The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-20
Wll IEvs IS UNCERTAIN.
CAPTURE OF ADRIANOPLE ONE
OF MANY REPORTS.
Taking Of Headquarters of Turkish
Commsnder-in-Cl Chief. His Capttu-
latton and Advance Of Bulgarians
Withion short Distance Of Constan-
tinople. Otlscr Unsupported Iwtea-
hgcncc Emanati,,g from Scene of
Couftct - Fear Of Chol,rs Nay
Keep Allies Out Of Ottoman Capt.
tai.

LONDON, NOV. le.-AS TIE censor
ship permits no news to come from
the front OF the Turkish Balkan war.
the situation at the scene OF the fight
Ing In the Balkans Is more perpiexing
than ever tonight.
Various reports have drifted In.
however. among them that Adrianople
has fallen. that tho Bulgarians had
captured Hademtoui. the headquar-
ters OF the Turkish commander-in-
chief. that Nazim Pasha. the Turkish
generalissimo. he'd capitulated and
that the Bulgarians either by sea or
land. had reached the vicinity OF
Kilios. on the Black Sea coast. a
short distance from Constantinople.
These reports are still without con-
firmation.
a vague dispatch is published here
stating that six forts along the Tcha-
talja line. near Constantinople. have
been captured after what are described
as heavy sacrifices on the part OF the
Buigarians.
All the reports previously published
through the Vienna Relchspost or en-
anating from other sources. 20 to
show that the Bulgarians are having
ne easy task. Nothing is known as
to whether the battle continues. The
British Government has received no
; news from the seat of war for some
days.
What perhaps Is a graver import
ance than the progress OF the hostili-
ties In southeastern Europe. however.
Is the revelation OF the tremendous
ravages cholera is making. not only
among the destitute refugees who
daily are arr,ying In thousands at
Constantinopie. but among the Turk
isE troops on the Tchatalja lines.
j, is supposed that this danger we'll
might suffice TO give the Bulgarian
commanders a pause and induce the
T Bulgarian Government to arrange an
armistice and negotiate peace. since
all the practical oh. ects for which the
war was undertaken alreadr have been
secured. and. therefore. IL is useless to
run the risk Of an epidemic Of cholera
Ia mo Bulgarian army for the sake OF
a formal entry into Constantinople, to
avoid which. II is believed. Turkey is
ready to agree 20 almost any terms
a significant article appears in the
Bulgarian Government organ Mir. II
declares that peace In imminent and
holds out the olive branch to Turkey
=" inter into good understanding
Win ne Balkan league.
a Constantinople dispatch to the
Cologne Gazette declares that Bull
eoria has abandoned her intentions to
enter Constantinople. being thus ad-
vised by Russia and Great Britain.
Although the report that an armistice
already has been arranged has not
been confirmed. all indications point
In that direction. and II may be sup
posed that the terrible conditions OF
famine and destitution prevailing
among the refugees In the neighbor-
hood OF Constantinople. which are
calculated to provide a hot bed for
the spread OF cholera. may have had
something To do with Bulgaria's de-
cision.
From other points at the seat OF war
comes news OF the occupation OF the
peninsula OF Mount Athos by the
Greeks and the march Of the Greek
army from Saloniki To join in the Ser
Wan attack on Monastir. This attack
according to a Belgrade Dispatch. be-
gan yesterday with an encounter be-
tween Turkish and Servian cavalry
near the city Of Monastlr.
a report received at Berlin asserts
that disorders are occurring at Salo-
niki. bulgarian and Greek soldiers
are said to be numbering and NAL
treating the Mohammedan inhabitants
who are besicgirg the foreign con-
sulates for protection.
The Turkish Government has issued
batch OF dispatches signed by war
correspondents OF the Paris Temps
and Journal Dcs dc Bats. the Berlin
I,okal Anzeigcr and Tagcblatt. the
London Daily Mail and other Europe
an papers deny reports OF atrocities
alleged To- have been committed by
Turkish troops.