Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-11-14
ANOTHER DEFEkI
SEEMS IMMINENT
GREAT BATTLE is IN PROGRESS
AND WOUNDED ARE FLOCK
ING TO coNsTANTlNoPLE.
MEDIATION ATTEMPTED.
Now Possible Bulgarians May Not
Enter Ottoman Capital
Movements Of #t
Armies.
MEDIATION ATTEMPTED.

pAOSOuCuIo III CAC p1oocuI Wal, Iuc
news from Constantinople last night.
was the herald of another Turkish de-
feat at the Tchatalja lines, where
battle has been proceeding for the
last two or three days.
j The Turkish admission that so
many wounded are arriving at the
capital as to show that the Turks are
offering fierce resistance, has q great
Significance, in view of previous adj
missions of similar nature, and may
be regarded as preparing the public
mind for another disappointment. It
may be quite possible" that this will
prove the last great battle of the cam
paign.
There are indications that Bulgaria
may, after all, forego triumphal en-
try into Constantinople. According
to some reports, Bulgaria will be con-
tent with finding suitable winter quar-
'ters for her army while the peace ne
gotiations are going on and subse-
Quent settlements are being arranged.
Step Toward Mediation.
The question of mediation has made
another step forward in the announce
ment from Paris that the Austrian
government has agreed to join with
the other powers in transmitting Tur-
keys request for mediation to the
allies and in inqutring on what terms
the allies are disposed to accept med
Iation.
The revelation Of the danger to Flu
ropean peace lying in the antagonistic
interests of Austria and Servia ap-
pears to have quickened the sense Of
the powers, and probably Of the Bal
kan states also, to the imperative
need of working in amicable co-opera.
ton to procure a settlement of the
Balkan problems acceptable to all the
parties concerned.
Another factor making for the
speedy cessation of the war is the an.
pr0aCh of severe winter conditions,
which would give to the campaign
an exceedingly arduous character.
German Influence Seen.
There still is talk in Vienna Of send
Ing an ultimatum to Servia, and other
warlike reports, but it is believed Ged-
many is exercising ameliOrating inf1u-
ence in,t the persuading Of both Austria
and Servia to consent to a postpone
ment of the settlement until the whole
matter can be dealt with by the Euro
pean conference. Meanwhile, diplo-
macy is active in all the European
capitals. 1t is understood that after
his important mission at Buda Pest is
concluded, DR.. Daneff, president of the
Bulgarian chamber Of deputies, will
10 to the other European courts to
Explain the views Of the allies.
Chances for Armistlce. "a
/. Constantinople The Bulgarians be-.
.Ean an. attack on the Turkish adj
Fanced positions along the Tachaltja
line Monday after1oon'f The fighting
continued throughout the day.
!. JudgingTfrom; the number. OF wound
ID arriving in Constanttnople the
Turkish troops are Offering fierce re-
,Sistance.
Cholera has appeared among the
iBnlEarian troops, according to re-
ports: The numbe Of wounded SOL
piers reaching the capital IS increas-
ing to such an extent that the war Of
dee has decided to send contingents
10 Brusa, in Asia Minor. Every pos
bible accommodation in the capital is
being utilized for the care Of tho
wounded
Turkish Army Starving.
Paris--A staff correspondent Of the
Temps, Jean Rodes, who has reached
Constantinople from the war zone
sends vivid picture of the misery Of
the Turkish soldiers and the disorgan-
cation of the Turkish army. He says
eve have witnessed the failure Of
the Turk as a soldier. We have seen
him dying of hunger, worn out by ia
tigue, wrecked by suffering and run,
ming away after having abandoned his
place in the combat:
81 have never seen a more poig-z
pant picture Of human distress than
that presented by these unhappy men.
thrown into one Of the most terrible
wars in history, without food, without
medical attention. almost without
chiefs, almost without slarms. And at
6eidler / saw a soldier whose right
hand had been severed, hold out to us.
begging for medical help, the bleeding
stump, #.s. !. SEs z
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