The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-21
Cannon Ceases Roaring
and Hostile Armies
Rest.
OUTCOME NOW
WITH DIPLOMATS
They Will Meet To-Day to Dis
cuss Terms of Armistice, and It
May Be That End of War Is
Near-Turk's Fate Is at
Stake-Cholera Still
Is Spreading.

London. November 2o.-The Turkish.
Balkan war has shifted far a time
from the field Of arms to that OF d.
plomacy 1t may be that the war -
near 20 an end. Plenipotentiar'es io1
. the bell;gerent powers will meet To-
morrow at the village OF Hadenhkeua
few miles outside the capitai. hor
preliminary discussion d the terms Oh
an armistice.
In the meantime the Turkish. Bull
gar!an and Servian commanders have
ordered a cessation Of hostilities. al
though cannonading. which Nazim "a
sha reports as unimportant, occurred
this morning.
The sweeping terms which the allies
were said to have demanded yesterday
ds A basis for tine armistice appear not
TO have been advanced The plempo-
tentiaries may not know the terms "
the armistice until they meet FOR dis-
cussion, but it is almost certain tnat
it will be on the basis IF the Balkan
States holding all the conc At red coun-
try until a permanent treaty OF peace
is signed
How many vestigs< Of his former
power they are prepared to conceoe
the Turk depends largely upon two faS-
tors. the strength and supplies or the
abide army threatening the gates OF
Constantanople and the extent to which
the cholera has embarrassed their.
plans. 1t Is cretain difficulties ham.
per the Bulgarian army on account OF
the distance from its base and the
rough roads. The cholera Is counted
on by the Turks to weaken the Buisa-
$ri, ho
into the capital and the celebration OF
mass in St Sophia But to make
assurance doubly sure. the Turk has re-
sorted to the amazing plan Of trans
forming the mosque into a pesthOuse.
ana has crowded 200 cholera-ssricken
patients wiShin tt1 walls.
In accoydance With the suggestion
contained In the Bulgarian note that
the allied Balkan nations are prepared
to meet the Turkish commander.tn-
chief with q view Of arranging an
armistice. the Ottoman government has
appointed Naxim Pasha to confer with
General Savo6. the Bulgarian leader.
Tasks sf TR1kisA Genefol.
The Turkish general, who has been
putting up such an excellent defense
Of the ramparts Of the capital now
has thrown on him the additional bur-
Their display Of tenacity behind the for
tincations Of Tchatalja may bring
easier terms and save to the Ottoman
Empire more than Constantinople and
a strip Of Thrace along the shores OF
the Sea of Marmora. which seemingly
|; is all that the conquerors are at pres
ent disposed to leave to tho van
quished.
In the meanwhile the two armies
hold their respective positions How
LONE this armed truce will be main
tanned, however. viii depend on the
terms Of peace offered by the league
of the Balkan. nations. and on whether
the hitherto futile attacks by the Bull
9arians ON the Tchatalja lines have IN
spirsA the Turks with hopes that the
fortunes Of war may yet turn In their
favor.
Reports regarding the conditions
proposed BY the allies are condicting
It 10 onlcially stated In Constantinopis
that the agreement OF the state 70 ais
cuss the terms Of an armistice ana the
preliminaries Of peace does not stipu-
late any conditions
simultaneously with the luIl ON the
battlefield comes news OF / diminution
of tension in the Austro-Serv dis
pute by the compliance OF Servia with
the demand Of the Austrian govern
.nert for an investigation At Prisreno-
On the other hand. there 10 nothing
yet 10 indicate a solution OF the ques-
ton Of Servia's demand for ports on
the Adriatic Sea.
II. as is threatened. she diverts her
army released by he fall Of Nonastir
TO the country Of the Arnaut tribes
men her relations with Austria-Hun-
l. he
imperilled.
The reports tina, orders for the mo
Utilization Of the Austro-Hungarian
army had been issued. are to-day ON
cialiy declared untrue.
NantRs PosAa RfpOfto.
Cons.antinople- November z0.-Jhe
position at the Tchataija lines was
described BY Maxim Pasha- the Turkish
commander -in-chicf. In a telegram to
the Turkish war once. timed 12:is r
". to-day. as follows:
REPORTS received at thss moment
state that the enemy facing our Ie0
wing withdrew completely last night
in the direction o. the slopes OF Papaz
BurGas.
our reconnoi:r.ng parties counted
over SOC dead Buigarians on the slopes
10 the environs Of TchatIaija RasisosA
station. From their epaulestes u wes
established that the dead soldiers Be.
loneeA 20 tire First Infantry Regiment
Of sofia A number Of rifles. CAPS and
oSscerr swords were brouehe sn BY OuR
trcops
Absorbing to statements made BY
Bulearsan prssoaers. the enemy -
been without food for three 0ays. aRd
- retresafne. TIE Buluf1ans were N
able 70 carry away an sheir Wou00e1
TIE mceale % our srocps 70 very
rood"
wireless dispesch from the COM
usand~r - the TsSS(ssh batsSeohip Tor-
gus Res TINED ! a. r. Esvenoer -.
rpporss tAae . Turkish Sesschsneet o.
erssaag frum Derkoa. AIDED ~ - ere
Of she sgAp's guns. arove beck - Du1-
Oog9u0 - - Ssreeaea % OsMAau
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