Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-21
ALLEUR0PEFORWAR
THE ALkAN-TURkEYW WAR SEEMS
TO HAVE STARTED AN
AWFUL MESS.
LEADING COUNTRIES PREPARE FOR IT
TchorIu River Runs Red With Blood
of Dead and Wounded in Recent
Great Battle Where Turks
Were Routed.

London.-Austria and Russia have
mobilized troops, and Germany is in
position to mobilize her army quickly.
Italy's political veterans are very
anxious. Diplomats say Germany may
strike Russia to aid Austria; that |
France may attempt to invade Ger
many, and that Italy would fight |
France. England would support Rus
STA in attempt to destroy the German
and Italian fleets, and will send troops
to fight a triple alliance Governments
are working secretly on an elaborate
naval plan.
River Damned With Dead.
The fighting on the Tchorlu river
was of an appalling character. The
river is damned in many places by
corpses and materials of war, while
the water runs red with the blood of
dead and wounded men.
In the forest to the north there was
bitter fighting at close quarters and
the luminosity on both sides was so
great that the men threw away
weapons and sprang at one another's
threats.
Turks Still on the Run.
Supported by the positions they
have already won the Bulgarians are
employing their whole strength in the
attack on the remaining lines of the
Turkish position at Tchatalja.
The third army has already pushed
forward in the forest land, south of
Lake Derkos, while the first army is
in action about the Turkish main posi-
ton, east of the town of Tchatalja.
Adrianope Holds Out.
The complicated plan of campaign
in Thrace is being carried out without
noteworthy reverses.
Adrianople holds out, but the i'm
portant work Bulgaria has in hand is
focing back the Turk to his capital and
this continues relentlessly.
Nazim Pasha's position appears
hopeless. The Bulgarians are reported
to be in the forests south of Lake Dur
kos, which brings that wing to the
rear of the Turkish army.
diplomacy DIT VlenHd.
Vienna remains the storm center OF
diplomacy and the question whether
Servia will gain the Adriatic port OF
Durazzo on which she is marching and
which is the goal of her ambitions, is
the rock on which the concert Of
Europe is most likely to be broken.
The warning of Kiamil Pasha, the
grand vizier, that the enrty of Kins
Ferdinand's army into the capita
would mean attack on foreigners IL
every part of the Turkish empire, Il
like to appeal to the United States
which has missionaries in many of thu
towns, as much as to the European
powers.
Sickness Takes Thousands.
A dread auxiliary of war in tn
form of typhoid fever is spreading
throughout the army and may cost tn
conquerors and conquered more live
than the bullets, since neither OF then
has medical forces to combat the dis
ease.
Greek Entry Into SaIiniki.
Another milestone in the victoriou
sweep of the Balkan allies was tn
entry of the Greek army into Salonlk
which means almost as much to tn
Greeks as the ancient capital, Uskul
to the Servians.
Grown Prince Constantine, after a
interview with the commandant an
the foreign consuls, received the su
render of the Turkish army unde
conditions imposed by him.
Twenty-Five thousand Turks gave u
their arms and were paroled until tn
end of the war. All foreigners appa
emily are safe.
Proclamation Issued BY Turks.
Constantinople.-The ministry of II
interior has issued long proclamauc
which in part follows
1.-THE war with the people of the Ba
kan states through divine decree hi
not had the satisfactory outcome d
sired. Thus the Turkish eastern arm
has been compelled to withdraw to Il
lines of Tchatalja, where complete co
centration is proceeding
1.-The presence of the enemy at u
gate of the capital affects greatly Il
security and tranquility of the capit'
While it is necessary to complete
fensive measures at Tchatalja 1t
equally important to contemplate {
possibility of failure there even II {
chance of failure is only 10 per cent.
The proclamation refers to the &c
ernment's measures to preserve ord
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