The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-11-09
RESEMBLES NAPOLEON'S
RETREAT FROM MOSCOW
GREAT TURKISH ARMY OF 100000
SOLDIERS FLEEING BEFORE
ALLIED FORCES.
PORTE SEEKING AID OF POWERS
6uIgarians, However, Will Refuse to
Treat With Mediator Is Belief,
But Demand Direct Confer
ence With Allies.

Constantinople-T Turkish army
Il retreating to the last line of forti
|ficatiohS outside kae car ttaI This
wasaannounced In the first bulletin ad
mitting defeat in the great battle
which the government issued Sunday
night
The official bulletin follows:
1.-THE fortunes of war are variable
and it is not always possible to be
successful on all sides. A people
which accepts war must submit with
resignation to all it's consequences
To overlook this obligation Is to fail
In ones duty. Consequently, while il
would be unwise to be unnecessarily
proud ever victories. it likewise would
be incorrect to be alarmed at want OF
success.
For instance, in the present wal
with the four federated states, the
imperial troops are defending them
selves within the environs Of Scutari
and Janina, but the eastern army
around Luleburgas felt obliged to re
tire to the lines of defense.
"In order to facilitate a successful
defense it has naturally been decided
to exert all efforts to safeguard the
interests Of the fatherland."
London.-The Turkish army is in
full retreat ON Constantinople and the
Turkish government has asked the
powers to intervene.
An official bulletin was issued by
the government at Constantinople
Sunday night admitting defeat at the
hands of the Bulgarians in the great
battle on the Tracian plains.
Application was made to the EN-.
bassies in Constantinople for media.
ton by the powers to end the hostili-
ties and arrange peace agreement.
The ambassadors, prior to this, had
asked the porte to grant permission
to each of the great powers to send
one warship through the Dardanelles
and this request had been complied
with. The only guarantee of safety
for the native Christians and perhaps
foreigners in Constantinople is to be
found in the presence Of the warshire
Of the great powers in the harbors o.
the Turkish capital.
Bulgaria Wants Direct Dealings.
It is the general belief that Bulgaria
will refuse to listen to anything in
the way of Intervention until the Bull
garian army is at the gates of Con-
stantinople and will insist that Tur-
key make an appeal direct to the al
lies.
The powers have not been able to
agree upon the French premier's
formula of territorial disinterested-
ness" which is not acceptable to
either Austria or Germany. They are
taking steps, however, for the pro-
lection of Christians and their own
political interests in Turkey. One
warship, in addition to the vessels al
ready dispatched to the Turkish ports,
also will be sent through the Darda-
nslles by each of the powers.
Fighting Is Reported.
The besieging forces are tightening
their grip around Adrianople and the
bombardment is becoming more Wig
orous.
In other directions the allies are
consolidating their occupation of Turk
ish territory. The Greeks have taken
Metropolis and Prevesa and have land
ed a division Of men at Stavros, which
Is marching to attack Saloniki. An
uncensored dispatch from the latter
town intimates the likelihood Of its
surrender without resistance.
Warning From Austria.
In connection" with the Servian oc-
cupation of Prishrend, warning from
Austria appears in the official Vienna
Fremdenblatt, which, in the supposi-
ton that the Servians have now at
tained the object Of their operations
toward the west, says:
There are neither military nor ma
tional motives for the Seryian army
to penetrate. the districts beyond
Prishrend, which are exclusively In
habited by Albanians, that is there
fore in the undeniable territory OF
another Balkan people"