentials to success In sKh an operation, he said, was the complete destruction of each fortification attacked at-tacked and the annihilation of its gar rison by the landing of troops. Campaign Should Be Thorough. In explaining the necessity for send ing troops ashore to aid the fleet of the Italian admiral said they would be expected to complete the destruc ition of fortitications, pursue retreating forces and discover the points from w'hieh mines and torpedoes were launched. Such a campaign, he said, should be attempted only after thorough thor-ough preparations. It should be fx ecuted with daring, tempered with prudence, Dotti oi wnicn nurtures m believed were possessed by the British Brit-ish and French. Occupation of the European shore j would be indispensable to the mastery of the Dardanelles in the opinion of I Bettolo since the capture of Constan-! Constan-! tinople must be the ultimate aim of ! the operation. "Once Constantinople is occupied " I he said, ' the least Rvibsla could ho I expected to ask would be a froo passage pass-age through the straits Her appear-I appear-I ance In the Mediterranean would be I preparatory to becoming a great na-Itlonal na-Itlonal power. She is well equipped ' to assume this positon by reason of I her powerful fleet which would be jable to face the greatest navies in the Mediterranean From the Mediterranean Medi-terranean she! might be expected to 'expand her operation to the oceans ' |