Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-11-02
BULGAR|ANS HURL BACK
TURKISH LINES after
A DESPERATE BATTLE
LITTLE BALKAN CITIZEN SOLDIERS FOUGHT WITH CONTEMPT FOR DEATH
WAY WAR CORRESPONDENT TRIES TO DESCRIBE PERFECT FEAR
lESSNESS or FIGHTING MEN OF the MOUNTAINS
OTTOMAN TROOPS FLYING TOWARDS
CONSTANTINOPLE and MASSACRE|NG

London, Nov. 2.-Negotiations arr
progressing in London with a view t.
bringing the Balkan war to an end
The British foreign office, usual,
one of the quietest places in London
on Saturday, was all bustle this morn
! ing.
Sir Edward Grey, the secretary fo
foreign affairs, who, contrary to Gus
tom, is remaining in town over thu
week end, received the Russian, Aus
trian, Turkish and italian ambassa
dors and the Bulgarian minister
/ Constantinople, Nov 2.-Dispatche'
from Saloniki dated November ! sa.
/ heavy fighting continues on the plan
! of Vardar and that the Greeks are
sustaining severe losses. The Turk
ish troops are said to have captured
twenty-five Greek cayalrymen and two
field guns and the Greeks are de
scribed as retiring pursued by the
( Turks.
| British and French cruisers have
arrived at Saloniki and two German
I war vessels are expected there. The
gunboat Goreley, bringing eX-Sultal
Abdul Hamid from Saloniki, arrived
here today. Abdul Hamid and thC
, women of the harem are to be placed
for the present in Beyler Hey palace
! on the Asiatic side Of the Bosphorus
Belgrade, Nov. 1.-The Serviar
cavalry continues to sweep Macedonia
The Turks do not offer serious resist
ance to them anywhere. A column o
! Servians has arrived within a few
miles o. Perlepe, where they expec
| to ioin the Greeks. A convoy Of 500
wounded Servian soldiers arrived
here today from Veles.
London, Nov. Only two line:
of forts, both known as Tchatalja, ont
! to the northwest of the fortified cit,
of Adrianople, and the other stretch
ing across the peninsula outside O.
| Constantinople, now stand between
Turkey and the total obliteration OF
her power in Europe. On neither OF
these lines of forts can much reliance
be placed in view of what has hap
pened at other places supposed to be
strongly fortified.
There now seems to be no escape
for the Turks. The Bulgarians are fol
lowing up their successes with dash
that surprises the world. They are
now endeavoring to get force of
their troops from Serai between the
routed Turkish army under Nazim
Pasha and the Tchatalja lines. This
move would fulfill the twOfold purpose
OF putting an end to all Turkish resis-
tance and stopping the defeated Otto
man soldiers from reaching Constan-
tinople, where their arrival is much
feared.
If the Bulgarians' plan succeeds,
they are likely to so on to CONSTANT
nople. where they will dictate their
terms OF peace. They are not likely,
however, to stay in the capital. There
is Bulgarian legend that any nation
occupying Constantinople is certain
to be in perpetual trouble with its
neighbors.
What the Bulgarians always have
aimed at is the occupation of the pro-
vince Of Adrianople. which Genes
down to a line between the Black Sea
and the Sea of Marmora near the base
of the peninsula.
The Turkish troops might have
found a way of retreat toward the
Port of Rodosto on the Sea of Mar.
mora, but this is now occupied by the
Bulgarians.
Over $1,000 Turkish wounded are
reported to have arrived already in
The ambulance ser
vices of none of the armies are able
to cope with the work set for them
and while all the countries of Europe
have sent contingents to assist in car
ing for the wounded, the suffering in
the war area must be unparalleled.
From all the capitals of Europe
come reports Of the efforts of the pow
ers to reach an agreement in regard
to the form of intervention, but moth
ing has been definitely decided beyond
p general approval of the French pre-
miers proposals.
Meantime the war vessels of the
powers are hurrying to the east to
protect the Christians among the
Turkish population, whose danger, ac,
cording to most of the correspondents
there, is very real.
Graphic descriptions of the week
long battle between the Turkish and
bulgarian armies in the southeastern
corner OF the Balkan peninsula are
now reaching London. 1t would APP
pear that nearly 100000 men have
been engaged in the life and death
struggle, which. according to accounts
is still in progress.
The fighting on the left wing of the
turkish army, according TO one cor
respondent, was terribly severe. In
their attack on Lule Burgas, the Bull
sarians found Torgut Shefket Pasha
with his troops in position on the
slopes behind the town. The Bull