The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-04
OOGS OF WAR
ARE GR0WL|iG
Frontier Fighting Reported From the
Balkan States But Actual War
Has Not Started
Yet.
TWO ARE PEACEFUL
Italy and Turkey Let Loose Of Each
Others Throats and Are Now
In League Against .
Others.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
BERLIN, Oct. 4.-That frontier
fighting is in progress between Tur-
kish troops and Bulgarian, Servian,
and Montenegrin leyies, was confirm
ed by dispatches received here today.
But does it yet amount to war? Ger
man officialdom doubts 1t.
Burgarians are said to have invaded
Turkey, Turks to have invaded Ser
via and Turks and Montenegrins mu-
tually to have violated one another's
territory. The Turkish government
has denied receiving news Of re-
ported TurkoBulgarian engagement
south of Jamboli, in which rumor has
it that 400 were killed. The story
that thirty Turks were killed by Ser
vians near Vranya is better authenti-
Gated. Accounts Of massacres OF
christians in various Turkish towns
are unconfirmed
An unfavorable symptom is that the
, European concert of powers is evil
IDENTIFY out of tune. Each power sus-
poets all the others, even It's own
allies. Strangely enough the only
two which seem to trust one another
at all are the Turkish and italian gov
ernments.
Peace Terms Accepted.
j LONDON, Oct. 4Off1cial denials
notwithstanding, it seemed certain to
day that the Turkish and Italian rep
resentatives at Ouchy, Switzerland
have signed peace pact The news
comes from excellent sources here
in Paris, in Berlin and Vienna With
out definitely confirming reports that
the agreement has been signed, mes
sage from Constantinople says the
Turkish council OF ministers has ac
cepted Italy's terms.
Whether or not a treaty has been
signed there is no question but that
an understanding has been reached
Even its provisions are known. Tur
key is to abandon all claims to tenn
poral authority In Tripoli. Italy Is tc
4 recognize the sultan's spiritual au-
4 thority over the Mohammedans there
The Italians also undertake to aid the
Turks in borrowing a large sum. The
strict news censorship which all the
4 governments concerned are enforcins
1 is responsible for all sorts Of wild
and conflicting reports concerning
developments in the Balkans TT
complicate the uncertainties due t.
the multiplicity of doubtful rumors II
added the constant succession of off
cial denials of reports, which probab
ly are true.
The Italian official denial of tn,
story of the Turko-Italian peace agree
ment is included among these. Anoth
er questionable denial relates to yes
terdays statement that the Balkan
ouadruple alliance had already pre-
scented an ultimatum to Turkey. I
Il this ultimatum was not formally pre-
sented in writing, the allies diplc
matte representatives certainly CAV
Turkey by word of mouth state
period within which to comply wit
their demands under penalty of
declaration of war, and it is positive
! lv certain that the Bulgarian, ServiaT
Montegegrin and Greek legations a
the various capitals got the deman
in writing.
News that war actually has brokel
out along the frontier was discredite
here today. That there has bee
| fiahting between frontier parties
= thought extremely likely. This ha
+ been going on pretty constantly TO
: months. but military experts do no
e dignity it by the name of war.
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