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HOSTILE ARMIES.
ON THE MOVE
Turks Advancing to Meet the
Balkan Allies.
ALREADY REPORT BATTLES

Fighting Line Extends 500 Miles and
There Are Many Rumors of Heavy
Conflicts.
London, Oct 19-Notification that
Bulgaria, Servia and Greece had de
clared war against Turkey was given
to the British foreign Office by the rep
resentatives of those countries in this
city.
They handed to the foreign secre-
tary copies notes which had been dis
patched to Constantinople. The only
formality now lacking is the declara-
ton of war by Turkey against Greece,
which the Ottoman government has
appeared reluctant to make.
This detail, however, is not delay
ing the movements of the various ar
mics. The Turkish and Bulgarian
forces are both advancing, and it is
thought probable they will meet some
where in the vicinity of Mustapha
Pasha, one of the few passes through
the mountains leading from Bulgaria
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Servian army is on the way to Uskup,
where another big battle is antici-
pated.
In northern Albania, where the
Turks and Montenegrins are striving
for supremacy, there is lull in the
fighting. This, however, is regarded
In military circles as only the lull
which precedes the big storm that will
break when the two armies come to-
gether in the struggle for the poses
sion of the Turkish town of Scutari.
Many rumors are published of heavy
fighting on the Bulgarian and Servian
frontiers. The Servians, Bulgarians
and Turks are alternately credited
with victory. A report also has reach
ed London from Vienna that the Mon
tenegrin army has suffered a bad de-
feat at Podgoritza, on Montenegrin
territory. All these reports lack con-
frmation. On the other hand, Bel
grade dispatch says that the Servian
army is proceeding toward Uskup
without encountering any resistance.
The Sofia correspondent of the Lon
don Times says that the war will be
q holy war of creeds rather than OF
races. It will be war without mercy
and without truce; war of horrors
which will be aggravated by the rigors
Of . Macedonian winter.
According to dispatch from Con-
stantinople to the London Chronicle.
Turkey utterly rejects Premier Poin-
cares proposals for a European con-
ference.
The fighting line extends clear
across the Balkan peninsula from the
Black sea to the Adriatic sea. This
jagged line is over 500 miles long.
Troops are engaged along the Monte
negrin, Servian and Bulgarian from
tiers. Four hundred thousand troops
are either in action or are maneuver-
ing for fighting positions.
King Nicholas of Montenegro, King
Peter of Servia and Gear Ferdinand of
Bulgaria have gone to the front to lead
their respective armies.
Now that the war has been for
mally begun, the French press insists
upon the necessity of complete &C
cord among the European powers. The
fear is expressed that should covetous-
ness and antogonism develop among
the nations of Europe as the result of
the opportunities for ACKNOWLEDGMENT
arising out of the trouble in the Bal
kan peninsula, the war may see the
bloodiest war in history. Frances ef-
fort to bring about speedy peace
should therefore, it is pointed out, be
welcomed by the other countries of
Europe. 1t is believed that the dispo-
sition in favor of peace in Vienna and
st. Petersburg is for the moment as
satisfactory as possible, but it Is
argued that it would be a mistake to
be over-optimistic.