The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
FALL IF MONAST|R MOST IMPORTANT CAPTURE OF WAR FOR SERWAN ARMY Three Pashas, 50,0O0 Men and Forty-Seven Guns Are Taken in Vic
 torious Assault STRANGE SILENCE
 AGAIN ENVELOPS
 CONSTANTINOPLE The Sultan Makes Another Appeal for Mediation But Little Heed Is Expected so Re Paid 10 II.
 American Troops Land
 in Constantinople

London, November 1s.--Any idea that the Turkish government may have had Of beneftins by continued resistance must be shattered by todsys news of Ehe fall of Monastir In the capture of that important town tho servians took three pashas. including the com mander in chief. selxki Pasha, 5oooO men and 47 guns. thus achieving the greatest individual success of the war. Monastir was the second city of inn portance in European Turkey. II was Turkeys stronghold in Macedonia and by it's downfall Macedonia passes com pletely out of Turkish hands.
 What part the Greeks played in the capture has not been ascertained. Il is known that the Greek army was marching to the assistance of the Ser Nians and it is supposed that the Greeks were able to cut off the Turk fish retreat to the south.
 The Servians naturally will be elated et this victory which outshines the capture of salonikl and must have a great moral effect on the future course of the war.
 Another of the strange silences which have beon characteristic of this war appears to have fallen over Constan- tinople from which city only brief dis patches have been received telling of 3lss ssua1ptiora q tlie Ichs ssslja bastie knd that the Sultan has made fresh personal appeal to tho European SOW sreigns to intervene for the termina- ton of the war Quite as little may be expected to como of this appeal as of the previous attempt at mediation by the powers,
 Turkish Reports Unreliable
 Turkish reports, even the official dis patches of tho results of the opera lions, have been so unreliable through out that little attention can be paid to inc statements regarding the Tchatal5A battle. issued al Constantinopie sun- day and Monday The operation prob ably was little more than an artillery
  ties lasts several days, for the pir- pose of drawing tho enemy's fire and locating his batteries.
 As the effect of the victory at Monastir will be to stifen the servian government in resisting Austrian pretentions, the con sular troubles al Prisrend and Mitrovitza arc breeding a dangerous spirit of i'll feeling between Austria and Servia which is little calculated to favor diplomatic ns- aotiations. The newspapers of both capi- tsls reflects this feeling
 No news has yet reached Vienna of the Austrian consul. Prochaska, at Prisrend. The Servian government has declined to comply with Austria S request to allow an Austrian representative to go to Prisrend to make inquiries and practically ignores Austria protests on the subject.
 There is a report that Scutari has fallen before the Montenegrin attacks. but this is not confirmed
 Bulgarian army comes in report that the noted German doctor. Roth, has been sum lnoned to Bulgarian headquarters to assist in stamping out the disease.
 Legations Well Protected
 Pera and Galata, says q Constafitifiople dispatch to the Times. are now guarded asainst any imaginable attack by cor don of 330 marines thrown about in strategic positions. The lines of the international forces link up the various embassies and take in the foreign insti- tutions.
 On the first appearance of trouble the bridges will be opened and the Russian gLnbcat kubanaz will enter the Golden Horn and take up position for the de- fense of Phanar The other warshps will move close In Tuesday
 Thus far, says the correspondent, all is quiet and bids fair 10 remain so. The populace shows no resentment at the landing of marines
 Details of Fighting The correspondent of the Times with the Turks. giving further details of the battle along the Tchataija lines says:
 'The firing increased heavily towards [ o'clock Sunday when the Bulgarian batteries three miles northeast of Tcha- talja opened a continuous fire against the twin works of Ifamdieii. Here the Bull garian infantry had debouched ls1to a plain and seized the village of IzzedIn from which they were driven by the Turkish artillery. Soon after the village burst into flames. The Turkish troops appeared to be easily holding the enemy at bay.
 .The Bulgarian batteries, eleverly en- trenehed at the edge of the plain, had to bear the fire of the heavy guns of three warsbips booming broadsldes from the sea. This fire was directed by signals from the hills. It seemed effective. but the Bulgarian artillerymen still courage ously served their pieces.
 Thus the artillery combat ebbed and flowed till the sun went down in a crim- son gloom amid wet fog drawn up by the firing. It was as though the battle was stopped by the touch of sn electric hutton.
 "Thus finished the first day of the Bulgarian preparation to discover d ss- lient In the famous Tchaltaija lines. The Bulgarian stan must have learned much. It is impossible to say what Is passing , in other directions. Some of the troops are seeing the enemy for the first iHe. From what I have observed the ;5ui- esrians made no headwak here.
 50.000 Men Dead
 Reviewing the campaign. the sofia corr respondent of the Times estimates that