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Turkish Envoy at Cettinje Civ.
en- His Passports.
TURKS SLAIN BY 8ULGARIANS
Streets In Turkish Quarter of Tur-
turkaIa Piled with Corpses-
Town of Berana Is
Attacked.

London, Oct. 9. - Montenegro, the
weakers of the states whose quarrels
with Turkey have caused the diplo-
mats of the European powers to plan
united action to keep peace in the
near east, has declared war on Tur-
key
The smallest of the Balkan nations
broke or diplomatic negotiations in
dependent of her allies. 1t is ex-
pected that Greece and the other
states will follow her lead and join
her in the war, but so far as the dis
patches received here 90 these other
nations have as yet taken no warlike
action.
Turkish Envoy Gets Passports.
The declaration Of war was made
on the seventy-frst birthday of King
Nicholas of Montenegro. The king
handed the Turkish envoy his pass
ports and at COnstantinOple, Pla-
menatz, the MOnten2rn charge DAT
flares, presented formal notification to
the porte.
The ministers of the other Balkan
states at Constantinorle are hourly
expecting instructions to leave the
Turkish carital.
Apparently the last hope Of peace
which the powers have been hoping
might come through their efforts and
through the reported willingness of
Turkey to extend certain reforms to
all sections Of the empire is dis
Mi, &c to
some quarters however, regarding the
position which the other b" kan states
will assure. While it is naturally
to be expected that they will accept
this opportunity of bringing on the
war which so long has been impend-
ing, still il is pointcd out that Mon
tenegro has grievances of her own
/ against Turkey, which are not com
mon to the other states and which are
not affected by the question of Mace
DOMAIN reforms.
Rulear;ans Massacre Turks.
dispach to the Vienna Neus VIE
ner Taghlatt, from Oltenitza, Rou-
mania, reports a massacre of Turks
by Bulgarians at Turturkaia, Bull
garia, on Monday. According to the
dispatch, aaitators from Rustchutt in
flames local Bulgars and these, in
the dead of night, attacked the Turk
ish residents of the town, Staying all
but a few who escaped across the
border to Oltenitza, Eye-witnesses
are quoting as saying that the police
shared in the slauehter and in the pill,
lage which followed. On Tuesday.
the dispatch states, the streets of the
| Turkish quarter were lined with piles
of corrses, among them the bodies of
women and children.
King and Prince to Front.
According to dispatches from Get
TIME, as soon as King Nicholas had
given the Turkish envoy his passports,
he himself left the capital with his
son, Prince Mirko. for the headquar-
ters of the army at Podgeritza. The
departure of the king and the prince
was accompanied by the salutes of
cannon and much ringing Of church
bells. Queen Milena and her daugh-
ters babe the king and her son fare
we'll in public, the crowd giving the
royal family an ovation. Shortly be-
fore the king and his son left Get
| TIME the Russian and Austrian min
! listers fulfilled their duty as presented
to them by their governments and
urged the king in favor of peace, warn
ing him of the dangers his country
was running. The reply of the king
/ to these final overtures OF peace was
not make public.
Hostilities Are Fairly On.
London, Oct. 9.-Folowing the an
nouncement that Montenegro had de
clared war on Turkey, comes con
firmation of report that the Mon
! tenegrin army has attacked Berani.
in Albania, a few miles north of the
Montegrin frontier. The town is said
to be entirely surrounded by the
Montenegrins, but other details are
I lacking.
Rumors Of diminishing between the
Turkish and Bulgariau outposts at
Djuma'rala and between the Turks and
/ Greeks at Diskata continue.
Parliaments Vote War.
/ Vienna. Oct, 9.-The Bulgarian and
/ Servian pariaments have adjourned,
according to messages received here,
I after fully empowering their respoc-
! tive rulers 60 go to any extremity to
enforce their demands on the sultan,
simultaneously. with threatened in
vasion of Macedonian by Balkan al
I lies. it was predicted here that the
/ Macedonans will themselves rebel.