Evening star., 1912-11-03
Successful
Operations.

Successful ment the main Bull
garian forces are at
VPeiatloAS. tacking the main Turk
ish army before Demotika, where they
propose to cut or have cut. the Orient
railway, which would destroy Turkish
communications with Constantinople. The
Bulgarians are reported as moving south
of Kirk k-Killiseh. assumed to have been
abandoned by the Turks, to attack be-
tween Eski-Baba and Lule- Rurgas. where.
according to Constantinople dispatch.
crucial battle is being fought by Maxim
Pasha. the commander-in-chief OF the
Turkish army.
In the west the Servians are attacking
at Uskub, Velco or Koprulu, with Monas-
tir as the objective. The Montenegrins,
reinforced by Servians are shelling Sou
tari to compel quick surrender of that
place that they may cooperate with the
Greek army against Monastir and finally
Saoniki
The military situation is somewhat OBJ
scure because of the strict censorship of
dispatches by both the armies. but 1t ap-
pears almost certain at the moment that
the Turkish army is menaced by a great
disaster.
Has the signature OF the Italo-Turkish
Turks to bring into action their reserves
from Asia Minor? Who knows?
These troops. it may be interesting to
state, are composed of two groups:
The first, the divisions at Eregl. Ismit,
Afioun-K -Karahissar. Ouchak. Brousse,
Smyrna; the second, the troops at Aidin,
Denizl. Anatolia. Aleppo. Adana. AIntab.
Hama, Tripoli. Damas. Diraa, Jerusalem
and Aka.
The first group nearby may be brought
into line by the Kara hfSSa ri ISiDff Sc a ri
railway, or by the ports of the Black
sea. The second group cannot SO easily
be transported. The only route open is
the sea from Smyrna and other Mediter-
ranean ports. Had the Italo-Turkish
war continued ii would have prevented
the transportation of these troops. but
the Greek navy has. perhaps, already
placed itself in position seriously to
menace the Turkish transports.
X
The Turks are great in an emergency
and If things are looking dark for them
they have not lost all hope.
turkish why should we lose conf
u. dence?" said a distinguished
0PS0' Ottoman diplomat, when
informed Of the desperate situation Of the
Turkish army. Turks at Varna held the
Russians in check during six months. they
are certainly capable of resisting Bulgar-
ians at Adrianople during thirty days.
Then with all our forces united We will
easily conquer"
No one doubts the valor. endurance and
fanaticiSm which distinguished in war
the Turkish soldier. But since Plevna
many things have happened to the Turk.
Many of his ideals have been crushed.
He has passed through bloody revolu-
tions, and having been given consttu-
ion, hos hod hn NJ de-
veloping his understanding and imparting
some ideas of the rights of men-the
rights of others. of the rights of those
he was formerly taught he might kill
ion and progress taught him that 1t was
right to fraternize with his Christian
brother. The party of union and progress
abandoned-denied these principles in it's
thirst for power and authority. The
Turkish soldier, it may be. Is weary OF
this strife and it is because he no longer
cares to fight against his oppressed Chris
dan brothers In the Balkans he is no
longer the soldier he was at Plevna
From information from Sofia we learn
something of the composition of the first
Bulgarian army. which is divided into
three distinct masses. the first. second
and third armies of the first line. King
Ferdinand. aided by Gen. Savof, former
command. Gems. Ivanof. Kutinchef.
Dimitrief command. respectively, the first,
second and third armies. This army is
acting in the strategical plans of opera
of the Bulgarian army Of operation: nine
divisions 216 battalions, 153 batteries.
2J0.OOO men.
The second Bulgarian army of the Sec
valley of the Struma in the region of
Kustendil. The total number is $4,000.
armed with Berdan rifles and cannon Of
old model This army, while lending aid
to the Servians, may serve to reinforce
the main army.
Carlsbad, has been interviewed. Reply
ing to questions. he
Clemenceau said that the powers
. are unanimous in limit
ing the war in the Bal
kans. He did not believe the mainte-
nance Of the ante-bellum statu quo was
possible. He did believe that Austria
Hungary and Russia were completely in
accord not to augment their territories.
He concluded that the Balkan coalition
would profit by the success OF their
arms If there should be reunion of
European conference 1t would be only
to fix the limits of the new territories
land, NJ. Clemenceau believed that she
would accept the opening of the Dar-
danelles. He did not think the peace of
Europe was menaced. And he added:
This success of the allied army is the
bankruptcy of the Won der Goltz STRAIT
egy
This last observation referred. without
doubt. to dispatch from London cor
respondent who had announced that the
Turkish army had been trained by Gen.
Won der Goltz and his aids. and that it
was armed and equipped with German
armament The Bulgarian. Servian. Mon
tenegrin and Greek armies had been
trained and armed by the French. 1t
was Creusot against krupp-
1t is reassuring to learn from such
excellent authority as M. Clemenceau
that England has not returned to her ira
ditional love of the Turk and is not play
ing for her own interests at the expense
of that of Bulgaria, which was once the
victim of such atrocities as to provoke
from the Grand Old Man of Britain the
stinging epthet of the "unutterable
Turk"
But LIE Matin, just before the war.
charged, in referring to an apparent lack
of entente between Russia and England
on the question of the Turk, IF war
breaks out the fault will be that of
Europe, and England must bear the
greater part of the responsibility.
Sir Edward Grey. speaking in the
house of commons, said:
1.-The government of his majesty has
constantly encouraged the government
Turk in its intentions to introduce re-
forms in the administration of Turkey in
Europe" Intentions? Well, let US ac-
cept the word. But there is familiar
axiom which may be applied. namely:
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