The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-16
THE TAKING
| OF TUSHI
An Unconditional Surrender
Yesterday
$500 TURKS WERE CAPTURED
Road Now Open to the City of Sou
tari-Fighting in the Sanjak of
Novipazar Is Re-
ported.
$500 TURKS WERE CAPTURED

London Oct. l6,-The only develop.
ment in the Balkan situation yesterday
is the attempt of the French govern
ment to gather the European powers
into general eonclave. Such con-
vention must, it is thought, follow the
war and some of the governments think
it better policy to forestall it by ar
ranging as far as possible the policy the
powers are to pursue. While Turkey
will undoubtedly refuse to respond to
| the Greek twenty four hour ultimatum
to release the Greek vessels she has seiz-
ed, the announcement of such action on
her part has not been made. The Greek
and Bulgarian ministers to Turkey are
expected to leave Constantinople to-day.
They have paid farewell visits and only
await orders. This is the day when
the Bulgarian and Servan military con-
ception is expected to be completed.
Europe is awaiting the news of a big
battle, but military experts express ig-
norance as to where it is likely to occur.
Fighting in the Sanjak of Novipazar has
Il greater significance than would at first
appear The Importance OF the Sanjak
or Novipazar obscure as il has ben hither-
to, is far beyond its meagre size of eco
nomic value. A strip of land about
hundred miles long and from thirty to
forty miles wide, it is part of ancient
Bosnia. which at one time was entirely
a Turkish possession. The Saniak d.
vides Servia and Montenegro, and is the
only portion OF Turkey that borders en-
Austria But for this door Austrian and
Ottoman territory would be separated
by a fence OF Slavonic kingdoms; with
it the Austrians are in a more advan-
tageous position than the Russians, who
have no direct access to European Tar
key, and Vienna can still indulge in the |
old dream OF sometime extending its
sway southwark, as the Turk retires, |
and gaining possession q Salonika
This explains the jealousy with which |
Austria is watching the invasion OF The |
Sanjak by the Montenegrins. Moreover, |
It is only four years since Austria gave
up her right to occupy the Sanlak with I
1 military force in accordance with the I
treaty of Berlin and the subsequent |
Austro-T Turkish convention of 1879. In
Ter the agreement with Turkey, Austria
Kept about 1000 men in the Saniak,
mainly at Pievlye, Byeloplyc. and Prye-
polye. In 1906 the Bosnian railway
'ystem was extended to the border Of
he Sanjak without creating any great
sensation. In 1908. however, when The
overeignty of the Emperor King OF
Austria Hungary was formally extended
ver Bosnia and Herzegovina through
he medium of an autograph letter ad-
ressed to the premers of those PROV
noes, the Vienna government withdrew
Is troops from the Sanjak. The popu
alton of the Sanjak is Servian in lam
uage, and the earliest traditions of the
'ervian Kingdom are connected with
his region. Nevertheless, there are
Many Albanians resident in the district.
he fall of Tusi is an important vic
Dry for the Montenegrins, as this fort
J practically the only stronghold which
ept the second division of the Montene
rim army from advancing south to
cutara, the capital of Alabama. Fight
Y has been going on at Tusi for some
avs and the Montenegrins had sur
bundled seventeen hattalions of Turks
lere so that escape was well nigh hope
'ss. Shptchenik. where the heaviest
cutting oi the campaign mas occulIeu, Is
short distance northwest of Tusi and
re capture of the former meant the fall
the latter. 1t is probable that by this {
me the main Seryian army has passed S
trough the long, narrow Morava de-
e and has emerged on the comparative F,
high plateau between Nranya and the .
ontier, where the concentration is fin
he'd. Other points of concentration of
e Servian army are Javor, on the from
er of the Turkish Sanjak of Novipazar, |
ID Rashka, on the frontier of the y
Irkish province of Kossovo, while. as I
ready reported, one army has marched
to Bulgaria to cooperate there with
e Bulgarian troops. With this army is
ost of the Servian cavalry. which
,uld be of little use in the mountain !
S country around Uskub. (