Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-02
BULGARS SWEEP
TURKS RAPIDLY
4 TO DESTRUCTION
May Push On to Con
stantinople and
Dictate Terms.
SULTANS POWER NOW
RESTS UPON FEW FORTS
Not Much Reliance, However,
Is Placed Upon These to
Save Empire.

LONDON, Nov. 2--Only two lines of
forts, both known as Tchatalja, one
of the northwest of the fortified city
Of Adrianople, and the other stretch
ing across the peninsula outside of
Constantinople, now stands between
Turkey and the total obolition of her
power in Europe. On neither of these
lines oof forts can much reliance be
placed.
So confident are the Bulgarians of
their ability to overcome the SHAT
tered army Of Mazim Pasha, the
Turkish commander-in-ch chief. now
stretched along the Tchatalja line
built to defend the Ottoman capital,
that part of their army Is being sent
back to Adrianople 1t Will there
complete the investment of that fort
ress and carry on the siege and II
the place is not carried by storm will
starve 1t into submission.
No Escape for Turks.
There seems now to be no escape
for the Turks The Bulgarians are
following up their successes with
dash that surprises the world. They
are now endeavoring to get a force
of their troops from Serial, between
the routed Turkish army under
Nazim Pasha and the TchatalJa lines.
This move would fulfil the twotold
purpose of putting an end to all
Turkish resistance and stopping the
defeat and maddened Ottoman SOL
diery from reaching Constantinople.
If the Bulgarians plan succeeds
they are likely to go on to Constan-
tinople. where they will dictate their
terms of peace.
superstitious Regarding Constantinople'
They are not likely however. 10
stay in Constantinnple as there is
a 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
province of Adrianople, which comes
down to line between the Biacn
sea and the Sea of Marmora near
the base of the peninsula
The thorough knowledge of the
country which has enabled the Bull
parians to advance so rapidly also
has been used to block every avenue
Of escape for the Turks.
Tbere is stiff some fighting left In
the Turks at Adrianople, however,
and from Bulgarian sources come
accounts of desperate sorties made
by the garrison.
over $4,000 Turks Wounded.
The Bulgarian besiegers continue
their artillery attacks on the forts
Of Adrianople, and the fall of the
strongest one of these TchatalJa
fort. would mean the capture OF the
city.
over 1900 Turkish wounded are
reported TO nave arrived already al
Constantinople.
The ambulance services of none OF
the armies are anywhere near able
70 cone with the work set them, and
while all the countries of Europe
have sent contingents to assist II
caring 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
powers to reach an agreement in re-
gard to the form of Intervention, bui
nothing has been definitely decided
beyond a general approval of the
French premier's proposals.
cONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. q
Newspaper dispatches from Saloniki
dated Noverber say that heavy
fighting continued on the Palm of
Vardar and that the Greeks are sus-
tanning heavy losses. The Turkish
troops are said to have captured
twenty-five Greek cavalrymen and
two field guns and the Greeks are
described as retiring pursued by
Turks.
SOFIA. Bulgaria, Nov. 2.--Before
evacuating Bunarhissar, the Turkish
troops shut up 200 Bulgarians in the
barracks and set fire to the building
according to the newspaper Mir. All
the Bulgarians perished.
The Turkish troops, according tc
the same newspaper also are mas
sacreing Bulgarian residents in the
Struma valley.
ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 2.-The in
habitants of the Turkish town OF
Niausta, to the northeast of Verria
have expelled the Turkish authoSities
and invited the Greek crown prince
to occupy the town. They have prom
ised to supply the Greek army with
25.O00 rations of bread daily.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 2.-Tht
German gunboat Loreley, bringing
ex- Sultan Abdul Hamid from Salon.
Xxi. arrived here today. Abdul Hamid
and the women of the harem are te
be placed for the present in the Bey.
Ter Bey palace, on the Asiatic side OF
the Bosphorus.
BELGRADE. Servia, Nov. IA
convoy of 500 wounded ServIan sol.
diers arrived here today from Velos
Many of them are crippled. They de.
clare the lighting to have been very
severe.
MALTA, Nov. 2.--The British cruis.
ers Barham, weymouth and Medea
have been intercepted by wireless anc
ordered to sail to the Levant forth
with. The Barham is to SO to Suda
Ray ard the other two vessels tc
pjaccs ,vr@re they will be convenient,
" kltcatcd in case Of q ertuaIities.