New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-01

far from thinking OF forcible inter-
ference with the Servians, whose swift
and terrible onslaughts against the
Turks have astonished Europe and
bred respect for the fighting qualities
of men previously despised.
"Austrians are said TO be thoroughly
alarmed. The military developments
have been so rapid that the authorities
in Vienna are bewildered. Count Leo
pold Berchtold, Austrian Minister Of
Foreign Affairs, is represented as
counting for little in the Austrian
councils. Even his office boy, my in
formant said, walks on him. He Is ac-
Cused of letting Austrias great oppor-
tunity slip while accomplished facts
pile up to such an extent that all the
Dual Monarchy can do is 10 accept
such advantages as its diplomacy may
be able to obtain. All thought Of
grab has been abandoned.
THE allies. in accordance with an
ante bellum understanding, are forth
flying every captured town as quickly
and strongly as possible, the cannon
taken from the Turks being mounted
| and made ready for use. Not only
Servian soldiers but Servlan engineers
are working day and night, and the
passage Of every twenty-four hours
makes remoter the possibility Of the al
| lies being molested by a European
army. 1t is easy 10 take a province
when nobody is looking, but it Is diff
cult when a disciplined multitude OF
armed men, smarting under a sense Of
outrage, stands on guard"
The Sofia correspondent Of The
| Times" says it may be concluded that
very severe lighting has occurred
around Adrianople. The besieging
forces have been reinforced by two
regiments numbering 5000 men. More
than 1000 wounded have already ar
rived there, including 200 Turks with
| several Turkish officers.
! The investment is evidently becom-
! ing increasingly stringent. There are
| 100000 Mussulman refugees in the city,
whose presence is a severe tax on its
resources. The superiority Of the Bull
gar artillery prevents any effective
| Turkish fire. The garrison has repeat
eddy attempted sorties, which have been
Invariably repulsed.
The Bulgarian cavalry advancing on
| Kirk Kilisseh and Bahia Eski reached
Lule Burgas on Tuesday morning. The
cavalry was followed by the bulk Of
the combined armies of Generals Di-
mitrief and Kovatcheff later in the
day, Here they encountered the main
Turkish army under Nazim Pacha.
The total TurkiSh force numbered
| 10000, the Bulgarians being about
equal. A great series of battles then
began, extending over an area Of about
fifteen miles. The fighting continued
for more than forty-eight hours with
out cessation. The Bulgarians, made
confident by recent victories. attacked
with great impetuosity the Turkish po-
stions, which extended from Lule Bur
gas on the south to Bunarhissar on the
north.
The Turks appear to have resisted
with great obstinacy. but eventually
gave way all along the line and re-
| treated in disorder
| Rumors Of the imminence of Aus
TRAN and Rumanian mobilization gain
! ground, and no great confidence is felt
| that the powers of the Triple entente
will secure fair play for those who
have risked everything In the cause of
| freedom.
Whether the European concert holds
, together or breaks up. there is reason
| to believe that the allied states will
hold firmly to their programme. They
already have undergone enormous sac
rifices and are prepared to face every
! eventuality.
! Only those who have been brought
| into close contact with the terrible re-
alities Of this war can estimate the eX-
/ tent of those sacrifices. In Sofia the
| WOuHOeU are li''Io'iS ~ N'''H
sands All the larger public and many
| private buildings have been trans
! formed into hospitals. Even at that,
some have TO be laid on the bare floors.
The wounded from the last great battle
have yet to arrive. How arrangements
can be made to accommodate them II
is hard TO say.
General Savoff, the commander of
the victorious Bulgarian forces, re-
ceived his military training in Russia.
He is the organizer of the modern Bull
garian army and played a brilliant part
in the war Of 1885. He served as Min
lister of War in the Cabinets of 1906 and
1907. King Ferdinand selected him
just prior to the outbreak OF hostilitics
to take command of the army.