Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-10-24
civilized WORLD
HAS ITS EYES ON
MEN OF BALKANS
LED BY PRINCES OF ROYAL BLOOD WHO ADDRESS SOLDIERS As
PATRIOTS and NOT AS BUTCHERS they PREPARE FOR FINAL GREAT
BATTLE DESIGNED TO drive OTTOMAN OFF Face OF EUROPE
REMARKABLE SCENES when KING
SENDS HIS SONS TO THE FRONT

London, Oct 24.-Thrilled by tn
words of their leaders, King Nichola
and his three sons, the soldiers o
Montenegro, today continued their ad
vance on Scutari. Reports from th
front indicated that they have driver
back the Turks and, crowding alon:
in a southeasterly direction, have
reached point eight and a half miles
from the city, despite heavy rains
which impeded somewhat their prog
ress. The bombardment of the Turk
ish town of Tarakosch on Lake
Scutari, which began on Tuesday, wa!
continued throughout yesterday by thu
Montenegrin troops. The Montene
grin artillery, it is said, is firing with
great precision, but rain hinders the
operations. The Monteengrin consu
here says.
The statements concerning Monte
negrin reVerses are untrue. The losses
Of the cannon by the Montenegrins and
the number of their killed and wound
ed have been greatly exaggerated"
A dispatch from Rieka, Montenegro
says that King Nicholas, whose head
quarters We're established there pre-
viously, crossed Lake Scutari yester-
day and joined the troops at the Mails
sori village of Skla, where he met his
three sons and with them held a coun-
Gil OF war. The outcome of this was
that Prince Mirsky was appointed
commander of the Montenegrin
brigade which distinguished itself at
Detchitch and Tushi.
On assuming command Prince
Mirsky addressed his troops, say
ing:
1--WE are almost at the walls of
the ancient and famous town Of
Scutari, in which are bound up some
Of the most brilliant pages OF the
history Of Servia. My father, our
supreme war lord, has commanded
me to lead you.
"FoIIow me, my gallant men, not
in the path Of annihiIation and
death, but on the road which will
bring liberty and new life 20 man.
kind and civilization and progress
to Scutari. In this great work of
yours, show yourselves to be worthy
Of the knghtIy reputation of the
.Montenegrin and remember that
every step you take is followed by
the eyes of the civilized world. Do
not allow yourselves to be carried
away by feeling Of revenge for the
wrongs and violence which our faith
erIand and the other Balkan states
have had to endure for five CEN
turtles at the hands of our eastern
foe"
At, the conclusion of the princes
speech, King Nicholas embraced
his three sons, and bade them fare
we'll, wishing them and the troops
good luck and rapid success.
The Servian troops have captured
one part of the Turkish town of
kumanova, according to a telephone
message received at Belgrade today
from Vranya.
The Turkish artillery used against
the advancing Servians had very lit
silenced by the Servian guns.
Desperate fighting is still going on
III the vicinity of Kumanova.
The taking of the Turkish town of
Novipazar was achieved only after
three days Of severe fighting, during
which there was much slaughter both
among the Servians and the Turks.
The small town of Stratzin, between
Egri-Palanka and Kumanova, was cap
tured yesterday by the Servians.
While the Balkan nations and Tur-
key are all generous with official
statements as to the progress of the !
war in other parts of European Tur-
key, they maintain complete silence
in regard to the great battle which has
been raging for the last two days be-
tween Adrianople and kirk-kilisseh,
for news of which all the world is
waiting.
With the fall of Kirk-kilisseh, the
stage is set for the main event to date
of the Balkan drama.
British military officers who for
many years have made speciality OF
studying the Balkan military prepara'
tions lean to the belief that the Turk
ish arm has been holding the line be-
tween Adrianople and kirk-kilisseh
with a covering force estimated at
about 10000 men and that the main
Ottoman army is only just due on the
scene.
This might account for the Turkish
statement today that something more
definite will be known by tonight, for
with the arrival of the main army at
the fort. Turkey is expected to take
the offensive
Turks, as well as Servians, claim
the victory at Kumanova, on the way
to Uskup, where another fierce en-
counter is in progress. The Turkish