Evening star., 1912-11-13

Illitt. HIS view Is Sdlu To De 1nQOrSPu
by the representative of the Req Crescent
Society.
Bulgarian Attack Successful.
VIENNA. November 13.-The main Bul-
garian attack on the Turkish forts along
the line of Tchatalja in front of Con-
stantinople is now progressing favorably
after being delayed for two days because
of the difficulty of transport after the
heavy rain. according to the correspond
ent of the Rechs Post at Bulgarian head
quarters in a dispatch dated Tuesday.
The Turks. he says, have been driven
from their advanced posts.
Turks at Adrianople Demoralized
In another dispatch the correspondent
says the Turkish officers captured during
the sorties made by the garrison of
Adrianople declare that the Bulgarian
artillery fire was unbearable The Tur-
kish troops engaged in the sorties had
only few biscuits to eat. They treated
their officers commands to advance with
Indifference, and stirred only when the
Mussulman priests interviewed.
The utmost confusion prevailed among
the besieged. the Turkish troops firing on
one another in the darkness. while the
Bulgarian artillery continued to rake
their ranks, and the infantry finally
closed in on them.
The Turks in Adrianople have been
kept in ignorance of the defeat of the
main Turkish army.
CONSTANTINOPLE, November Is
rbnr iG believe
Turkish government has decided to ne
gotiate directly with the Balkan allies.
as the mediation of the powers seems
to be fruitless.
Hopeful for European Peace.
LONDON, November ia much more
hopeful feeling prevails today in regard
to the international situation created by
the Balkan war The situation is still
full of difficulties, but the attitude of all
the powers in working for a peaceful
settlement will. it is believed, result in
avoiding an actual conflict.
Servia, however. has not yet replied
to the Austro- Hungarian suggestion
that Servian Occupation of Albania
territory or of a port on the Adriatic sea
will not be tolerated. AT the same time
Servian army continues its march to-
ward the Adriatic coast. and in one re-
port from Belgrade is said actually to
have reached DuraZo.
The Russian government, acting in di-
rect disregard of public feeling in Rus
sia has notified the Servian minister at
ST. Petersburg that Russia will not go to
war over the question of an Adriatic
mort The Russian foreign minister, Ser
gins Sazanoff. at the same time informed
tho seryian minister that Russia would
give friendly support to Servia in her
negotiations with Austria Hungary.
seryia believes that Austria aims at her
nolitical and economic subsection, which
would break up the alliance of the Bal
kan nations. With an independent serVia'
Austria fears that her Servian subjects
will want to join their co-nationalists.
Autonomy for Albania.
In the meantime the Albanian chiefs at
neat;ne at the seaport of Avlona, have
proclaimed the autonomy of their coun-
try.
Turkey is once more reported to nave
made a direct appeal to the Balkan az
lies for mediation, and Constantinople
also hears that the European powers nave
submitted to the Balkan nations turkey
request; for an armlSllce pehuii6 hes
tiations for peace. .
Turkey is now in better position "
ask for an armistice. as IT IS uhuei ',, s,ooi
strong reinforcements OF fresh VI hish
troops have reached TchataiJa. anu III SHt
hold out there for days If not weeks. Inc
absence of news from that quarter sus
gests that the Bulgarian army IS hol
walking over the Turkish foftlHcatiohs
as 1t was expected to do.
The little jealousies existing among the
Ralkan allies cropped out against Sa-
loniki. The Buigarians, who foiioWed tne
Greeks into the city, telegrapneu 10 Nib
Ferdinand that the town was no" uidet
his scepter. These incidents are arous-
49, tho ire of the Greeks who have now
called out the national guards OF the class
of 1861, indicating that they expect 10
be fighting for some time yet-
Suffering of the Wounded:
letter received in London from
member of the American embassy In Con-
stantinople depicts the terrible condiuon
of the Turkish wounded arriving at the
capital. The staff of the embassy, as
sisted by the local branch of the Ameri-
can Red Cross Society. is taking care OF
some 20OO of these wounded Iurhish SOL
dters but is greatly handicapped by the
lack of hospital necessities, Wnich are
scarce everywhere in Constantlnopie. The
letter adds that the Turkish government
has lost control of the city and seems
helpless.
From the accounts of correspondents on
the bulgarian side their wounded are in
lust as bad condition as the Turks. One
correspondent in describing the poor am
bulance service of the Bulgarians says:
After several battles the wounded
were left lying on the bare. fields, where
they had fallen for two or three hot days
and bitterly cold nights and the worst
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