Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-10-23
LITTLE BALKANS FORCE
OTTOMAN TROOPS BACK
into OLD ADRIAN0PLE
VICTORY STILL PERCAS UPON BANNERS OF SMALL STATES But FIGHT
ING IS HEAVY and WAR LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES ARE MANYTURKS
HAVE TAKEN FIRST PRISONERS OF WAR AND REMOVED Them TO
FORTRESS
EUROPE WITNESSING FIERY TEMPEST
IN TEAPOT NATIONS OF SOLDIERS

New York, N. v, Oct. 23.-A cable
dispatch from Haris contains the fol
lowing account of the beginning Of the
Balkan war:
"When the sultan of Turkey gave
orders for army mobilization, he sent
to the car Of Bulgaria sack OF mil
let with the following letter: 'Ferd
nand Effendi:. MombiIize If you like
but be assured that there are as many
soldiers in Turkey as there are grains
of miIiet in this sack. Now, if you
wish, declare war;
"The cars reply was in kind. he
sent very much smaller sack, filled
with tiny grains OF most vrulent red
pepper of the country. With it went
the following decIaration: Dear Sui
tan: The BuIgarians are not numer-
Gus, it is true, but be assured that
to stick your nose into their affairs is
like sticking it into onr national con-
diment. Try it and see; they'll sting
you so sharply that the whole of Asia
will not be able to save you"
London, Oct. 23.-Bloody porten-
tous battles are being fought on every
side of the Balkan peninsula today,
military experts believe. While the
allied armies of Bulgaria, Servia,
Montenegro and Greece have doubtless
had the best of the preliminary skirm
ishes and continue to take small Turk
ish fortresses, villages and towns, it
remains to be seen which side will be
more successful in the main OF the
war. Both Turks and Bulgarians
claim to be advancing in the vicinity
of Adrianople. Everything seems to
indicate that the Bulgarians have de-
ployed the bulk of their main army
from the Mustapha Pasha-Adrianople
line to the Djum Observation-Disclosures
line and are attacking the Turkish
Adrianople, while attacking the eX-
treme Turkish right to the east of
Kirk-Kilisseh. From this latter point
reports have reached here of serious
conflicts, the details OF which, how
ever. are withheld. The Servians, who
are more free with news about their
operations continue their advance.
One of their armies has taken the
town of Prishtina and the other is at
the gates of Human Ova. An official
report from the Servian commander
says that the Turkish troops, after
Offering desperate resistance, are
falling back along the whole front and
in their precipitate retreat are leav-
ing behind them quantities of supplies
and ammunition.
Around the town of Novipizar brisk
fighting has been in progress for
several days and the Servians are
said to have suffered severe losses.
They have captured some of the sur
rounding towns although Novipizar
itself is holding out
Greek official reports disagree as
to the situation on the Greek frontier.
One of them reports heavy fighting ON
the road between the town of Elassona
and the Turkish base at the town of
Servia, while another declares that
the Turks are in full retreat. A SINH
lar state of affairs existed yesterday
when the Greeks gave out that the
Turks were fleeing and it turned out
later that a big battle was going IN
which had not concluded when dark /
ness stopped it. A message received .