Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-20
Turkish and Bulgarian Com
manders Negotiating Terms
of Armistioe Which May
End War in Balkans.
OTTOMAN GOVERNMENT
HOPES TO SAVE CAPITAL
ConstNntinOple and Small Strip
Along Sea of Marmora All
Allies Are Disposed to Leave
Sultan in Europe.
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Iundun. Nov. 20. - Fighting hns
ceased for the moment between the
Turkish ana bulgarian armies Arug-
CLING for possession or the key to the
gates ul Coustuntinuplc, and the op-
posing commanders -Chicf are en-
gagged In negotiating the terms ut an
Hrmisticc. II thcsc negotiations
prove successful they viii he prcpar-
utOry to u meeting d plrnlpotcn-
tinrios, who VIII discuss conditions of
peace.
In accordance with the suggestion
contained In the bulgarian note that
the allied balkan nations are pre-
pared to meet thc Turkish com
Inandcr- in-Chicf with IA view 10 arr
ranging an armistlcc, the ottoman
government has appointed Nazim
pasha 10 confer with Genera Savoff,
the bulgarian leader The Turkish
general. who has hrcn putting up
such an excellent defense Ot the ram
parts al the capital. now has thrown
an him N" additional bnrden. az de-
Gliding whether or nor n further dis
play ur tcnacity behind the fortiflcn-
tuus uf Tchatullu may bring easier
terms and save the ottoman empire
more than Constnntinoplc and strip
rf territory along the shores uf the
Sea uf Marmnrn, which, seemingly, is
uIl IL" cuuqurrurs arc AZ present dis
pn.cd to lore To- the vanQuiShcd,
Meanwhile the two armies hold
their respective positions. How long
this armed truce viii be maintained,
however vii, depend un the terms nr
peace offered by the league Of Bal
Kan nations and un whether the hith-
rrio futile attacks by the BulRarians
on the TchHtnlia lines hnv" inspired
the Turks with hnpcs that the foy-
tunrs uf war may yet turn In their
favor
Reports regarding the conditions
proposed by the allies are conflicting.
II * officially stated In CONSTANT
nnplc that the agreement OF the aI-
Ilcs 10 discuss the terms Of an ar
maic" and the preliminaries of
ucncc does not Htlpulatr any condi-
tlOns.
simultaneously with the luli on tho
battlefield cumes news OF dimlnui-
tinn Of tension In tho Austro- Servian
dispute by the compliance of Scrvin
with the demand OF the Austrian
government for an investigation oU
the spot.
ON the other hand, there Is moth
ing yet to indicate n solution Of the
question of SorviaE demand for ports
on the AdrHlic Sea.
Cuur,s martial at Cnnstontln"plr
are bumly engaged IN sentencing
members uf the Young Turk party q
. terms of imprisonment Nineteen oi
them were sentenced yesterday
Drputy Curnsso Of Salonika has beer
arrested,
private letter received by husl
ness firm from ConstnntinOple and
dated Nov. Is says that under mar
tial law order IL being better KEEP
than ever before In that city. /
concludes.
You can take this from an old
business nrm--that COnStantinopl'
will alwhya bc left Ia Turkey ant
that trouble VIII never occur In IN,
way people abroad imagine
During the attack On the Tchatalj'
lines by the Bulgarians yesterday on
bulgarian brigade was cut off from
the main body Mt Byuk Chckmcdy
ana suffered terribly In an unsucccss
nul attempt tu retreat TO Kalikratla
according To- u special dispatch iror
COnatantlnOplc.
After "a heavy artillery duel IN IN
morning AT Derkos the Turks assume
the offensive. They carried many "
the Bulgarian rifle pits and threw IN
entire bulgarian left nank into con
fusion. when darkness set IN IN
Turkish troops returned To their ch
trenchments.