Evening journal., 1912-11-01
BULCARIANS
REJOICE AS
PEACE NEARS
Nations Capitol Given Over
Today to Carnival Of
Joy
VICTORIOUS SAVOFF
MAN OF THE HOUR
BY The United Press.

By The United Press.
SOFIA, Nov. 1.-The Bulgarian
capital was given over to a carnival
1 OF the widest rejoicing today The
people believed the war with Turkey
practically over. The masses did not
understand the danger Of interference
BY the powers and assumed that the
whole of European Turkey will be d.
yided up among the Balkan allies i'm
mediately.
The only depressing feature was
the news of enormous losses at the
!. front and the arrival of a continued
stream of wounded They came by
p thousands. The hospitals were quick
" oyerfowed, public buildings were
pressed into service and private
houses were being thrown open for
"a hospital purposes. There we're not
tenough doctors, medical supplies
( were exhausted and practically the
whole OF the feminine population
\ was volunteering as nurses
AS the cost of the Bulgarian VIC
tory begins to be more fully appre-
y. ciated undoubtedly there Will be
reaction from the Outburst OF JOY
which prevailed today. Thus lar,
/ however, there have been no signs
of one.
General Savoff, who led the Bull
sarians. is the hero of the hour. His
popularity seemed even greater than
Gear Ferdinand's. Pictures of him
lhave been posted everywhere and
cheering crowds surround them.
The Turks did not retreat from
II Ilue Burgas. il was said. but fed
pell-mell. Thousands of them were
,taptured and thousands were shot
and cut down as they ran An enor-
nous quantity of guns, ammunition
and stores fell into the Bulgarians
hands.
Reports of the death or capture
of Nazim Pasha. the Turkish war
4 minister who commanded the sultan
troops. had not been confirmed, but
the people here accepted them as
true and simply because they pre-
ferred TO believe Them.
Ey The United Press
\ BERLIN, Nov Military meI
/. here were shocked today at the com
pleteness of the defeat which 1t wat
reported the Turks have finally sui
Z fered in their fighting with the Bui
garians.
i The Turkish army was trained OIL
1 German lines and by German instruc
tors, with the great soldier Genera
/ Won der Goltz at their head, while tn
Balkan states military education ha
been mainly in the hands of Frencl
+ officers The outcome, in its way, Il
a distinct blow at German prestige.
Latest reports here we're to tn
effect that the Turkish commander
we're rallying their disorganize'
III forces for another stand across tn
M peninsula at the extremity of whicl
II Constantinople is situated One yer
l. sion was that they were forming aloni
4, line extending from Rodosto, oi
4 the Sea of Marmora, to Midia, on th
II. Black Sea According to another &C
count. they had been driven by tn
Bulgarians back. upon Constantine
ple's last line of defenses. crossing
still narrower part of the peninsul
| approximately from Silivri, on III
Sea Of Marmora. the Derkos, near tn
Black Sea coast, only thirty mile
west of the capital.
A In either case the same outcom
"A was expected another Bulgaria
3 victory. except that there probabl
q will be two fights if the former pos
~ ton is being defended and only on
81 if It is the latter.