The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1912-11-28
TURKEY WON'T HAVE j
. PR0FFERED PEACE
OTTOMAN COMMANDER-lN-CHIEF
ORDERED TO RESUME MILL
TARY OPERATIONS.
BULGARIAN CONDITIONS
Include Surrender of AdrianopIe and
Scutari-Turks Claim Naval
Victory in Black
Sea.

COnstantinople, Nov. 23.-The battle
at the Tchatalja lines has been re-
sumed. Cannonading was reopened
with great violence and is plainly au-
dible here. The terms offered by the
Balkan allies for the arrangement of
an armistice are Unacceptable" to the
Ottoman government.
Nazim Pasha the Turkish COM
mander-in-chief, has been instructed
to continue military operations until
more acceptable conditions are of.
fered by the allies, but at the same
time he is intrusted with the further
negotiations. Official announcement
of the Porte's decision with regard to
the armistice is as follows:
Porte's Decision.
1.-THE Bulgarian premier has ad.
dressed to the Ottoman government a
document containing conditions for
an armistice which were communicat.
ed today to the council of ministers
and were considered to be unaccep-
table
consequently, and likewise in view
Of the fact that the commander-in.
chief has been intrusted in principle
with the task of negotiating conditions
with the plenipotentiaries of the be-
aiggerent states-if these pleniporten.
tiaries are invested with the necessary
powers-and has also been directed to
communicate the result of such nego-
itiations to us, the commander-in-chief
has been instructed to continue mill
tary operations, with the help of the
Almighty, until reasonable and moder.
ate conditions are proposed to u.s."
Bulgarian Conditions.
1t is said that the Bulgarian condi.
tions included demand for the sur.
render of Adrianople and Scutari, the
withdrawal of the Turkish fleet from
the Black sea and the cessation of She
:. dispatch Of troops to Tchatalja and
the building of fortifications.
An official dispatch from the captain
of the cruiser Hamidieh, which was at.
tackled by Bulgarian torpedo boats in
them and damaged the third, which
was able to draw away.
London.-The Constantinople cor.
respondent of the Daily MAIL in late
dispatch. says an attack from the rear
on the Dardanelles forts, with the co.
operation of the Greek fleet trying to
force the straits. seems imminent.
Terms Sought by Turkey.
Paris.-According to the Constants.
nople correspondent of the Petit Pari.
sien. Nazimi Pasha told the Bulgarian
plenipotentiaries that Turkey would
only agree to an armistice on the fol.
lowing terms:
That the Bulgarians should not ad.
vance beyond the present front, that
Turkey, while surrendering Adrian.
ople and Scutari, would bind herself
not to send reinforcements, ammuni,
ton or provisions to those garrisons,
but that the civil population should
be permitted to leave.
-, BuIearians Missed Opportunity.
London.-Ashmead Bartlett, in a
dispatch to the Daily Telegraph, says
that after spending three days on the
Turkish lines he fails to understand
why the Bulgarians abandoned Tues
day night all the advanced positions
they captured at l o'clock Monday
morning and adds:
The move completely surprised the
Turkish army, which, under the ex
pectancy of a decisive assault, had
made arrangements for general re
tirement should the necessity arise
The Bulgarians not only retired
but burned the Tchatalja railway sta
tion and the surrounding villages anG
occupied the high ground facing the
Turkish right wing.
Among the various motives sug
gested is a general belief that politi
cal reasons, connected with the peaSe
negotiations, dictated this action
Should the Bulgarians renew their at
tack they will now find the task ten
fold more difficult, as the Turks are
being daily strengthened by the ar
rival of fresh troops"