The searchlight., 1912-11-29
DENY TALK OF WAR
BELIEVED. HOWEVER, IssUGs OF
PEACE OR WAR HANG ~
SLENDER THREAD.
MAY SEIZE ADVANTAGE.
Feared Turkey May Profit by EN-
broiiment Of Other Countries
Fighting and Cholera
Continue.

London. Nov. 27.-The extreme anx-
iety manifested by all the European
governments to deny reports of war
like preparations and to represent the
political situation as peaceful and sat.
isfactory is in itself an indication Of
on how slender a thread the issues OF
peace and war In Europe now hang.
The danger arises. not alone from
the conflicting interests of Austria.
Servia and the other powers, but from
the possibility that Turkey. following
the traditional policy of profiting by
the embodiment of the great powers.
may adopt an irreconcilable attitude
in the peace negotiations
Beyond the fact that the plenipoten-
tiaries met yesterday nothing is yet
known-not even whether an armis-
tice has been arranged. There ap-
pears to be a suspension of operations
at the Tchatalja lines. apparently by
tact consent rather than by formal
agreement.
Porte's Methods irritate.
The semi official Bulgarian newspa-
per. Mir, editorially voices the govern
mental irritation at Turkeys dilatory
methods Of negotiation and accuses
the Porte of deliberately nominating
delegates from remote points in order
to gain time. This probably refers
to Osman Miami Pasha. the ambassa-
dor to Germany, who has Just arrived
at Constantinople from Berlin.
In the diplomatic field the most i'm
portant reports are that Servia de-
clines to reply to the Austrian de-
mands until the war is concluded and
that Germany has not undertaken to
mediate between Austria and Russia
The news that Servia is throwing fur
ther obstacles in the way of the Aus
trian repres sntatives in Prochaska,
the Austrian consul at Prisrend, is
another disquteting feature.
Fighting continues around Adrian
ople where the besieging forces are
reported to have drawn their invest
ing circle to within two-thirds Of q
mile of the town.
A dispatch from Durazzo to the
Daily Telegraph says the Servians
now are about eight hours march
from Durazzo, having reached Ishmi.
Cholera Presses Northward.
The Daily News correspondent. in .
dispatch which evidently evaded the
strict censorship. says the cholera is
pressing northward from Constants.
nople. Already there are several hun
dred cases at Mutapha Pasha and the
scourge has entered Bulgaria.
The foreign doctors have met to
consider what advice could be offered
the government respecting precau-
tions against the spread of the dis
ease.
The cholera. the correspondent adds
Is raging at Adrianople and is spread.
ing among the Servians.
The losses to both Turks and Bul.
| garians have been enormous. but the
decentralization of the main Turkish
army has not extended to the garri.
son at Adrianople. which daily dis
! plays desperate gallantry. II has sue.
ceeded several times in winning back
lost ground, especially on the righ,
bank OF Martha river.
Early Thursday morning, after q
fierce night engagement. the Bulgari
ans entered Karagec, a suburb OF Ad
rianople, where street fighting ensued
and were compelled to retire The
Bulgarian and Servian losses since
the beginning of the scene cannot bs
less than $4,000. killed and wounded
The cholera fighting equipment II
hopelessly inadequate.