Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-01
VICTORY FOR THE ALLIES
Indications are That Turkey Must Sue
for Peace.


for Peace.
A four days battle in Thrace ended
in the triumph Of the Bulgarian COM
mander-in-chief, whose skilful STRAIT
egy has probably closed the Turk
is-Balkan war and made it one Of
the shortest and most remarkable wars
timated at over 200,000 men has been
defeated and is in retreat. Constan-
tinople Is said to be at the mercy Of
the victorious Bulgarian army and a
council sitting at the porte is dis
cussing the advisability Of suing for
peace. This is news which comes
from Constantinople, according to a
London dispatch Of last night. It is
only fortnight since Turkey declared
war. The first week of the campaign
closed with the dramatic fall Of Kirk
Kilisseh, fully revealing for the first
time the disorganization. bad morale
and inefficiency Of the commissariat
Of the Turkish army. Today the army
Is defeated and within a short distance
Of Constantinople and its line Of de-
Tense is broken. Only the briefest
and vaguest accounts of the great bat
tie have yet been received for the war
has been remarkable In that no war
correspondent has been allowed with
the front except in the case of the
little Montenegrin campaign against
Scutari.
No independent personal narrative
Of the absorbing events has been DOS
sible and the world has had to depend
on biased official accounts.
Maxim Pasha Beaten.
Apparently Nazim Pasha has been
completely out manoeuvred by Sa-
voff's skill. The Bulgarian turning
movement along the Black sea appears
to have been a feint which induced the
Turkish commander to throw his main
army to the eastward to such effect
that the Bulgarian force on this side
had the greatest difficulty in holding
the Turks in check. The Bulgarians
gave way and thus enabled Nazim
Pasha to report to Constantinople some
success.
In the meantime however, Gen
Savoff hurled his great strength at the
weakened Turkish left wing, which he
crushed at Lulebugas. The fightine
along the whole front, which evidently
has been of the most stubborn and de-
termined character, was carried on day
and night without intermission and
both sides lost heavily.
The capture Of Nazim Pasha's head
quarters at Schorlu, to which town the
defeated Turks retreated, has not as
yet been reported, but Is hourly ex-
pected at Sofia. In this event the
Turks will be within the defensive
lines with only one remaining forti-
fled position, protecting Constantine
pie. 1t lies twenty-five miles to the
northwest Of the capital.
Still Holds Out.
Adrianople still holds out but has
lost its Importance now that the Turks
have met their Sedan at Luleburgas
1t is believed a peace settlement will
be arranged and by the porte suing
for peace, or through Intervention and
an interesting question involving diff
ferent problems will Immediately arise
as to the division Of the spoils Of war
"a question concerning not only the
victorious allies, but also Russia, Aus
tria, Roumania and possibly other
powers.
The campaign Of the other Balkan
states continues with success which
throughout has attended them. Sou
tart has not yet been captured but
Ipek has fallen to the Montenegrins
The Servians have taken Prisrend and
Greece Is occupying the island in the
Aegean sea and several towns In Mac
edonia-
A noticeable feature Of the war Is the
Insignificant parts played by the Turk
ish and Greek fleets.
Whatever the result Of the Turkish
Bulgarian campaign in the eastern
part OF the Balkan peninsula, its con-
clusion probably will give occasion for
Intervention Of the European powers.
In dispatches from Vienna 1t is as
serted that the foreign ministers Of the
European governments have reached q
tentative agreement in this matter and
in any event the entry Of Bulgarian
troops into Constantinople will not be
tolerated by the powers.
Even Russia is disinclined to permit
such an occurrence - ~
1t Is also understood in diplomatic
quarters in the Austrian capital that
the Balkan nations already have made
known in an unofficial manner that
they are prepared to accept interven-
tion by the powers at any moment
now.