The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-01
BALKAN WAR
CLOSE At HAND.
Half a Dozen Little Countries are
Growing at Each Other Like
Pack Of
Dogs.
ALL GETTING READY
Foreign Stock Markets Are Excit
and Show That Critical =
Conditions Are
Are Present.
ALL GETTING READY

l.
LONDON, Oct. 1.--Only the know
ledge that the powers are straining
every resource to prevent war in the
Balkans prevented panicky conditions
when the stock market opened to-
day. As it was, most stocks were be-
low yesterdays level, and realizations
were general.
Hostilities between the little Balkan
nations would not be so serious a
matter. The danger is that the great
Ter powers would become embroiled in
attempting to protect their interests
/ in the event Of breakup Of the Tur-
kish empire, involving a general Eu-
ropean conflict.
| Foreign Minister Sazanoff Of Rus
sia, who was still here today, held
conferences in rapid succession with
! the Turkish, Greek, Bulgarian and
! Servian representatives, promising,
threatening and cajoling in an effort
! to prevent an outbreak. One impor-
tant consideration makes for peace
warfare in the Balkans Is almost i'm
possible in winter.
All Are Preparing.
VIENNA, Oct 1-That the Con
siantinople government has ordered
all Greek merchant ships homeward
) from Turkish waters was confirmed
today.
Thh Bulgarian. Seryian and Greel
war ministers are also rapidly carry
J ing out their governments army mo
bilization orders, according to dis
patches from Sofia, Belgrade anc
J Athens. Montenegro already is prac
tically on war footing. Turkey, too
is mobilizing, ostensibly for maneu
vers.
It is reported that Italy is prepar
/, ing to land troops on the Aegear
coast Of Turkey. Turko-Italian peace
. negotiations seem to have been brok
: en- off definitely.
Peace Is Hopeless.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 1.-Th'
Turkish government considers thu
9 powers efforts to prevent Balkan
= war hopeless, it was stated here OF
high authority today. The city i
quiet and the Turks grimly determin
ed to make last stand against wha
). they believe Is an attempt to driv
= them from Europe. The Vail of Us
! kub. in Albania, reported today tha
I Montenegrins have massacred thirt
Turks near the frontier, cutting tn
noses from their corpses.
Stocks Slump.
VIENNA, Oct. IA nearpanic prt
y vailed on the Bourse today, followin
q reports from Constantinople that tn
"a Bulgarian minister had been recalled
's and that hostilities were hourly e.
u pected. Railroad, mining, steamshi
y and industrial stocks slumped hea-
lily.
King George of Greece arrived her
today on his way from Copenhage
y to Athens, held conference wit
" Foreign Minister Count Berechtol
a and left for the south on speci,
,a ,e train.
70 TWO Days of Grace.
a PARIS, Oct. Minister Nenad
vitsch, Servia's representative /
Consfantinople, has given the Turkis
or government forty-eight hours to r
lease trainload of war munitions {
~ its way through Turkey to SerVia, a
cording to messages received here
day. Unless the porte complied, Il
minister said Servia would decla
, war.
- Pancky Bourse.
xt BERLIN, Oct. 1.-The Bourse ope
10. ed panicky today on the strength
ds the Balkan war threat. Shippil
er company stock dropped ten poin
and bank stock four. Banks refus
,el all loans and declined to buy al
III paper.
IN King Nicholas.
re. CETTINJE, Montenegro, Oct. l.
King Nicholas and his advisors held
"a, war council today. A mobilization {
ev der is momentarily expected.
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