The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-30
Plans of the Balkan Allies Ap.
pear to Be
CARRIED OUT WITH PRECISION
A Few Setbacks Up to the Present
Turkey Is, Apparently, Being
Rapidly Pushed Back to
the Wall.

Lohdon, Oct. oU.-Ihe plan oil cam
paign of the Balkan allies appears to
be working with almost perfect smooth
ness. This is due, according to military
critics, to some extent to the unpre.
paredness of the Turkish army. The
armies of Bulgaria, Servia, Greece and
Montenegro are now in possession of a
large portion of the Turkish railroad
system and also of the wagon roads,
while those lines and roads which they
do not actually command they are either
astride of or threatening.
Interest in the war still centers large.
ly in the eastern area below Adrianople,
where Nazim Pasha, the Turkish min
lister of war and COMMUNICATIVE chief,
with four army corps, is holding the line
from Tehorlu to Lule Burgas.
According to the latest reports, his
task is an attempt to stem the advance
of the victorious Bulgarian troops, and
he is credited with the statement that
he will return the victor or perish iii
the attempt.
He appears to occupy perilous posi-
ton, with the Bulgarians on his right
flank at Eski- Baba, cutting him of from
the army of Adrianople, while the de-
struction of the bridge over the Tchorlu
river prevents him from obtaining rein
foreements and supplies from Constan
tinople. Supplies are his greatest want,
for with the breaking down of the Turk
ish commssariat he is reported to be
short Of them already.
Should the great turning movement
now being attempted by the Bulgarians
be successful, Nazim Pasha might be
driven to the west toward Saloniki, leav-
ing Constantinople at the mercy of the
invaders
In the meantime Greek Servian and |
Bulgarian armies are moving upon Sa-
loniki. The Greeks are already within |
striking distance of the Turkish town I
of Verra, only so miles from Saloniki |
On the railroad from Monastir. The pos
session of Verria by the Greeks would
not only threaten Saloniki but cut off |
the Turkish army under Zekki Pasha,
which was defeated by the Servians at |
Uskup and is now concentrating at Mon
lstir.
The capture Of Verra by the Greeks
would enable them to effect a junction
with the Bulgarian army coming down
rom Novrokop and Drama through the
Struma valley and concentrating at Ser
'es and with the Servians, who are adj
7ancing upon Veles.
All the passes through the Rhodope
Mountains leading to the Saloniki and 4
Adrianople railway are also in Bull
.arian hands.
The unofficial report from CONSTANT
,ple that the Turkish town of Servia
las been recaptured from the Greeks
5 not credited here.
Active diplomatic negotiations are 60
ng on among the powers. The British :
minister at Cettinie, Montenegro, in
visited King Nicholas Monday
t Riska, and this is regarded as un-
oubtedly in connection with the CONVEX !
ations held with the ambassadors of /
he powers in London by Sir Edward
irey, the British foreign minister. The a
iplomats are still hopeful of avoid a
~ any complications between the pow $
rs.
A well-informed correspondent in vi t
ma telegraphs that Austria does not $
any active intervention and Q
nat there exists in the Austria capital c
well-founded hope of an improvement
! Austro-Servian relations II this is U
}, the danger always expected to arise j
| Europe from Balkan war may be ?
voided.
Replying to a request made by several p
ugarian legations for more informa- a
on as to the progress of events in a
he eastern part Of The theatre of war,
remier Guechoff replied that no other a
aws than that supplied by the general 81
aft would be communicated. a