. Review of reviews and world's work . rfV- s f /*, fjon^ho s^ /*\ - f !«»> 1 i. h. > sj Q -^ \ ^ • .,.: • -» *.^ -^,F ~ ^/. 1^:* :^ _ ., ^^Islft^-- ^x Xi ?•*? ^ v<5^V ,***».- !U^-. , , * luroilijj <<^ < ^ ?^ K THE MEDITERRANEAN, THE THEATER OF ITALYS WAR AGAINST TURKEY ing which, the Italian Minister at Constanti-nople was instructed to inform the Porte thatItalian warships would sail for Tripoli. Inthe official reply of the Porte, denial wasmade of unjust discrimination against Italianenterprise, and a firm desire to smooth overthe difficulties was expressed. This rep
. Review of reviews and world's work . rfV- s f /*, fjon^ho s^ /*\ - f !«»> 1 i. h. > sj Q -^ \ ^ • .,.: • -» *.^ -^,F ~ ^/. 1^:* :^ _ ., ^^Islft^-- ^x Xi ?•*? ^ v<5^V ,***».- !U^-. , , * luroilijj <<^ < ^ ?^ K THE MEDITERRANEAN, THE THEATER OF ITALYS WAR AGAINST TURKEY ing which, the Italian Minister at Constanti-nople was instructed to inform the Porte thatItalian warships would sail for Tripoli. Inthe official reply of the Porte, denial wasmade of unjust discrimination against Italianenterprise, and a firm desire to smooth overthe difficulties was expressed. This reply,not being considered satisfactory, a formaldeclaration of war was made from Rome onthe afternoon of September 29. Italys Task Not Easy It was evident, by the middle oflast month, that while the Italiannaval and military forces hadsecured undoubted control of the city ofTripoli, and were dominating the other townsalong the Tripolitan coast line, chiefly Dernaand Tobruk, and held undisputed commandof the sea against any naval force the Turkscould bring to oppose them, nevertheless thetask of reducing Tripoli to the status of a 522 THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF REVIEWS
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