Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-21
Belief is That Turkey Will
Accept Demands of
Balkans.
CHOLERA HASTENS END
Heartrending Scenes Among
Dead and Dying in Ottoman
Government Camps.

coNsTANTINoPLE, NOV. 21.-I
THE OTTOMAN GOVERNMENT
HAS REJECTED THE TERMS OF
FERED BY THE BALKAN NATIONS.
hAzIM PAsHA, TURKISH CON-
MANDER-IN-cHIEF, HAS BEEN Or
rERED TO RESUME OPERATIONS.
The Turkish grand vizier. in a
statement today to the correspondent
OF the Daily Mall, said:
THE Bulgarian terms of peace are
impossible and unless they are rad
iCally altered the war will continue
The Bulgarians ask for the surrender
of Adrianople, Scutari, Janina and
Tchatalja lines" The only hope of
peace, the correspondent adds, now
eeems TO lie in the fact that these de-
n:ands were probably determined on
before the unsuccessful attacks by the
Bulgarians on the Tchatalja lines.
London, Nov. 21-The generals of
the opposing forces today were dis
at ease. Nothing has yet leaked out
as to the course of negotiations, but
Il is expected in official circles here
something definite will be made known
later today.
From available information as to the
prevailing feeling in Constantinople it
is anticipated the terms offered by
the allied Balkan nations have to be
Earsher than they are believed to be
a. cause the Turkish plenipotentiaries
TO reject them.
BUTGARIANs LOSE 5000.
The positions of both armies, 1t is
considered here. must rapidly become
untenable in the face of the ravages
of cholera, which is more deadly than
the guns OF the enemy, and this prob
ebly will prove an additional motive
for arriving at an early settlement
The Bulgarian losses in dead and
wounded during the fighting at Tcha-
talja totals 5000, according 10 official
advices telegraphed by a special cor
respondent from Constantinople to-
day Terrific damage was done to the
Bulgarian column which attacked the
Turkish left wing. particularly by
shells from the Turkish waTships. One
Of these fell on a Bulgarian ammuni-
ton train. which exploded, resulting
I'm great loss of life.
BLOODY FIGHT At MoNAsTIR.
Belgrade. Nov. 21.-In defense OF
the Turkish fortress at Monastir the
Inhabitants OF the city fought with
great ferocity side by side with Turk
ish regulars The battle is describ-
cd as one OF the bloodiest encounters
OF the war. The line of battle was 30
niles long. According to some OF
the prisoners the Turkish troops were
estimated at eighty thousand with a
hundred field guns.
At Servian headquarters il was stat
ed the fight lasted four days, cost the
Turks 10000 killed and wounded,
while the Servian casualties must have
teen about equal.
CRUISER BLOWN UP.
Sofia, No. 21.-The Turkish cruiser
Hamidieh is reported blown up by
Bulgarian torpedo boats near Port
Varna on the Black sea No conflrma
ton has been received at the war of
fee.
Constantinople Nov. 21.-In an at
tack on the Turkish cruiser Hamidieh
in the Black sea this morning, two
Bulgarian torpedo boats are asserted
TO have been sunk and two others bad
ly battered. The Hamidieh is said tc
have escaped practically without dam
age.
HEART-RENDING SCENES.
Constantinople. Nov. 21.-Heart
rending scenes OF suffering and misery
are enacted daily in the Turkish
cholera camp at San Stefano. A cor
respondent OF the Associated Press
accompanied by Major Clyde S. Ford
OF the United States army, visited the
camp. A neauseating picture was wit
messed at the side of the railroad
Bodies thrown from trains lay as fall
IN. Some stuck on the top of th'
embankment, others rolled part!
down, while some reached the bot
tom. Around a stable at the foot o
the embankment group OF SO dea'
and dying we're lying close together
apparently for warmth. on the slopes
of manure pile, which the sick mel
found softer than hard ground. A NAL
on top of the pile was digging witt
his fingers a trough in which to lie
The trough soon became his grave
AS the visitors came near the vic
tins cried they had been given n
bread or water.
NO ATTEMPT TO AID.
Walking across a field the visitor
passed dead and dying. The attend
Rnts made no attempt 70 assist th