Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-11-16
Turks. Will Accept
Submission as Only
Course Open, Says
Dispatches.
ALLIES WILL SOON
TAKE DARDANELLES
Cholera Drives Hundreds from
constantinopIe--oI Regime
May Return-Young Turks
Leaving.

BULLETIN
WASHINGTON, Nov. le.-The State
department. has received from the Ameri-
can embassy ut ConstnntinopIe q telegram
giving Q reassuring report Of tho safety
ex all Americans at Constantinople and
the immediate vicinity.
LONDON, Nov. 16.-Bulgaria's an
swer to Turkeys plea for an arnais.
tice 3 due today. Dispatches from
Soma with few exceptions concur in
asserting that. however onerous may
be the terms on which the conquerors
are willing to convert the momen-
tary lull of battle into a definite ces-
sation OF hostilities. the Turkish
army is In such condition that sub
mission Is the only course open.
Exception to this view, however, is
taken by a correspondent who visited
the Turkish lines at Tchatalja yes
terday. He says that the Turkish
army at fhe front appears capable
Of disputing any further advance by
the Bulgarians, and further empha-
sizes the strength Of the Turkish po-
sition by saying the allies will shortly
take measures to possess themselves
Of the Dardanelles, thus averting
the possible payment of price in
blood at Tchatalja, which the Bull
garians can Ill afford.
Russian recognition of the definite
Greek occupation of Saloniki, as re-
ported from Greek sources, 1t Is
thought may possibly be the playing
OF a slav card in the game for points
preparatory to the final settlement,
and Austria's attitude in this con-
nection is awaited with considerable
interest.
The Greek army in Epirus, the
movements of which had been stopped
by floods, is again on the move
toward the Turkish fortress of ia
nina, while the Montenegrian troops
are still hotly engaged in the neigh
borhood of San Giovanno Df Medua.
on the Adriatic, King Nicholas per-
sists in his determination to seize this
point. in spite OF Austrian and Italian
protests
Another cause for i'll feeling be-
tween Austria and Servia lies in the
presentation by the Servian minister
of an official complaint alleging that
the Austrian consul at Prisrend fired
from the top of his house at the
Servian troops when they captured
the town 1t is believed in Vienna
that the Austrian consul at Prisrend
was defending some Albanians, num-
bers of whom are alleged to have been
shot by the Servians for concealing
arms and abusing Servian soldiers.
According to a dispatch received
Z here today the Russian consul at
saloniki has received coded instruc-
tions from st. Petersburg formally
10 recognize Grecian rule and to
place himself under the Jurisdiction
of the Russian legation at Athens.
The consul, accompanied by the
commander of the Russian warship
stationed at Saloniki, tine dispatch
adds, Immediately visited Crown
Prince Constantine and communicate
ed to him their orders.
y VIENNA, Austria, Nov. 16.-A
hand-to-hand bayonet fight took place
at the Fort of San Giovanni Di Medua
when the Montenegrins succeeded in
dislodging the Turks from the noun
tains near the city According to a
dispatch from Dulcigno to the zeit. a
number Of English volunteers fighting
on the Montenegrin side were wound
ed. Sixty Turkish soldiers were taken
prisoners.
CONSTANTINOPLE (by way of
Kustendje). Nov. 18-The opinion is
general here that the war is practi-
cally over. An armistice with the
Bulgarians will In all probability be
arranged within the next few days
and this will be followed by direct
negotiations for peace.
The Ottoman government fully re-
alizes that further resistance can
only prejudice the position of Turkey
still more, while it's outcome is ex-
tremely problematical and might lead
to even more humiliation.
SO the interests of the bondholders
will be better safeguarded this time
than was the case at the Berlin Con-
gress the council of the Ottoman
public debt has suggested to it's Euro
DedH oyiidANabC9 AktS dQfibdDIIlIX OF
approaching the powers on the sub
ject, while a statement of the
revenues affected in the provinces now
changing ownership is being drawn
up for the use of the ambassadors of
the European powers at CONSTANT
nople The total of those revenues is
about $7,500,000.
Besides the above interests there
are also those of the railroads and of
the loans secured on certain fixed
revenues, for which fresh arrange
ments will become necessary.
Many Of the foreign residents who
were willing to risk the chance of
fanatical outbreak are departing for
Europe becuse of the cholera
The departure OF prominent mem
bers Of the young Turk party for
Europe Is considered BY many as