Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-11-20
Bulgarian Troops to
Hold Positions as
Negotiations Are
Being Made.
TURKS AGAIN CLAIM
REPULSE OF ENEMY
sultan's Troops Fled from
Monastir, Pursued by Serv-
Ian CavaIry-Large Amount
of Material Left Behind.

LONDON, Nov. 20.--Fighting has
ceased for the moment between the
Turkish and Bulgarian armies strug-
Cling for the possession of the key to
the gates of Constantinople and the
opposing commanders-in-ch chief are
engaged in formulating the terms of
an armistice. If these negotiations
prove successful they will prepare
for a meeting of the plenipotentiaries
who discuss conditions of peace.
In accordance with the suggestion
contained in the Bulgarian note that
the allied Balkan nations are pre-
pared to meet the Turkish COM
mander-in-chief with a view of ar
ranging an armistioe, the Ottoman
government has appointed Nazim
Pasha to confer with General Savoff,
the Bulgarian leader. The Turkish
general, who has been putting up
such an excellent defense of the ram
parts of the capital now has thrown
on him the additional burden Of de-
Gliding whether or not further dis
play of tenacity behind the fortifica-
tions of Tchatalja may bring easier
terms and save to the Ottoman en-
pire more than Constantinople and a
strip of Thrace along the shores of
the sea of Marmora, which, seeming
ly, is all that the conquerors are at
present disposed to leave to the van
Quished.
In the meanwhile the two armies
Hold 1aaa, Ar.4f t.
long this armed truce will be main
tained, however. will depend on the
terms of peace offered by the League
of the Baflan NAYiofis. and on
whether the hitherto futile attacks by
the Bulgarians on the Tchatalja lines
have inspired the Turks with hopes
that the fortunes of war may yet
turn in their favor.
Reports regarding the conditions
proposed by the allies are conflicting.
It is officially stated in CONSTANT
nople that the agreement of the allies
=, discuss the terms of an armistice
and the preliminaries of peace does
not stipulate any conditions.
simultaneously with the lull ON the
battlefield comes news of diminu-
tion of tensions In the Austro- Servian
dispute by the compliance of Servia
with the demand of the Austrian
government for an investigation on
the spot.
On the other hand, there is nothing
yet to point to a solution of the
question Of Servia's demand for ports
on the Adriatic sea. If, as is threat
ened she diverts her army, released
by the fall of Monastir, to the country
of the Arnaat tribesmen, her rela-
tions with Austria-Hungary will, it
is thought, be further imperiled.
The reports that orders for the mo-
bilization of the Austro- Hungarian
army had been issued are today Off
cially declared untrue The more
amenable attitude Of Servia is doubt
less partly due to the action of the
German and Italian governments at
Belgrade. As the Germans and Ital-
ians at Prisrend are under the pro-
lection of the Austrian consulate, the
two governments warmly supported
the Austro- Hungarian representa-
tions.
Court-martial at Constantinople are
busiiy engaged sentencing members
of the Young Turk party to terms of
Imprisonment. Nineteen of them were
disposed ofyesterday. Deputy Carasso,
of Saloniki has been arrested.
A private letter received by a busi-
ness firm from Constantinople and
dated November is says that under
martial law order is being better kept
than ever before in that city. 1t con-
cludes
You can take this from an old
business firm-that Constantinople
will always be left to Turkey and
that trouble will never occur in the
way people abroad imagine"
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 20.-The
position at the Tchatalja lines was
described by Nazim Pasha, the Turk
ish chief, in a tele-
gram to the Turkish war office, timed
1876 p m. today, as follows:
Reports received at this moment
state that the enemy facing our left
wing withdrew completely last night
in the direction of the slopes of Papaz
Burgas. Our reconnoiter.ng parties
counted over 500 dead Bulgarians on
the slopes in the environs of Tchat-
ALA railroad station. From their
dead soldiers belonged to the First
Infantry regiment of Sofia. A num-
ber of rifles, caps and officers swords
We're brought in by our troops
According to statements made by
Bulgarian prisoners. the enemy has
been without food for three days and
is retreating The Bulgarians were
unable to carry away all their
wounded
1.-THE morale of our troops is very
good
A wireless dispatch from the com
mander of the Turkish battleship Tor
gut Refs. timed a. M. November 20,
reports that a Turkish detachment
operating from Derkes, aided by the
fire OF the ships guns, drove back the
Bulearians in the direction of Or
manli and Karaburun for distance
Of ten miles.