The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-07


marching to aid in defending Constan.
tinople nor the warships, which the
powers are rushing to protect foreign
ers seemed likely today to reach their
destination before the city fell.
Rumors that the sultan is preparing
to transfer his capital to Brusa, in
Asia Minor, were disquieting. Pre-
sumably he would take his army with
him. The Turkish troops have
slaughtered the inhabitants and burn
ed the shops and dwellings of the
towns they have evacuated.
While it may be possible to save
the European residents of the capital
the native christian population, num-
bering fully 100000 would be wiped
out The Turks are enraged against
the christians because it rs by an al
lance of christian nations that they
are being vanquished and because
they attribute their defeats to the dis
affection of their own christian SOL
diers.
The butchery at Rodosto, now con-
firmed. in which hundreds of chris
tians were killed. the women and chill
dren being thrown into the flames or
their own burning homes. was mere,
II mild illustration of what is fear
ed in Constantinople.
The battle between Sarai and Choir
Ia according to messages received to-
day, was perhaps the bloodiest of the
entire Turko- Bulgarian campaign. The
Turks fought with the fury of desper-
alton. There were times when the
Ottoman troops seemed likely to cut
their way through the Bulgarian cor
don and reach Chatalja with their
main force intact But the Bulgarians
triumphed and out of 10000 Turks
only few scattering attachments es-
capped.
Maxim Pasha's fate was still In
doubt today. One rumor had 1t that
he was killed by his own men.
Reports from Belgrade that the Ser.
VANS had captured Monastir lack con-
frmation.
With the fall of Monastir, and Sa-
Ionika the only cities In European
Turkey remaining in Ottoman posses
sion will be Constantinople, Adrian
opie and Scutari.
Scutari alone seemed today to be
able to make a prolonged resistance.
Assad Pasha probably can hold out
there for three or four months and he
appeared determined to do so, regard
less of the fate OF the rest OF the en-
pire. Snow and q tempest of cutting
aleet which has turned all the roads
intc Gusg1nttres and caused the bitter
est suffering among the troops In the
field are sweeping over Turkey today.
800 Blown Up.
BERLIN, Nov. Three hundred
Bulgarians were killed by the explo>
sion of single mine while stormfng
the Chatalja forts today, according
to Constantinople message. Sever
al positions We're captured from the
Turks, however. it was stated in a
dispatch from Sofia.
A massacre of christians Is immi-
nent IN Asia Minor as we'll as IN Con-
rtdHtlHopio, dCtOIuiLX 70 doFlCeS lFUlN
Smyrna. Both there and at Beirut, it
was asserted. there has been pillag-
ing, though no murders were reported.
It was feared these will follow.
Bulgarians Draw Near.
SOFIA, Nov. Ito facilitate their
operations against Constantinople,e
defenses, the Bulgarians today occu-
pied several villages in Chatalia's Inn
mediate vicinity.
Greeks Occupy saionika.
LARISSA, Greece, Nov THAT
the Greeks have occupied Salonika
was oficially announced here this
afternoon.
Greeks on the Move.
ATHENS, Nov. THE Greeks are
expected to occupy Salonika today. j,
was reported in bulletin just issued
here. Fifteen thousand Turks, the
announcement said, have evacuated
the city after destroying the bridges
between it and the advancing Greek
force. The latter were crossing the
yarda river on pontoons last night,
according to dispatches from the
front