The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-05
No Renlv From Powers

 None of the powers has yet replied to the porte's request for mediation. The belief is held here that King Ferdinand will not be sorry to accept European in- teryention as it is considered that after it's tremendous sacrifices the Bulgarian army must be near exhaustion.
 Abdullah Pasha, commander Of the Turkish eastern army, still is at Tcher- kesskeui and at noon today Turkish detachment destroyed an important rail way bridge at Tchorlu.
 1t now becomes clear that the deficient commissariat was largely responsible for the Turkish reverses. Turkish plans aimed at encircling the Bulgarian forces by an advance on the right wing.
 The Bulgarian general concentrated his efforts on an attack against the Turkish center at Serai and the left wing along the railway. The Turkish right was meeting with much success, but the com missariat broke down completely owing partly to bad weather which made the roads difficult and prevented landing operations at Turkish base, Midia.
 As consequence, Mahmoud Mukhtar Pasha, commanding the right. was com pelled to sacrifice the advantage gained because his troops were without food the whole day.
 It is asserted that the sultan himself was deceived by Maxim Pasha's optimis- tic reports and only realized the true situation when an English cruiser brought the latest news which was conveyed to the porte by the British ambassador. The porte then asked the powers to inter- vene.
 The difficulty In maintaining order is increasing daily. It is said a mob went to the war office at Stamboul and asked for weapons with which to attack the Christians, and this was the reason why Kiamil Pasha asked the ambassadors to have warships at hand.
 The Turkish steamer Chanlee has foundered in the Black sea. It is report ed that the crew and 42 passengers wore drowned. The steamer is supposed to have touched a mine
 The porte's circular note to the Otto man representatives in Europe says in part:
 "The object and intention of the im- perial government being always pa cific 1t was in order to defend itself against the four Balkan states that Turkey had recourse to arms. Although military preparations were incomplete, the imperial government firmly re solved to employ every effort to safe guard it's rights. But in view of the fact that these efforts necessitate a great sacrifice of men the imperial government, in order to spare the fur ther shedding of blood and to furnish the proof of it's love of peace, invites mediation by the powers with a view to ending the war"
 The heir apparent accompanied by brother, and Marshal Tread Fash started tonight for the army headquarters The delay in the departure of the prince arose through the illness of the eX-Grand Vizier Ghaziahmed Mukhtar.
 The Austrian embassy has invited mem bers of the Austrian colony to embark on two Austrian Lloyd steamers now in the Phosphorus. Eight families have accept ed the invitation. It does not appear, however, that European residents are ex- posed to any particular risk. Consuls Protest
 R.el,a, Montenegro, November 4Tho European consuls at Scutari have com pained to Crown Prince Danilo that during the bonbardment of October 27 many shells fell among the peaceful pop | rlation and caused panic and many exploded close to the consulate, churches, mosques and schools. The consuls urged the crown prince to do his utmost to l protect the buildings belonging to neu- pals and peaceful residents. Tn reply Prince Danilo expressed his regret at the occurrence and pointed out the impossibility of wholly guarding against such incidents and making mill tary operations dependent solely on com passion for the inhabitants. He declared that the Mohammedan inhabitants were | fighting in the Turkish army; that Scuta-i was fortified town and that neutral buildings should be indicated by display 1 of special flags,
 | In conclusion he referred to regrettable incidents in which Montenegrin soldiers were made the victims of the misuse or tha white flag