Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-11-19
FIFTY THOUSAND
TURKS GIVE Up
~ RklSIi ARMY DEFENDING.
MONiSTiR SURRENDER TO
SERNIhN'S.
TURKEYS CAUSE HOPELESS
bnIgarian Amy Rattcring Away At
The Las, DcfcnSrs Before
tonstantnOplc.

IL NDON. Noy, 1S.-Any idea that
the Turkish government may have
pac Of bencfIting by continued re-
/ distance must be shattered by today,
n"ws Of the fan Of Monastir. IN m
capture of that omportant town toe
''rNans took three pashas, mcudinr
/ the commandcr-in-ch chief. XekK Pashl.
| 10000 men and ~ guns, thus achlcr-
/ ing the greatest individual success e
tie war
Monastir was the second city =
importance in European Turkey. II
was Turkeys stronghold in Mace
donia and 10y its downfall Macedonia
passes completely out Of Turkish
hands.
What part the Greeks played in ths
capture has not yet been ascertain,d
1t is known that the Greek army WIS
marching to the assistance Of the Ser
vians and 1t is supposed that he
Greeks were able to cut off the Turk
ish retreat to the south.
The Servans naturally viii pe
elated at this victory, which outshincs
the capture OF Saloniki and must have
great moral effect on the future
course of the war
Another Of the strange silenccs
which have been characteristic of this
war, appears TO have fallen over Con
stantinople, from which city only brief
dispatches have been received telling
of the resumption of the TchataDa
battle and that the Sultan has made
"A fresh personal appeal to the Euro
pean sovereigns to interfere for the
termination of the war. quite as 1T
tie may be expected TO come of this
appeal as Of the previous attempt at
meditation by the powers
with cholera and typhus ravagi1g
her demoralized army and powerful
enemy hammering at the gates of thN
capital Turkey must again appeal to
the allies for terms. Undoubtedly the
object of the commanders in ordering
the attack Of the Tahatalja lines was I
TO compel this course. II seems in
creditable that Bulgaria, for the mero |
glory OF triumphal entry into, city .
she does not desire possession of. .
should wish TO take her army into a
disease infected zone
Turkish reports, even the Officers
dispatches Of the results Of the opcr-
alton, have been SO unrellabin
throughout that little attention can
be paid to the statements regarding
he Tchatalia battle, issued at Con-
itantinopie Sunday and Monday. The
operation probably was little more
han an artillery preparation, which
n all important battles lasts seVera.
lays, for the purpose of drawing the
'nemy's fire and locating his batter
Cs.
As the effect Of the victory at Mona
tir will be TO stiffen the Severian
government In resisting Austrian pre-
ensions, the consular troubles Rt
'risrend and Mitrovitza are breedng
dangerous spirit Of III feeling be-
ween Austria and Sarvia, which Is
title calculated TO favor diplomatic
regulations. The newspapers OF both
apitals reflect this feeling.
No news has yet reached Vienna of
he Austrian counsul, Prochaska, at
The Severlan government
as declined to comply with Austria's
eQuest to allow an Austrian repre-.
to go to Prlsrend to make in Il
uiries and practically ignores Aus {,
las protests on the subject. b
There is a report that Scutari has n
allen before the Montenegrln at d
lcks, but this is not confirmed. e
Proof that the cholera has affected u,