The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-21
NaZim Pasha Is Ordered to Re-
sumo Military Operations.
THEIR DEFEAT WAS A RIOT
The Turks Lost 10000 in
Killed and Wounded
During the Four Days Battle
at MOnastir.

Constantinople, Nov. 21.-The OF
! toman government has rejected the
terms offered by the allied Balkan ma
tions, and Nazim Pasha, the Turkish
| chief, has been ordered
| to resume operations.
The BuIgarians ask for the surren-
| der of Adrianople, Scutari, Janina and
the Tchatalja lines.
The official announcement of the re-
lection of Bulgaria's terms read:
1.-The porte finding the Bulgarian
conditions for an armistice inaccept-
able has ordered Nazim Pasha to re-
sumo military operations"
Naval Encounter.
Sofia, Nov 21.-The Turkish cruiser
Hamidch is reported to have been
blown up by Bulgarian torpedo boats
near the Port of Varna on the Black
sea No confirmation of the report
has been received by the war office.
Turkish Version.
Constantinople, Nov. 21-In an at
tack on the Turkish cruiser Ham1dch
in the Black sea this morning two
Bulgarian torpedo boats are asserted
to have been sunk an two other tor
pedo boats badly shattered. The
Hamidch is said to have escaped prac-
tically without damage.
France Butts In.
Paris, Nov. 21.-France today noti-
fed the Turkish government that she
would hold Turkey responsible for any
violence against Christians and asked
her to adopt rigid measures to prevent
any outbreaks.
The Battle of Monastir.
Belgrade, Nov. 21.-Twenty thous-
and of the $4,000 Turks who defended
Monastir were killed or wounded in
the four days battle that preceded
the capture of the city by the Serv1an
arm it was estimated today The
Servian loss was almost as great. In
the defense of the fortress the in
habitants of the city fought with great
ferocity side by side with the Turkish
regulars. They had been armed with
rifies provided bv the regular army.
The Turks had 100 guns.
The brunt of the attack on. the
fortress was borne by the Servian in
fantry. The men waded breast deep
in the water of the surrounding
marshes and took position after posi-
ton by sheer dogged determination.
The Turkish troops on Tuesday of this
week made a last desperate effort to
break through the surrounding Ser
Wan Gordon and in measure sue
ceeded The fighting was very severe |
and at the end the Turkish troops /
were absolutely beyond the control or
their officers, each man t1eelng the
way he thought best. 1t is thought
many of them fell into the hands OF
the Greeks advancing from Saloniki.
The battle is described by some of
the officers present as one OF the
bloodiest encounters of the war. 1t
ended over a line thirty miles long. |
The Turks, in reply to each assault by /
the Servians, made fierce counter at |
tacks but always were repulseo'
Retreat of Bulgar1ans.
London. Nov. 21. = Reliable eye wit |
nesses of the fighting on the Turkish |
left wing at Tchatalja report that it
appears to have resulted in the Bulgar-
ians retiring along the road from Papa
Burgas toward the village of Tchatalja,
according to the correspondent of the
Daily News. One report says they fell |
back ten miles. 1t appears. according /
to this correspondent, doubtful whether
the enthusiastic description by the
Turkish press of victories on the right
wing are reliable. The Turkish losses
here have been admittedly heavy, but
the arrival of troops from Syria has
further strengthened the Turkish de-
tense. 1t is also evident that the sup
ply and commisSariat difficulties of the
Ottman army have been somewhat re-
lieved.
The conclusion is drawn in Constanti-
nople that it should now be easier to
arrange terms unless the Turkish mill
tary authorities make the mistake Of
that a successful defense
iustifies defiance. Wounded Turkish Of
fcers highly compliment the energy
shown by General Van Hochwaschter,
to whom some of them attribute a great
part of the credit for the defense on
the Turkish right wing.
1t is clear that the Bulgarians have
evacuated the positions facing the
Hamidieh forts according to the Times
The Turks followed the
retreating Bulgarians with their artil-
lery which has longer range. The
correspondent adds:
"I cannot understand the Bulgarian
operations. Their withdrawal possibly
is a feint, but If so why did they make
such a strenuous enort to entrench
The correspondent suggests that the
may have imagined they
would have an easy path to Constan-
tinople or perhaps the Bulgarian gen.
stration without. seriously committing
their troops. He adds:
1.-THE Turks are massed in such
strength on the Mahmoud Pasha lines
that they look as though they would
be able to resist indefinitely any at
tempt of the Bulgarians to approach
them if the enemy's forward movement
should continue to extend as it has
been during the last few days. The
have retired to the hills in
the immediate vicinity of Tchatalja
village and the Turkish troops have re- !
some villages on the plain I
facing the Hamidieh forts. Whatever ,
may be the importance of this move
ment it has acted a strong tonic ,
to the spirit of the Turkish troops :
Idaho Was Close.
Boise, Idaho Nov. 21-Woodrow Wilson
,arried Idaho in the recent election by
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