Evening star., 1912-11-16
PEACE CONDITIONS +,
BEING DRAWN Up
Prompt Acceptance by Turkey
May Avert the Taking of
ConstantinopIe.
MUST BE AGREED TO
WITHIN "a HOURS
Ottoman Government Realizes Futil.
ity of Further Resistance.
LITTLE NEWS OF FIGHTING
King Ferdinand About to Start for
Tchatalja-Correspondent Tells
of Battle Line Fifteen
Miles Long.

Miles Long.
SOFIA. Bulgaria, November IL. Tie
subject OF peace negotiations is absorbing
the entire attention of the Bulgarian gov
eminent for the moment. The Bulgarian
caolnet lost no time in communicating 10
the allies the contents of the letter from
the grand vizier on the subject of an
ar1nistioe, and an interchange OF views
between the Balkan governments is in
active progress
1t is stated that the peace conditions
Will be formulated with the least pos
sible delay and presented to Turkey. Tn
less they are accepted within twenty-four
hours after their presentation hostilities
will be continued. as the Bulgarian gen
erals are not wiling to permit Turkey
to gain valuable time by wrangling over
the conditions. A prompt acceptance
may avert the entry OF the Bulgarian
troops into Constantinop.e
May Retain Capital.
1t is believed that Bulgaria will not OBJ
ject to Turkey retaining ConstantinopIe
and the Dardanelles
Regarding the military situation at the
Tchatalja line of fortifications in front
of the Turkish capital many rumors are
| in circulation, but as far as is oriicially
known no serious engagement has yet
occurred. There have been merely a few
| encounters between the Bulgarian and
Turkish outposts. while the Bulgarians
| have occupied three villages in front or
| the Notifications.
King Ferdinand Of Bulgaria is now at
kfrk-Kilisseh,. but it is reported that he
Is preparing to start for TchatalJa
Think War About Over.
coNsrANTINoPLE tby way of Kus-
! tendje), November 16.-The opinion is
general here that the war is practically
over. An armistice with the Bulgarfans
will in all proba bility be arranged within
the next few days. and this viii be fol-
| lowed by direct negotiations for peace.
The Ottoman government fully realizes
| that further resistance can only preiu-
dice the position of Turkey still more.
while its outcome is extremely prob
lematical and might lead to even more
| humiliation.
1t is recognized that practically the
who're of European Turkey is lost, SO
of the Ottoman pubic debt already are
taking stock of their own interest in the
lost provinces, in view of protecting
| themselves when the final settlements
comes up for discussion.
A NUMBER OF the invaded Turkish SOL
diers are affected by biood poisoning and
sansrene. Ine doctors IN attendance de-
cIdre tnat many OF the wounds nave been
seif-innlcted.
NO cholera patients are sent TO the city,
| but little pa ecaution is taken To prevent
refugees bringing IN the disease. f1uSi-
| tlves continue 10 crowd around the city
walls. IralnIoads of them are being sent
of daily aIonS the railroad into Asia
Minor
Fleeing From Cholera.
| Many OF the foreign residents who
| were willing to risk the chance of a IA
natical outbreak are departing for Europe
| because of the cholera.
The departure of prominent members OF
| the Young Turks party for Europe is
! considered by many as foreshadowing a
| possible return of the old regime, in
which case the Young Turk leaders would
be the first sufferers.
The foreign military attaches here ara
Of opinion that the BuIgarians are finding
many difficulties, and that they have been
unable to bring up a sufncient army To
insure a successful attack on the Tchas
talia lines which must be made direct on
the front. ~s
Desperate Bayonet Fight
VIENNA, Austria. November 16-N
hand-to-hand bayonet fight occurred a
the port Of San Giovanni df MeduA
| Thursday. when the Montenegrins sue
ceeded in dislodging the Turks from the
| mountains dominating the city. Accord.
ing to a dispatch from Dulcigno to the
Zeit, number of English volunteegs
fighting on the Montenegro side were
wounded.
The Turkish garrison OF San Giovanni
di Medua has been reinforced by the ar
| rival Of some big guns. according to =
| dispatch to the Reichspost.
The Turkish garrison at Scutari has
| received a supply Of fresh provisions
sufficient to last forty days, and the
Turkish commandant there declares, ac-
| cording to the Neue Freie Presse, that
he will hold the fortress until the last
man Of the Turkish garrison has fallen.
even should the Ottoman government
order him to surrender. He will certainly
not fall alive into the hands Of the Mon
tenegrins, he declares.
Reports Are Discredited.
LONDON, November 16.-Utter dis
ENGLAND on the reports published in
Vienna papers Of the movements and
operations Of the Bulgarian and Other
armies in the field. The reputation OF
lieut. Wagner Of the Reichspost, which
went I'D like rocket when he was claim
ing to be the only correspondent wit
Messing the battles. has now FALLEN like
a stick.
pinion that the Viennese war corre-
spondent has been urged. knowingly or
innocently. by the Bulgarian staff to send
armies for the purpose of misleading the
Turks The great battle witch he de-
clared had been fought nearly a fortnight
ago at the line of Tchatalja, when the
losses were declared by him to have ex-
ceeded those at Lule-Burgas, never oc-
CURED, it Is declared.
One correspondent with the Bulgarian
headquarters declares that Lieut.. Wagner
was at headquarters most of the time
during the battle Of kirk-kilissNb. which
he claimed to have witnessed; and he