The chronicle=news., 1912-11-04
TURK PLEADS FOR
PEACE; ALLIES IN
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asmuch as the details Of the cam
paisn wcr arranged with the greatest
care the same procedure will be fol-
lowed, both at the conclusion OF hos.
tilit!cs and subsequent political con-
siderations.
have responded TO Turkeys appeal
for mediation by declaring they could
make only proposals for peace and
could not approach the Balkan ma
tionx with request for an armisticc.
Some OF the governments hav"
pointed out that Turkeys proposal
for Il cessation of hostilities-in
other words an armistice-would Of
fend the Balkan victors. Other gov
crnmcn's take the position that 1t
would be an infringement Of inter
national law for the moment.
The war. must. therefore. continue
and the Turkish armies. which the
Porte has at last admitted have beer
beaten. must keep on with their un.
equal struggle against the victorious
Int r,idcrs.
~ IN hhu DVIs'Ntu 'uuN wv
powers Will soon find a formula un-
der which they can offer their good
lOfficcs.
The terms OF peace themselves are
"a matter entirely for the bclliger-
ents to settle. bulgaria again affirm
ed that no interference from the out
side would be tolerated. In this she
hnS Nh.. S,st ~ har nI1tnS vha
settled the political as well us the
military aspect OF the campaign be-
fore the war was undertaken.
In the meantime the war In going
on and what is left OF the Turkish
army after the defeat at Lucl BurHas
is rushing for supposed safety be-
hind the line of forts at Tchalalja
with the bulgarian left trying to
cut 1t off. II is suggested In some
quarters that Nazim Pasha. the
Turkish commander In chief has re-
lcctvcd rcinforccmcnts and is max
ing last desperate stand to cover
the retreat OF his shattered forces.
There is nothing. however. to con-
firm this belief and that the best
iniormer correspondents agree that
only scattered remnants OF the Otto
man army will be able 10 reach the
lines OF Tchalalja.
While the number OF troops en-
gagged In the series OF battle fought
between the Turkish and Bulgarian
armies In Thracc during the last
fortnight was not SO large as that OF
the armies that fought In the Russo
japanese war. yet this probably Will
6c the most savage and bloody war
ever fought in Europe.
The fighting Is followed by many
massacrcs BY the Turkish soldiers,
the brutality OF which is hardly be-
licvable. The reports issued by the
lsulgarians are probably exaggerated
but the accounts OF Independent wit
ncsscs show the situation In this re-
spect is very bad.
One OF the railway officials who
escaped from Lulc Rurgas told that
he saw the bodies OF two men OF
Turkish citizenship who had been
run to death with bnyoncts. He said:
Not an inch OF white skin was
visible on the whole surface OF their
bodies. which were covered with a
crust of blood. could not look at
food for days after l had seen them
and this is only one incident OF the
atrocities committed
Asked as to the position OF war
correspondents with the Turkish
army. he said:
Il should not give much for their
chance: as II will go hard with any
Christians who fall into the hands
OF the Turkish iregulars. These are
entirely beyond the control Of their
officers and they have been pcrpet-
uating wanton acts Of cruelty all
along the line OF retreat
The Turkish army occupying the
line from Tchorlu to Istrandia was
rcpulsed today by the Bulgarians on
the eastern flank. according to n
news agency distpach from Sofia.
Berlin. Nov. 4.-Germany and
Austria will not join In intervcn-
tion in the Balkan war without a
request to take such n step coming
directly from one of the belligerents,
The German foreign office has not
received any confirmation of the
report telegraphed from Constantine
ople by several newspaper corre-
spondents that Turkey has asked the
powers to mediate.