The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-02
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Place IN CONS ANT|N0PLE
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ses''7a. but the ministers are in con-
fsft-ce again tonight. The attitude of
the ministers toward suing the Balkans
for peace Is not known. but the length
or the sessions indicates that there Is
strong division OF opinion that may
not he bridged III time to save the
caPitaL
Gar Ferdinand has said that ne VIII
treat Tor peace witE the sultan alone,
| and in Constantinople.
indicating that the reports that
! the halkans nave not considered &C
! cepting peace propositions were pre-
mature, dispatch from SOMA states
that 10000 recruits have been or
dered to march 10 the front.
while the slow moving diplomatic
machinery OF the powers was getting
IN motion today. the bulgarian army
vas steadily fghting It's way onward
lhey captured Demouka, the original
position or Nazim Pasha's army and
otner positions along the struggling
Ane Of the TURKISH derenses
turks FsiiinE HACK.
The Turks tonight are falling back
on Tchatalia, Only twenty-five miles
. from tofstantinopte, put whether for
/ the purpose or making last stand
tAeTe III not known. only part
: Sf the widely scattered Turkish army
( can reach Ichata'Ja before the main
II a--ian diYlsinns ara npnn the
f9r3s. ana military critics here In
/ CINE To me belief that the broken
F"rets VIII not larry az any point
b~fses them and Constantinopie.
/ 1n~ Batgarlans are advancing in ting
line which they have maintained sib~f
+ he maj battle began three days, ago.
always closing IN az the peninsula
nafrpNS- one dispatch reports the
capture Of Chorlu, the position or
the left extremity OF the triangular
! turkish front. 1t ts possLate that by
/ skirting the RICH, wing u the Tur-
/ kieh forces, the left wing of the Rui
/ garian army viii be able In march
down the coast of the Black sea upon
Corstanttneple, practically without
opposition.
According TO dispatches from Sofia.
the EulgHrians are not waiting 10
/ bury the dead OF the last four days,
! Tor their car realizes that the sooner
/ Constaniinople Is reached the fewer
/ viii he the number III noncumbatan nj
/ dead.
War in the West.
/ Balkan victories in Western Tur-
1 key, which, a few days ago, would
I have aroused Wild enthusiasm, to-
4 day were regardeda as Insignificant
/ in comparison to the crucial develop
! uent in the East The first naval &C
ton Of the war resulted In the sink
! Ing by ii Greek torpedo boat OF the
! Turkish cruiser Feth- Bulend, in the
/ Gulf of Salonica. The Greek vessel
t planted torpedoes under cover oi
! darkness. saw the cruiser fire and
| sink and crept away 70 safety al.
/ though 4 had to run before dau-
gerous FIRE from Turkish fort
Greek bluejackets seized the Turkish
| island uf Same, Thraee. In the ,AeKtar
sea, about twenty miles off the Tur-
kish coast. The island has a popnla
ton of FIVE thousand, mostly Chris
tians.
Macedonia is practically under Ser
! Wan rule. Civil administrations have
been established in all the conquered
sections and the Turks have beer
SO effectively subdued that Servlar
troops are being sent to the East L
aid the Bulearians, ana to the Soutf
10 assist the Greeks in the attack OF
salonica. Armies are converging OF