Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-10-25
INVADERS STILL PRESS
FORWARD IN TURKEY
AND ARE VICTORIOUS
LITTLE BALKAN STATES DECLARE They ARE NOT OUT TO ExTERMNATE
0TT0MN But THAT they DEMAND PROTECTION OF CHRISTIANS AND
REFORMS ASKED BY THEM FOR MANY YEARS.
ALL ADVANCING COLUMNS MOVE
TOWARDS ADRIAN0PLE FOR BATTLE
and Constantinople.

and Constantinople.
The capture of Adrianople, in the
opinion of military experts, will be ;
| difficult task It's forts are thorough
ly up-to-date and are connected by al
underground motor railway line.
4 The Bulgarians captured man,
! guns, with ammunition and food Il.
kirk-Kilisseh, but particulars as to the
number of prisoners of war have no1
! yet been given out.
Even after the fire of the Bulgar
ans finally overcame the fortress
/ fierce fighting took place in the streets
CT the town, into which the Bulgarans
affected their entry from the lower
part, said a special dispatch from
Stara Zegora today. The battle WAS
waged from street to street and every
foot of the ground was contested.
The Turks on their part declare that
evacuation of Kirk-Kilisseh was a
"strategetical retirement phrase
which became familiar during inc
Russian retreat in Manchuria.
They still have big army at Ad
rianople and along the line to Con
stantinople and it, as the Bulgarials
say, only $4,000 Asiatic troops have
so far reached the theatre of war, the
Turks have strong reinforcements
coming up.
A dispatch from Lloyds from Burgas
the Bulgarian port on the Black Sea,
says the Turkish fleet is blockading
the bay
London, Oct. PA Turkish army
of $4,000 men, commanded by Ria
Bey, is faced with the alternative of
unconditional surrender or useless
slaughter near the town of Servia, ac-
cording to special dispatch from
Athens The Turkish troops are
hedged on the east by high cliffs and
on the west by the torrents of the
River Aliakmen, the fords OF which
are held by Greek highlanders.
On the south and southwest, too,
there is a Greek army flushed with
victory.
After their defeat on Wednesday the
Turks threw away their rifles, great
coats and everything likely to impede
their flight. Ria Bey and his officers
vainly tried to rally their troops and
save the artillery. Their surrender,
the dispatch adds, can only be mat
ter of few hours. A Sofia dispatch
says that Mukhtar Pasha, son of the
Grand Vizier, who commanded the
fortress of Kirk Kilisseh, was captur-
ed by the Bulgarians, as well as Prince
Hahn and several generals.
London, Oct. 25.-Reports are cur /
rent here of serious trouble in Crete. /
The Greek government has announc-
ed the appointment of former Prem |
er Stephen Dragoumis as governor
general of the island, which is in de-
lance OF the arrangements of the Ed
'opean powers Dragoumis is said 10
1ave arrived in Crete to take up his
Censored kilograms .
received today from Crete refer to a
naval demonstration by the warships /
)f the powers, which is said to have I
oeen ineffective.
Athens, Oct 2o.-CrOwn Prince I
Constantine of Greece formally en-.
tered the Turkish city of Servia yes
terday. The capture of the town is
regarded here as the conclusion OF
he first and most serious stage of the
war.
Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 25.-More
han 100 Greeks, fromerly business
men in Los Angeles, left today for
he east enroute to take up arms
against the Turks.
Ccttinje, Montenegro, Oct. 25.-An
is proceeding between the
Montenegro troops under General
.azovitch and the Turks near Koplik,
lbout ~ miles to the south of Scutari
and on the eastern shore of the lake.