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PEACE At ANY TERMS
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From the accounts o; correspond
ents on the Bulgarian side their
wounded are in just as bad coudi.
tion IA the Turks. One correspond
ent in describing the poor ambulance
service Of the Bulsarlans. whose
wounded are driven for miles in
,oltinE OK carts. says this 10 not the
worst part OF their suffering. He
lcontinueS:
After several battles the wound.
ed were left lying on III. bare fields
where they had fallen for two or
three hot days and bitterly cold
nights and the worst sights in the
hospitals are the rows OF poor tel-
lows with swollen and gangrened
limbs, for whom there is no hope OF
recovery.
The correspondent adds that many
are drying from exposure and not
from wounds,
An old Turk" writing 10 the news
papers to dcplore the defeat OF his
country says :: would not nave hap
Ipemed had Abdul Hamid been ruling
On the ,horne. He continued:
! Our true Sultan has now return
ed to the city OF the faithful and
this fact has caused greater sensa-
ton in the Ottoman empire than all
1.-The rcverses our troops have suffer
ed"
He predicts that Abdu! Hamid
ed to the throne In Cons;antinople
and owing to the diss.ntions Of the
powers. part OF the Turkish empire
would be saved by him.
All the European powers have
agreed to the Turkish proposal made
last week that they should inform
the balkan nations OF the Turkish
reQuee, for meditation and to inquire
from them whether they are willing
10 formulate terms on which ncgo-
,iations could be opened. Stcps In this
direction are about to he taken BY
the representatives OF the powers.
Vienna. Nov. l3.-Thc main Bul-
EarIan attack on the Turkish forts
along the line OF TchataIja In front
OF Constantinopie 10 now proRrcss-
inE fa,orably after being delayed
for two days because of the diff
Guilty OF transport after the heavy
rain. according to the correspondent
Of the Rcichpost At Bulgarian head
quarters, In = dispatch dated Tues
day.
Tho Turks. he ays. have bcrn
driven from their advance posts.
In another dispatch the correspond
en, says the Turkish officers capsur-
ed during the sorties made by the
garrison Of Adrianople declare tho
bulgarian artillery fire was unbear-
able. The Turkish troops engaged
In the soties had only = few biscuits
to eat. They treated their Officers
commands to advance with inditfer-
.nce and stirred only when the Mus
sulman priests interviewed.
The utmost confusion prevailed
anon. the beseiEed. The Turkish
troops fired on one another In the
darkness while the Bulgarian ar;i!-
iery continued to rake their ranks
land the infantry finally closed In on
them.
The Turkish in Adrianople have
been KEEP; in ignorance Of the defeat
loi the main Turkish army.
ST. Petersburg. Nov. i3.-The
Turkish council OF war has decided
that the position OF the army de-
Tending Constantinople is hopeless.
says a dispatch from the Turkish
capital.
The decision was reached after
the council had received a communi-
cation from the Ottoman commander
in chief. The view IL also endorsed
by a representative OF the Red Cres-
cent society. fr
Cons,antinople. Nov. l3.-There
is good reason to believe that the
Turkish government has decided to
negotiate directly with the Balkan
allies. AS the mediation of the pow
ers seems to be fruitless.
Berlin. Nov. l3.-The reasons for
the breakdown OF the Turkish army
before the invaders are brought TO
light in a letter from Captain Per-
suis. the war correspondent OF the
Tageblatt.
Writing from Uskuh after visiting
the battlefield Of kumanova he says
he found on the persons of tho fall
en- Turkish infantrymen numbers OF
blank cartridges and also cartridges
OF the old German rifles used in 1871.
| He also drew the swords Of some
Of the fallen cavalrymen and found
them unsharpensd and blunt and It
was the same with the bsyonets Of
the iufantrymen. He saw a battery
of field guns which had been captur-
ed by the Servians.
The sights were fixed At $500
yards but the barrels were only
slightly discoiored by powder. He was
told that Sa-h ho T,,p ,pk{uh rp19s -, n ,rG