The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-16
CHOLERA Is GRE0TER
SUCCESS THIN WAR

tContiaued from First rage.)
and yesterdays mortality reached
5000.
The Turkish commanders are in de-
SPAR as 1t is Impossible 10 stay the
increase in the terrible visitation. The
disease has appeared IN it. most viru-
lent form, and the deaths already run
well into ave figures Those att5HCk ed
are simply left to die without the
slightest attention.
constantinopIe Calm.
Constantinople largely ignorant NJ
The awful conditions at the front. re-
mains extraordinarily calm Business
continues as usual and the music
halls ana other places uf amusement
are stan filled nightly with gay crowds
as though there was nothing SO re-
mote as war Nothing more unlike
a city with an enemy hammering at
its gates can be imagined.
! have been Informed ON the most
reliable authority that the command
ers Of the foreign battleships are
thoroughly prepared for every event
uallty. A scheme drawn up 10 he
put In action If landing troops be-
comes necessary. allocates machine
guns to all the commanding positions
in the European quarter. Every sailor
will know what his position win be
ashore. Maps have been made for the
Instruction of the officers, and the
great feature of the scheme liz that
1t can be pat into execution well with
in an hours time.
Europeans Safe.
Europeans regard their position here
as perfectly safe. practically the only
danger now Is retreat Of tho disor-
ganized rabble Of Turkish troops into
the city The first part they would
reach would be STEAMBOAT, where even
. slight disorder would quickly swell
into serious rioting and possibly result
In a hig fire. In. the hazaar~ ball II
the Balgarians prevent such a rush
of beaten soldiers into STEAMBOAT. II
Is believed the entry of the victorious
army would he quickly effected
Small bands of armed tiremcn are
patroiiing the city ana the authori-
+ Ties say their arrangements are ade@
uuate but in the confusion before the
fall of the city the inclination Of the
authorities might be TO let matters
take their own course and leave
everything without directing hand
To Blow Up Mosque,
MANY reports are current that
rather thar allow the Bulgarians to
sing a te dunn in st. Sophia Mosque,
or replace the crescent on tho dome
by a cross the Turks will blow up the
sacred edifice. | believe, however
that this In extremely improbable II
peace iS not Immediately concluded
AMI If the Bulgarians act swiftly and
handle tho position firmly everything
points To peaceful entry into the
oft-threatened center Of the ottoman
empire
Refugees who for days have been
EsDrg IL. 1T
yards and on the floors OF mosques
are being removed in shipioads 10 the
Asiatic side of the Bosphorus- II is
estimated that 500, goo have passed
through the city The overcrowjing
On the ships is terrible. The sanitary
arrangements are hopelessly made
quate and a serious outbreak Of
disease Is inevitable. The plight OF
the fugitives left TO shift for them (
selves as regar. clothing and food is
ttepiora BILE Packed like cattle on
board ship. they present most pitt
FIJI spectacle. especially the very
young and the very old.
Weather In Warm.
The weather here Ii very warm !
and the atmospheric conditions are
favorable to an outbreak and spread /
Of disease.
/ visited several mosques today !
including st. sophia. There, save the +
corners reserved for religious cere- !
monies the whole building Is still
taken up by soldiers and refugees. /
sleeping. eating. cooking and doing
all sorts Of work.
For the first time the Constant /
nopie newspapers. which have
hitherto been publishing but official /
statements today give the public an /
intimatinn Of their serious position by
eating thar Turkey LIS about to open
negotiations with the Balkan allies,
was At tt1r war uffirr to-day and
found complete chaos reignlng there
Squads If raw recruits and rcSer%ist-
were being drilled outside the build
ing in elementary military exercises.
Their awkward movements were
watched by an idle chatting crowd
<u Arms For Soldiers
These ard hundreds of other sol
dlers cannot he sent TO the front be-
cause there are no weapons avail
able. ! saw several hundred troops
who were sent to Tchatalja without
rifles return TO the city today because
there were no arms for them AT the
front
] onieavored to md the press bu-
reeu At che war Office. but failed i
mas evidently been abolished for lack
of work All the eensors. no longer
having anything 10 censor, have doffed
their uniforms and are now seen in
civilian elat hing.
an Informed tnat II an arfnist3ce
IS signed the peace negotiations are
most likely 10 take place at Sofia