The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20

| troops operating before the line of
fortifications defending Constantinople
at Tchatalja have received orders to
cease firing and merely to hold the
positions they have won as negotia-
! tions have been begun for the con-
clusion of an arnistice at the request
| of Turkey.
Many Unionists Arrested.
London. Nov. 2O.-Both Ottoman
and foreign interests in Constantine
pie while awaiting the publication
there of news regarding the progress
of the war are chiefly concerned in the
large number of arrests of politicians
| and writer's belonging to the party of
Union and Progress.
According to a special dispatch from
the Turkish capital the Ottoman gov
| ernment through an agency has is
sued a statement that 40 arrests have
been made and the sole reason for
these arrests was the organization of
demonstration by university students
in front of the government offices on
October z.
AT first the most remarkable stories
were circulated in explanation of the
arrests. With view Of influencing
Musselman opinion it was explained
that the Unionists were plotting to
establish a republic. An attempt was
also made to divert Christian and for
eign sympathy from the arrested men
the object of the organization was to
arrange massacres and to blow up the
foreign quarter at Pera.
These reports were SO manifestly
and clumsily false that the govern
ment felt constrained to issue today S
statement regarding the students.
Diplomatic circles, however, attribute
the arrests to a very different reason.
They believe they were due to the
nomination by the sultan, at the be-
1f III 80 Mo- Il
Shefket Pasha as inspector-general of
the army.
This action was intended to be the
fall of the Ottoman cabinet.
Neither the public nor counsel for
the defense was admitted to the court
martial which tried the arrested I'm
ionists. This rigorous action of the
authorities is expected to suppress
UnioniSt opposition for long time to
come.
BuIgarfans Deny Defeat
Sofia, Nov 20. - All the reports
emanating from Turkish sources alleg-
ing that the Turkish troops had gained
victories over the Bulgarians along the
line of fortifications at Tchatalja, are
officially declared untrue by the Bull
garian war Office today.
This is the only information given out
thus far in regard to the three days
operations of the Bulgarian army be-
fore Constantinople, with the exception
of yesterdays announcement that the
armies had been engaged at the ad-
vanced points of the line
Regarding the situation at Adrianople
official accounts state that the Turkish
troops attempting to break through the
Bulgarian investing lines, We're re-
pulsed Monday with heavy losses, after
a battle lasting the whole day. They
were compelled to retire to the fortress
From Dedeaghatch. on the Aegean
sea, it is reported that two battalions
of Turkish troops posted on the heights
to the north, were routed by the Bull
garfans. The Turks fed. leaving a train
filled with provisions, ammunition ard
horses.
Official Turkish Report.
Constan tinople, Nov. 2O.-The posi-
ton at the Tchatalj.l lines was de-
scr.bed by Nazim Pasna, the Turkish
&C tmmander-in-chief, in Il telegram to
the Turkish war Office timed 1915 L.
n. today as follows:
Reports received at this moment
state that the eneu'v facing our left
wing withdrew completely last night
in the direction af the slopes of Papez
Burgas. Our reconnoiterinng parties
counted 500 dead Bulga rians on the
slopes in the environs Tchatalja sta
ton. From their epaulets it was es-
tablished that the dead soldiers be-
lo1ged to the First infantry regiment
of Sofia. A number of rifles, caps and
our troops
According to staten ents 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.
THE morale of our troops is very
good
A wireless dispatch from the com
mander of the Turkish battleship Tor
gut Refs. time 1 a. m. November 20,
reports that a Turkish detachment
operating from DerkoS aided by the
fire of the ships guns, drove back the
Bulgarians in the direction of Ormanli
and Karaburun for a distance of ten
miles.
Turks Lost 10000 Men.
Belgrade, Nov. 2O.-According to
the latest reports from Monastir the
Turkish garrison did not surrender
but fled in all elections leaving a
large amount of war material behind.
In the terrific battle which preceded
the fall of the city the Turks lost 2O,-
600 killed and wounded and the Ser
Wan casualties We're also very heavy.
The crown prince of Servia made his
Most of the Turkish garrison fled
toward Florina, 20 miles southeast,
hotly pursued by Servian cavalry. The
Servian press is demanding a strict
investigation into the origin of the re-
ports of the capture of $4,000 Turks.
Gun Men Appeal
New York, Nov 2O.-Joseph A.
Shay, attorney for Charles Becker,
filed with District Attorney Whitman
today notice of appeal from the YER
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