Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-11-14
ALLEURO PEFORWAR.
THE BALkAN+TURkEY WAR SEEMS
TO HAVE STARTED AN
AWFUL MESS.
LEADING COUN TRIES PREPARE FOR IT
Tchorlu River Runs Red With Blood
of Dead and Wounded in Recent
Great Battle Where Turks
Were Routed.

troops, and Germany is in
position to mobilize her army quickly
Italy's political veterans are very
anxious. Diplomats say Germany may
strike Russia to aid Austria; that
France may attempt to invade Ger
many, and that Italy would fight
France. England would support Rus
STA in attempt to destroy the German
and Italian fleets, and will send troops
to fight triple alliance Governments
are working secretly on an elaborate
naval plan.
River Damned With Dead.
The fighting on the Tchorlu river
was of an appalling character. The
river is damned in many places by
corpses and materials of war, while
the water runs red with the blood of
dead and wounded men.
In the forest to the north there was
bitter fighting at close quarters and
the animosity on both sides was so
great that the men threw away
weapons and sprang at one another's
threats.
Turks Still on the Run.
Supported by the positions they
have already won the Bulgarians are
employing their whole strength in the
attack on the remaining lines of the
Turkish position at Tchatalja-
The third army has already pushed
forward in the forest land, south of
Lake Derkos, while the first army is
in action about the Turkish main posi-
ton, east of the town Of Tchatalja.
Adrianople Holds Out.
The complicated plan Of campaign
in Thrace is being carried out without
noteworthy reYerses.
Adrianople holds out, but the i'm
portant work Bulgaria has in hand is
focing back the Turk to his capital and
this continues relentlessly.
Maxim Pasha's position appears
hopeless. The Bulgarians are reported
to be in the forests south of Lake Dur
kos, which brings that wing to the
rear of the Turkish army.
Diplomacy at Vienna.
Vienna remains the storm center of
diplomacy and the question whether
Servia will gain the Adriatic port of
Durazzo on which she is marching and
which is the goal of her ambitions, is
the rock on which the concert of
Europe is most likely to be broken
The warnin of Kiamil Pasha, the
grand vizier, that the enrty of King
Ferdinand's army into the capital
would mean attack on foreigners in
every part of the Turkish empire, is
like to appeal to the United States,
which has missionaries in many of the
towns, as much as to the European
powers.
Sickness Takes Thousands.
form Of typhoid fever is spreading
throughout the army and may cost the
conquerors and conquered more lives
than the bullets, since neither of them
has medical forces to combat the dis
ease.
Greek e ntry Into saliniki.
Another milestone in the victorious
sweep of the Balkan allies was the
entry of the Greek army into Saloniki,
which means almost as much to the
Greeks as the ancient capital, Uskup,
to the Servians.
Crown Prince Constantine, after an
interview with the commandant and
the foreign consuls, received the sur
render of the Turkish army under
conditions imposed by him.
Twenty-Five thousand Turks gave up
their arms and were paroled until the
end Of the war. All foreigners appar-
emily are safe
Proclamation Issued BY Turks.
Constantinople.-The ministry of the
interior has. issued long proclamation
which in part follows:
"The war with the people of the Bal
kan states through divine decree has
not had the satisfactory outcome de-
sired. Thus the Turkish eastern army
has been compelled to withdraw to the
lines Of Tchatalja, where complete con-
centration is proceeding.
'The presence of the enemy at the
gate of the capital affects greatly the
security and tranquility Of the capital
While 1t Is necessary to complete de-
fensive measures at Tchatalja it is
equally important to contemplate the
possibility of failure there even if the
chance of failure is only 10 per cent"
The proclamation refers to the gov
ernment's measures to preserve order
in Constantinople, and says:
The government will not tolerate
the dissemination of unfounded reports
such as caused the powers to ask per-
mission to send warships through the
Dardanelles. The circulation of occa-
sional rumors either intentional or
through errors will be regarded as an
act OF treason and punished in the
most severe manner. The government
Is determined to act vigorously should
any attempts be made to disturb or
der"
Servians Want Seaport.
Until Servians gain a seaport on the
no negotiations are possible.
the protests of Austria