The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-09
On the Capital of the Empire
of Turkey.
A BATTLE is NOW GOING ON
For Possession of Vital De-
fenses of COnstantinOple.
Fall of City Appears to Be Mat
ter of Hours.

| Sofia, Nov. 9.-The Bulgarian army
| besieging Adrianople today, captured
Kartaltepe and Papahtepe, two of the
outer lines of forts defending the citv-
after desperate artillery duel. The
bulgarian tr ops suffered a large num-
Der of casualties
Battering at the Gates.
vienna, Nov. 9.-The Bulgarians ara
now attacking, with all their strength
the remaining Turkish positions about
Tchatalja, and the fan of these vftaI
turkish defenses in front of CONSTANT.
nople is only a matter of hours. accord
ing to today's dispatch from the Reich
posts correspondent.
Inc bulgarian third army has pene-
trated far into the forest region so,1tb
OF Derkes Lake, preparatory to the ad
vance on Constantinople while the first
army is engaged against the main
Iurkish position east of TchataIja. This
position Is not yet completely pierced
but the end of the Turkish resistsnce
appears to be in sicht
Ihe raw Turkish troops, large num-
bers of which were rushed out from
Oonstant1nople I'd meet the enemy's ad-
vance, are fighting strongly, but The e1-
hausted veterans of the earlier ba+tie,
are ottering little serious resistance.
Casualties Are Heavy.
Uskup. Nov. 9.-The battle which re-
suIteu IN the capture of the Turkish
city of Prilip Cor Prelepo) by the Serv-
tdn tdL 'Loops, was one of the most severe
Inat mas been fought on this side of the
% 66aIkan I 1ninsula. The Servians lost
Z,5O0 killed and wounded. whi1a tbe
turks suffered 5000 casualties. The
pattlefleld is still covered with corpses
OWlhg TO the broken nature of the
country and the poor railroad com
munlcation the members of the Red
cross society are encounterfnR fbe
greatest difficulty in dealing with the
The fall of the Turkish stronghold
OF Monastir, which is now being at
tacked by Servian and Greek columns,
is expected hourly.
Sultan Must Get Out.
Belgrade. Nov. 9.-"The league OF
the Balkan nations is utterly opposed
to making Albania an autonomous
state as desired by Germany. Austria
Hungary and Italy" said Premier
Pachitch of Servia in the course of an
interview here today.
The premier laid emphasis on the
fact that the allied Balkan states were
working in harmony on all questions
He declared that they demanded the
complete disappearance of the sover-
eIgnty OF the sultan from European
Turkey and the division of the terri
tory among the victorious nations be-
longing to the Balkan league.
The partition of Turkish territory,
he said, had already been arranged
along broad lines by the allies. the
only questions left open for discus-
sion being those relating to the des-
tiny of Constantinople, Saloniki and
the Dardanelles
The fate of Constantinople and the
Dardanelles, said the premier, would
be left to the decision of the Euro
pean powers. AS for Saloniki, how
ever, the Balkan allies had not yet
reached an agreement as to who was
to have it.
Will Die in the Palace.
Paris, Nov. 9.-'Neither 1 nor tha
sultan will ever abandon Constantine
pie. Ny sovereign will await death in
his palace; in my Office Thus Kia-
mil Pasha grand vizier of Turkey, dd-
dressed the ambassadors of the pow
ers.
Kiamil Pasha informed the ambas-
sadors in ConStantinople that he would
maintain order there until the end, ac-
cording to a dispatch to the Matin
today. If, however, the Turkish CAPT
tai should be occupied by the invaders
the grand vizier declares that he could
not be answerable for what the exas-
peration of the population might lead
to. Anything that might happen then
would be on the conscience Of Europe
he said. Noradunghian Pasha, Turk
ish minister for foreign affairs, is di-
recting affairs with singular tenacity
and devotion in spite OF his SO years.
He appears to be infusing new life into
Tie pOPuidlOA VI the 4 uTklS4 capital.
For eleven days he has not left hIs
office. He eats there and sleeps there
throwing himself in the early hours
of the morning upon a military bed in
order to snatch few hours repose
General Mahmoud Mukhtar Pasha
was sent by Nazim Pasha, the com
mander-in-chief, to notify the grand
vizier that the Turkish army would
not accept either mediation or inter
vention. According to a special dis
patch to the Journal from Constanti-
nople the commander-in-chfef declared
that if the government did not heed the
wishes of the army the soldiers would
come to ConstantinopIe and cannonade
the government offices to prevent the
dismemberment of the empire
The leaders of the committee OF
union and progress also informed the
grand vizier that there would be a
terrible revolution unless the Turkish
army continued to fight to the last
ditch. AS a result of this and Of the
attitude of the army it is understood
that Kiamil Pasha decided to abandon
the idea of asking the powers to in
tervene. The officers who were sent
into retirement from the Turkish army
in 1909 for political reasons are now
being reinstated according to a special
dispatch from ConstantfnopIe to the
Echo de Paris. They will do their ut
most to lick into shape the fresh troops
being drafted into Nazim Pasha's
army which is being reorganized be-
hind the lines at Tchatalja-
Serious disorders are reported to
have broken out in Constantinople,
where Kurd soldiers are killing Chris
tians in the Galata quarter. according
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