An item reported that according to tidings received from Constantinople a transport loaded with ammunition and machine guns with as destination Tripoli embarked at Smyrna 500 soldiers. The newspaper Goessche Courant dated 28 September referred to the German newspaper Berliner Zeitung am Mittag which published a telegram from Constantinople. According to this tiding returned the Turkish transport Terna with 500 soldiers on board underway towards Tripoli at Constantinople. It is not know is she was ordered to come back by the Turkish government or that she fled for the Italian fleet cruising off Tripoli.(1)
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1. Italy claimed that Tripoli was part of the Italian influence zone and declared war at the Ottoman empire on 29 September 1911 pretending to protect the Italian citizens in Tripoli. The Treaty of Lausanne dated 18 October 1912 confirmed the claimed Italian sovereignty. In stead of becoming autonomous was Tripoli and province an Italian colony between 26 June 1927 and 3 December 1934 when all North African Italian possessions became one colony.
Note
1. Italy claimed that Tripoli was part of the Italian influence zone and declared war at the Ottoman empire on 29 September 1911 pretending to protect the Italian citizens in Tripoli. The Treaty of Lausanne dated 18 October 1912 confirmed the claimed Italian sovereignty. In stead of becoming autonomous was Tripoli and province an Italian colony between 26 June 1927 and 3 December 1934 when all North African Italian possessions became one colony.
