Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-11-20
To STOP
TURKISH MASSACRE
viii Rush Troops Into City When
1t Falls.
TROOPS WILL BE LANDED
Great Naval Demonstration VIII Be
Inauqurated and Formal Posses
sion of Capital Is Program
of Big Nations.
TROOPS WILL BE LANDED

London, Nov. 18.-An international
naval demonstration of unprecedented
magnitude will be inaugurated by the
battleships of the powers now at an
Choir in the harbor Of COnstantinople
at the first sign of a Moslem out
break
Dispatches from the Turkish cap
ital state that in the event Of a COM
plete Bulgarian victory at Tchatalja
and a subsequent march on the city,
the warships will rush all their land
forces into the city and formally take
possession of it before the defeated,
hunger-crazed Turkish army can fall
back and begin the dreaded massacre
Of Christians.
Is Protective Measure.
This demonstration will not be I'M
dertaken as an act of hostility against
the allies, but simply as protective
measure against the outrages of the
conquered MoslemS. 1t is feared,
however, that the foreign marines will
not be able to subdue the fanatic
hordes of Moslems without battle.
The French admiral is in charge of
the proposed investment of the city
and is in daily conference with the
other commanders.
This action of the warships COM
manders is regarded here as mean
ing that the sublime porte and the
municipal government are ready to
desert the city and fulfill their stated
intention of fleeing across the Bos-
phorus and setting up a capital at
Brusa in Asia Minor.
TchataIja Battle RACES.
A general attack is being waged
along the entire Tchatalja line. Both
wings of the Turkish lines have been
turned back by the Bulgarians until
now the line of defense is a semi
circle and the invaders are driving
on toward the two outlets Of the Sea
of Marmora, the Dardanelles and the
Bosphorus.
The Turkish warships in the Sea
of Marmora are doing their utmost
to harass the advancing Bulgarians
but the shells are doing little damage,
owing to the difficulty in locating the
land forces.
No Peace In Sight.
In the meantime the peace negotia-
tions are in progress but little head
way is being made owing to the dila-
tory tactics being pursued by the
Turkish government. The allies have
submitted terms for an armistice in
reply to the Turkish request for a
cessation of hostilities which stipu-
late what is tantamount to an uncon-
ditional surrender. The Turks are
pickering for concessions which adj
vices from all sources agree will not
be granted. Various versions of these
Turkish demands are at hand but the
likeliest description includes the pro-
posal that Crete be ceded to Greece
in exchange for the restoration Of
Salonika and the coastal districts oc-
cupied; that Adrianople and Kirk
Kilisseh shall remain Turkish under
decentralized administration: that
the vilayets of Uskub, Monastir and
Scutari be granted autonomous pow
ers if Bulgaria, Servia and Montene-
gro pay a yearly indemnity to Turkey,
the government of these districts to
be centered in single representatives
of Turkey and each of the Balkan
states, with it's seat at Uskub; the
railway to Salonika to be completely
free for exports of all articles from
Servia; Kavala to be a free port of
entry for Bulgaria and San Giovanni
di Medua a free port for Montenegro,
and the Balkan states must not de-
mand separate war indemnities.
The Montenegro forces have final
ly captured San Giovannia di Medua,
port in the Adriatic and all con-