The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-10
TURKS ARE WAITING
AT THE CHURCH
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that, il anything OF the kind had hap
pened, 1t would have been reported By
the foreign guard ships in the Bos-
phorus.
At any rate. there was no question
that the Constantinople situation has
been precarious The sultan has been
threatened with death ii he failed to
fight to the bitter end. or even at
tempted to retreat to the Asiatic side
of the Bosphorus and continue the
campaign from there Now that II Is
well established that he has sued for
peace, news of his murder was look
ed for at any time.
1t was said that half of the popu-
lation of the capital is starving and
ripe for the most desperate outbreaks.
The Sheik- UlIslam's proclamation
of a holy war against the Balkan al
lies has farther infiameed the people.
The sheik's action in response to the
sultan's admission OF defeat was anx-
iously awaited. 1t is within the form
er's power TO declare the throne
vacant and 1t was thought likely he
would do So
A battle Is said to have ragged all
day between Bulgarians and Turks
along the Chatalia lines and the
losses on both sides we're reported
as having been enormous.
Massacres were declared to have
occurred of the christians in several
towns in the Sea OF Marmora- These
were better authenticated than the
stories OF the slaughter in Constan-
tinople, and there seemed no doubt
that hundreds lost their lives Ia them
Americans here expressed much
concern lest there was a massacre
preceding the Greek capture, report
ed today, of the town OF Kavala. near
Salonika. The place is the center Of
the tobacco shipping industry and the
American Tobacco company has a
warehouse and factory there. in which
number Of Americans are employ
ed
An Appeal for Peace.
LONDON. Nov. e.-His throne tot
tsring. the sultan tonight abandoned
all hope OF Intervention by the pow
ers TO save Turkey from the Balkan
allies wrath, and appealed directly
/ 10 The allies themselves for terms ol
peace.
TURKEYS admission OF defeat wal
regarded here as only rendering more
imminent the danger of general Eu
ropean war which. If It were to come
might alter practically every maj
throughout the entire world The sui
tan's surrender, it was pointed out
promises a scramble for his European
territories. which threatens strug
gle involving six of the mightiest ma
tons on earth.
News that the Ottoman ruler hae
sued for peace came from several in
dependent sources, all reliable, ant
was accepted unquestionably here Al
absolutely authentic. A desperate
battle had been in progress for man.
hours along the last line of Constan
tinopIe's defenses. It was persistent
Ily rumored that the Bulgarian attack
| ing force was capturing fort aftel
! fort. and these rumors seemed fully
borne out by final announcement thai
/ the sultan had begged for terms
Defiant dispatches came out o.
Constantinople earlier in the day. Ma
zim Pasha. the Turkish minister OF
war, and field commander, had an
/ nounced that he would fight unit
the last Turk was dead before he
would surrender 1T was said, Kami
Pasha, the aged grand vi1er, was
quoted as declaring that the sultan
would await death In his palace, and
he, Kiamll. in his Office, If necessary
but that Constantinople would never
abandon nor would they ever admi
| defeat. A fresh army was beins
! concentrated between the Chataljs
| forts and Constantinople, it was as
serted. An official bulletin was post
ed claiming an overwhelming Turkish
defeat of the Bulgarians at Marash
near Adrianople.
Then came the news that the Otto
man monarch had sued for peace.
Reports were in circulation al
day that a massacre was In progress.
4 in Constantinople. A mob Of Moham
medan soldiers, driven back by thu
Bulgarians from the Chatalja line, |
was declared, was looting and muir
dering all christians In the Galats
quarter OF the city. Pera, the foreign
residence section, was said to b.
threatened. 1t was rumored that thu
sultan had been warned he would b'
slain II he surrendered, or attempted
flight to Asia, as it was understoo'
he planned.
1 Whether the Ottoman ruler wal
frightened by the many dangers whicl
surrounded him into an attempt t
escape them by throwing himself int
the Balkan allies hands was no
known.
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