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office of Bulgaria that the army in
unable to prevent an anti-Christian
uprising in Turkey. The sultan stated
he has renewed his appeal to the
kaiser to get the allies to agree to an
armistice.
VIENNA, Nov. 5.-Trouble amonl
the Balkan allies, almost certainly ac
companied by European war, is ex-
pected a result of a message re
ceived today from Sofia, that afte:
Turkey is conquered Czar Ferdinand
of Bulgaria will proclaim himself en-
peror of the Balkan federation. Aus
tria, it is believed, will oppose any
such federation with armed force.
Three Austrian battleships, a cruis-
er and two destroyers left Pola en-
route TO Turkish waters today. The
ships are under orders to report TO
the Austrian ambassador at Constan-
tinople.
CONSTANZA, Nov. 5.-The Turkish
steamer Chanlee sank in the Black se.-
today and the crew and 40 passengers
perished. 1t is supposed the steam II
struck a mine.
SOFIA, Nov. 5.-The imperial Turk
ish harem and city archives have been
transferred from Constantinople to
Brussa, Asia Minor, in expectation Of
the fall of the city
SOFIA, Nov 4.-The forts of Adrian
ople have been silenced. The Turks
are said to have run out Of ammuni
ton.
LONDON, Nov. 4.-There comes an
unconfirmed report from the newspaper
Bohemia of Prague that Adrianople fell
to the Bulgars in the dawn of Satur-
day. This report says that 10000 Turks
were made prisoners. If this report is
true it is no surprise to those who
have followed the war in the Balkans.
The circle drawn around the Turkish
town by the ruthless Bulgars is com
plete.
The Servians are but a short dis
tance from Prilep. At that town, to
the north of Monastir, the Serbs COM
ing down from the north and the
Greeks coming to join them will strike
hands and then advance either on Mon
astir, where there is a strong Turkish
force concentrated, or to Saloniki,
stripped of her defenses.
The return of wounded Bulgars 70
Sofia with their stories of the bloody
fighting between Adrianople and Con-
stantinople gives to the world a reali-
zation of the character of the fighting.
It was medieval, unbelievable in this
twentieth century of long distance
guns and scientific warfare.
The Bulgarians drove into the hud-
died Turks with their knives in their
teeth. They threw away their guns
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and came hand to hand Their wound
ed are in a horrible condition, slashed
with knives and torn by soft -nosed
Ottoman bullets. One glance at those
in the slow moving hospital trains
shows how desperate was their con-
flict.
The rout of the Turks was shameful.
Their fighting men fought for places
on the trains going back to Constan-
tinople with women and children from
the burning villages along the railroad
| lines.
ConstantinopIe City Of Alarms
Constantinople is a city Of alarms
and terrors. The Christians in fear of
| their lives at the hands of the Kurds,
who are staggering through the streets
| with knives in hand, are keeping TO
| their homes. Their only hope is that
under the guns which will be lined up
/ on the Turkish minarets they may find
| shelter.
British cruisers are on their way to
| the Levant.
There is report that Turkish troops
drove 200 Bulgarians in one village
| from which the sultan's men were
| fleeing into a barracks and there
burned them alive. The commander
| of the Turkish battleship, torpedoed by
| the Greeks in the waters of Salonik
| gulf, is to be shot.
No definite news has come from tbs
Turks and Bulgars, face to face 25
miles from Constantinople. Within the
fortress outside the sultan's city thf
Turk is making his last stand and the
telegraph is telling Of continued fight
ing there.