Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-13

LONDON, Nov. 13.--AIl the European
powers have agreed to the Turkish pro.
posal made last week that they should
inform the Balkan nations of the Turk
ish request for mediation and to inquir,
formulate terms on which negotiation.
could be opened.
LONDON, Nov. 13.-An old Turk
writing to the newspapers from Con-
stantinople to deplore the defeat OF
his country says it would not nave
happened had Abdul Hamid been re-
tained on the throne. He continued:
Our true Sultan has not returned
to the city of the faithful, and this
fact has caused greater sensation
in the Ottoman empire than all the
reverses our troops have suffered"
He predicts that Abdul Hamid
within a few weeks will be restored
to the throne in Constantinople. and
owing to the dissensions of the pow
ers part of the Turkish empire will
be saved to her.
A much more hopeful feeling pre-.
walls today in regard to the nationa
situation created by the war. The
situation Is still full of difficulties. but
the attitude of all the powers ir
working for a peaceful settlement
will, it is believed, result In avoiding
an actual conflict.
Servia, however, has not yet replied
to the Austro-Hungarian suggestion
that Servian occupation of Albanian
territory or of port on the Adriatit
Sea will not be tolerated. At this
same time a Servian army continue,
its march toward the Adria tic coast
and in one report from Belgrade IL
said actually to have reached Durazzo
The Russian government, acting In
direct disregard of public feeling ir
Russia, has notified the Serv.ar
minister at st. Petersburg that Rus
sia win not go to war over the ques
tion of an Adrlatic port. The Rus
sian foreign minister Sergius Saxon
off, at the same time informed ths
Servian minister that Russia woul6
give friendly support to Servia in hei
negotiations with Austria Hungary.
1t is understood that Count Vor
foreign minister, has proposed to give
extensive privileges to Servia in con-
nection with the projected Adriatic-
Danube. railway.
Turkey is now in better position
to ask for an armistice, as it is
understood strong re.nforcements OF
fresh Turkish troops have reached
Tchatalja, and might hold out there
for days, if not weeks. The absence
of news from that quarter suggests
that the Bulgarian army is not walk
ing over the Turkish fortifcations. as
it was expected to do.
The duel between the Turkish war
ships and the Bulgarian artillery ap-
pears still to be in progress at
Rodosto, on the sea of Marmora.
Jealousies existing among the Bal
kan allies cropped out again at Sa-
loniki. The Bulgarians who followed
the Greeks into the city telegraphed
to King Ferdinand that the town
was now under his sceptre. These
incidents are arousing the ire of the
Greeks.
A letter received in London from a
member of the American embassy in
Constantinople depicts the terrible
condition of the Turkish wounded ar
irving at the capital. The staff OF
the embassy assisted by the local
branch of the American Red Cross
Society is taking care of some 1905
of these wounded Turkish soldiers
but is greatly handicapped by the
lack of hospital necessities. which are
scarce even in Constantinople.