The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-15
'BULGAR|ANs TAKE
TINE ANSWERING
! PRAYER Of Turn
Request Of Sultan's Minister1
for Armistice Sent to
Gar Ferdinand
HE LEADS TROOPS
ON TURKISH FORTS
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Scourge of Cholera Has Much
to Do With Peace Petitions
of Ottoman Government
to Powers

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LONDON, Nov. 14---Turkey, tqS
many years the domineering lnast6$
of the Siavs of her domains, t0d4r3
formally kneit in suppiication beko4
an armistice. ss 3S
Bulgaria, given the choice OF ne1o@
tiating with the view Of granting xt161
an armisttce, or continuing to puni0o
the Turks until the powers stop he
at late hour tonight had given M4&
Indication as to which Of the tvM
courses of action she will adopt; 6
her forces in the field are repoEt4
attacking without abatement
Turkish lines at Tshatalia. and tl
forts of Adrianople. u
One report from Belgrade Stat&4&
that Adrianople has fallen, and a1xa
though 1t comes from ifependG1
source official confirmation has ~
yet been received. 81
Cholera, spreading with alaruai0
rapiaity. has suddenly become d r3e1|
potent factor. In influencing the In
to make peace overtures than tg9A
guns of the enemy. There were 3Q1|f
hundred deaths from the disease ;
one army camp at Tchatalja yeMtN&
day. and the number was probA6&J|
exceeded today. There are n04
nearly three thousand cases Of choir
within the Turkish lines. and = mut1
among the troops Is feared. i
fear. according to several dispatenA
r. .Nxa nx,It a., aulr
armisticc, S
Sick and Wounded.
The number OF sick anu woun
soldiers at Constantinople II pi&c
at. fftesn thousand. 5S#
Turkeys request for mediation w1
formally presented to the Bufgxrt1
premier late tpda. by the nIfnSalt&
Of the great powers. at Sofia. tA
Bulgarian capital Following ~ t1
text Of the note: sg@|
"The O1oman government havtE
approached the great powers Of BNS
rope to ask their mediation, We Asq
charged 10 inquire of your exceilen4
IL Bulgaria Ii disposed TO accept H.
mediation, and If so 10 what e0mMo
tions her acceptance Will be sub1eCN%N
The Bulgarian minister, Mr.. GieN
or Immediately transmitted the
quest 10 Car Ferdinand, in the dN5
and said he would confer ON the M2ef
ter with the cabinets of the Hal1
allies. I'M
Diplomatists tonight consider
danger of a general European
over the partition OF European III
key as ended. Russia, given pyW4
cally no assurance OF support BY I'M
| land, and overawed by the display
strength by Germany and austria
| failed to insist On an Adrtatic na1
for Servia, and. therefore, Austria 1
| has no cause to resort tn arms. s
| Triple Entente, in this instances
divided, and the division has prev
ed q war
Their Object Achieved.
The Balkan allies will probably
much less territory than they
tieipated. although their primary
ject--the elimination OF the TukA
has been achieved. Bulgaria xfll
| the Turkish province of RnmeitA
| probably a share Of eastern ~
Idonia. Servia. while deprived or
/ fcat authority on the AdriaficSM
secure n very favorable COunu
| treaty with Austria. Greece u tf
stood to be slated for control az
ft4eally all the towns just north
present frontier. Montenegro N1
given a strip OF fifteen or twenty
OF territory on the Adriatic 10 6&
ed to the twenty-five miles wht1N
now possesses. She may also
some territory north OF Lake.
tart.
/ Salonika, already bone Of Co.
Itfon between Greece and Rulgax
Ialmost certainly be placed nnM
lternational control, the allies K
| ing only commercial concession
hania viii be transferred 1m(
semi independent Kingdom, pe&
under a nominal Turkish su1a
three years ago.
Thus Bulgaria. for doing tn
share OF the lighting. will got IT,
share OF the spoiis.