The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-18

prtatc the captured provinces. The 4rA.Ia.h Is nr. omlng oppressive. and the indications point mnu" .ruuEly than ever to d conflict which will involve the whole Q, Europe
 SOLDIERS ARE DRIVEN.
 PARIS. Nov l2-Ao,arolag tn the adyic,s received her, durlHy the week the Turkish soldiers have as stunned an atrjrud, of indifference r,LarIma the outcome oi the Bal nan rHiaE-I"m,ut. aud Ir ts claimed that this attitude Is responsible Tor shr easy victories which have aees. accomplished by the BulUarIaTs aH. ..,.r allies The Turks ar, Urruru lu cattle which are driven aooat Ruhour knowing where they are go. lrs. and without enthusiasm in the battles in Ahi,h they are forced To rahe part.
 MOST CRITICAL WEEK.
 LONDON. Nov r. Today EuroB, is facing one of the most critical sse,ks in her experience. and unless diplomacy is used In the eNtrrme tAp weeks end will SEQ new Wal i'll which the whole European con .ineat Will he involved. The eutr. of the Bulgarian army iuto Cnustan riuopie viii be resented by most o' tEr powers. and wiIl start some,hiH- 5t a war-like nature.
 START UPON CONSTANTINOPLE
 CONSTANIlNOpLE. Nov l2 The Eulgarians this morning began their attack upon Constantiuople. O. thc positions occupied bl the Turks little outside the city.
 Yesterday the IHrke evidenced their uneasiuess over the situa,ojt h. teIegraphing their rcsrt srufa'i}t- abroad asking il any progress Was ing mad, in iurke, $ tnanaypi 10 have the powers intervene tu srop the war. hut to daje no replies to the inquiry have been received
 MUCH SMALLPOX THERE.
 WASHINGTON. Nov r Am1a7 sador RockhuI has today ,abled his government that there are 1i,"nI si.k and wounded Turks in the c.tA al Constaurinople that there ar seventeen cases of cholera and much smallpox there. while l>nuu reta .tcs have rushed into the city from the outlyjng districts seeking pro .5ection.
 MANY ARE STARVING.
 LONDON. NuR 12 The Dail} VOWS cerr. spouaeu' a Constant aapIe ,otay wired his paper lhaf here are 25.oao people stur,inl i eons.autMuple &s result al th' hEo,k4d, Ly the Busarius
 KAISER TO HELD AUSTRIA.
 LONDON. Nov l3 AIthouah a more hopeful feeding exists i'll th.s city reeardine the Balkan situation reports from Germany and Austria indicate that those nations al loasl sill not he found uuprepared 10: War should the powers find il imras sihle to come to all asr""n"nt as |, the policy 10 bn pursued in the a.. justment of the differences net"eef turkey and the nations of the Ia! kan uruiusula According to the ad vices received this afternoon th German army is being mobilzed all every preparation made for actAf warfare; Austria also is active, anf within a very brief time both hel land and naval forces will be 2ajH cred in readiness for the Threatened outbreak ot hostilities,
 eULGARlANS ACTIVE.
 VIENNA Nov. 13-lt is reported here today that the Bulgarians hav' made a desperate attack upon tn Turkish town of Tchkeskioi Whic' lies to the south of AndrianOplC toward the Gallipoli peninsula. The town is strongly fortified and has vlthstood a number of attacks dur ing the present war. but it is be Iipved that the Turkish supplies arc running low and that the Bulgarians soon will drive their enemies iron he fortress.
 TURKS ADMIT DEFEAT.
 PARIS. Nov 13.-PriVate advices received here this afternoon iron . Constamtinople state that the Turk ish war council has practically ad mitted that the position of the de lending army al the capital is hopeless. and that nothing short o' intervention by the powers can sayt the city from capture.
 STARVING IN ROUMANlA.
 CONSTANTZA. Nov. 13.-Condi lions throughout Roumaria rapid2 are becoming serious. Already thous ands oi people are suffering tn pangs of hunger, and there is little prospect that conditions will be bettered until the conclusion of the present struggle for relief iron turkish msrule.
 AUSTRIA WILL FIGHT. LONDON. Nov. 13.-The Neue Weiner Tageblatt. the official news paper of Austria, in an apparently inspired leading article this morn inG serves notice upon the power that Austria is ready to attack Ser via the minute Seryians molest O. utcmpt to annex Albania or any Of the provinces taken from Turkey Germany and Italy are also said tt approve of the decision of the Aus uans.
 SEEKS PEACE FIRST HAND. CONSTANTINOPLE Nov. 13.- Failing to receive any response 1C it's appeals to the powers for media lion in their present troubles. tho Porte has gone direct 10 headquaI ters to obtain a cessation of th' war. Today the Porte applied di rect to the Bulgarians. seeking tt arrange an immediate armistice untl the terms of peace can be arranged It is expected the Bulgarians vii accede to the request.
 TURKS HOPELESS.
 ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 13.-l dispatch from Constantinople say nf hal