The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01
ON TO STAMBOUL
Apparently Nothing Can Stop
the Victorious Bulgarians
From Marching Into the Capt.
tai of Turkey.
REALIZE CITY is DOOMED
Turks Already Are Preparing to
Meet the Inevitable.
Communication With Adrian
OpIe Has Been Cut OFF.

wireless from Constantinople-Oct. 81.
III p. m.)
The defeat of the Turkish army
under Nazim Pasha opens the way to
Constantinople for the Bulgarian troops.
This will, in the opinion of DIPLOMATIC
circles, lead to situation which al
most inevitably will bring about
European complications.
The most immediate danger. however
concerns the position of this city tself
Most authorities agree that no real de-
Tense can be made along the TchatalJd
line. supposed to protect the capital
In the event of hordes o1 beaten and
demoraIized soldiers falling back on
the capital, it is difficult to foresee what
could save the city from sack and pill
1age. This fear is present with most
of tbe inhabitants who realize that the
fate of the Turkish empire hangs in the
balance.
II is reported that secret meeting
was held recently in the Mosque OF
Fatieh. the most fanaticai quarter OF
Stamboul where inffammatory speeches
were delivered by Mussutman priests
who advised a rising against the Chris-
When the news of further Turkish de-
feats were received the authorities
ordered The state of siege to be made
more strict. The bridges between
Galata and Stamboul are now not
opened until some hours after dawn
Talking Over the Price.
Vienna. Nov. Negotiations are in
nrogress between representatives OF
Bulgaria, Servia, Montenegro and
Greece with view to reaching an
agreement in regard to tAeir demands
ON Turke.- at the conclusion of host1l-
IN fh6 NaIIn ET6lG
Presse.
AS it is the intention Of the four Eal-
kan states to take joint action in this
respect the allies would prefer to enter
40 direct and immediate negotiations
with Turkey but it IS understood the
f)ttt,I-an government refuses to acHept !,
this proposition and in all probability |
win appeal to the Europ aan powers for
mediation. 1t is uaeertflin. h'1WeNer.
NvI.ether the Balkan states would toler-
arc any Intervention.
Communication Is Cut.
Sofia. Nov. 1.-The Bulgarian troops |
today occupied the Turkish tnwn of |
I)ernotica, thus completely cutting off
the possibility of communication be- !
tween Adrianople and Constantinople.
ROut of the Turks.
Sofia, Nov. "Details thus far of the |
rout of the immense Turkish army by /
the Bulgarians show that the Bulgar-
ian forces were numerically far infer
ior The Turkish army Is reported to |
have aggregated 100000 men. 1t in
cluded the garrison which had retreat
ed from the captured fortress of Kirk
Kilisseh, as we'll as the main body OF
Turkish troops which had advanced
from Constantinople. 1t comprised
pra actically the whole of the Turkish
troops remaining III Europe apart from
the garrisons of Adrianople, SaIoniki,
Monastir. Janina, Scutari and a few
other towns.
This great army was under the per-
sonaI command of NaZim Pasha, min
lister of war and comlnander-in-ch chief
who was assisted by some of the ablest
Turkish generals.
The fight opened with the discovery
by the Turks of a number of Bull
garian cavalry scouts. The Turks drew
in their outpcsts, and these We're close
Iy followed by lines of Bulgarian skir-
mishers who were succeeded by the
main Bulgarian army in fighting for
nation.
The battle which was destined 70
last several days and resulted in de-
feat. was soon in progress all along
the line.
The Bulgarian troops repeat tedly de-
1ivered fierce attacks, sometimes at
one point, sometimes at another, along
the Turkish line extending from Lule
Burgas to Serai.
The Turkish troops offered desperate
stand the onslaught of the impetuoUs
Bulgarians and finally they turned and
fled in great disorder toward TchorIu
in the south
The losses of the Ottoman army are
reported to have been enormous in
dead. wounded and prisoners as Well as
ammunition and other supplies
The capture of third Turkish mill
tary train near Lule Burgas before the
battle was an immense advantage 10
the BurgarianS as it furnished them
with more facilities for the transport
of their troops and supplies to the dis
trict where the fighting took place.
Turks Falling Back.
London, Nov. 1.-The Turkish army
on which the fate of the Ottoman en-
pire depended has been outgeneraled
and outfought. 1t has made what is
the victorious BulgarianS and is now
falling back in disorder on its final
line of defense at the forts of Tchatal-
ia. % miles only from ConStantinople
Grave doubts are expressed in mill
tary circles and repeated even in the
turkish capital as to whether the
remnants of the immense but disor-
Banized army Of the sultan will make
any serious attempt to hold this line
Foreigners in Consrantinople are
Fearful for the safety of the Christian
populations of the Turkish towns and
the European powers have taken steps
IN TINS connection by the dispatch of
Warshfps to Saloniki. Consta ntinople
and other Turkish ports.
This is the most pressing question
or the moment. One correspondent in
6onstantinople voices the fear of
Europeans in that city that the Turk
1sh retreat from Tchatalja might re-