Meanwhile the Turkish Cabinet was forced to resign by the
weight of popular opinion, and Said Pasha succeeded Hakki Pasha as Grand Vizier. Said Pasha had great difficulty in forming a Ministry, and did not succeed till Wednesday. Kiamil Pasha would not become Foreign Minister in a Cabinet answerable to the Committee at Salonika, and eventually Said Pasha became his own Foreign Minister, but may yet succeed in getting Reshid Pasha to accept the post. Mahmud Shevket Pasha remains Minister for War. An appeal for intervention was issued to the Powers. On Monday the Italian ships, under the Duke of Abruzzi, destroyed some minor Turkish vessels armed with small guns at Preveza, as it was thought that Preveza might be used as a base for hostile action against the Italian transports when they sailed for Tripoli. A blockade of Preveza is being maintained. The Austrian Press is displaying some anger at this blockade, but it is an elementary naval precaution which Italy would be most foolish to neglect. The main part of the Turkish fleet escaped from Beirut to the Dardanelles, and has since pro- ceeded to the Bosphorus. Many refugees from Tripoli suffered great hardships during their passage to Malta.
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