Imperial Valley press., 1912-10-30
TURKS APPARENTLY CHECK
BULGAR|ANS TEMPORARILY
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trial capital a well founded hope of an
tons. If this is so the dangers always
expected to arise in Europe from a
Balkan war may be avoided.
Turks Turn Next
LONDON, Oct. 30.-The Turkish army
is crouching for its great attack upon
the Bulgarians, military experts be-
lieve. To this end, it's far reaching {
lines have been drawn in, massing in
to mighty columns to be hurled against
the victorius Bulgarians about Adrian
ople. The supposed movement has been
executed with such stealth, that belief
in existence is founded only upon the
absence of Turkish lines at points to
which they were thought to have been
extended.
News that Eski-Baba has been taken
by the Bulgarian cavalry, apparently
without resistance, shows that Nazim
Pasha's army is not where it was sup
posed to have been-on the line be-
tween kuleli Burgas and Lule Burgas.
II may be further west, in the direc-
ton of Demotika, but it is generally
supposed it has retired from the line
of the railway and entrenched itself
Tchoriu.
Unless the Turks are able to take
the offensive vigorously, the present
indication is that they will be driven
out of Europe altogether, failing in
reference by the powers at the pres
ent stage to end the war, as happened
in the Russian campaigns against Tur-
key in 1928 and 1878, when Russia
had captured Adrianople and was at
the gates of Constantinople.
The Turco Bulgarian fighting line
extends from Adrianople nearly to TIL
Black sea, with fierce fighting reported
on both sides claiming the advantage.
The same general engagement has
been raging since last Wednesday
with fighting sometimes at one point
and at other times at another, but it
is really an engagement extending
along great front of more than 100
miles.
Adrianople, in desperate plight. 5
still holding out with operations
against II ndHpeTeQ DN nedNN rains.
The situation for the inhabitants of
the beleaguered city was rendered
m ore critical by the capture late today
in the vicinity of Eskibaba of mill
tary train carrying troops and sup
plies from Constantinople to Adrian
ople. This move gives the Balkan al
lies control of the Oriental railroa /
and effectually shuts off Adrianople
from any hope of relief unless the
Turks, by some master stroke, again
regain possession of the line. The
Turks, after the capture of the train,
retreated in the direction of Constan
tinople.
The Servians are now iii p0ss ession
of virtually the whole Of Old SerVia,
and in conjunction with the Montene-
grins hold the best part of the dis
trict of Novi Bazaar. The Servian col
umns are also in control of the Turkish
railroad from MitrovitZa, its northern
terminus, down to Uskub, and are clio 50
on the heels of the defeated Turkish
army, which is retreating in the III
rection of Veles.
Although no official list of the casu-
alties has been published by any of the
parties in the great conflict, advices
from various sources tend to place the
number of killed and wounded at more
than 25,OOO.
The Turks have, it is understood, or
dered that the commanders of the de
feated forces be courtmartialed.
Roumania, the only Balkan country
not yet involved in the war, is menace(
by the allies struggle to- crush Tur
key, and plans for a general mobiliza
tion of the Roumanian army are saic
to be under consideration. The Rou-
manian view, according to dispatche es
received here, is that between Bull
garia aud Russia. which hem thF
country in on two sides, the country
cannot avoid being swallowed up II
the Balkan imbrogliO. Much alarm i!
current at Bucharest over the report
that Russian cavalry is being concen-
trated on the northern frontier oi
Roumania.
Next to Bulgaria, Roumania is The
strongest of the Balkan nations.