The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-14
TURKEY STARTS N
To WIN BACK HER
CITY, ADR|AN0PLE|'
Army Leaves on March lmme-
diately Following an Inn
perial Decree
TO JOIN ROUMANIA
FOR JOINT ACTION
News From Near East Indicates
Trouble Will Be Contin-
ued---BuIgarians Com
NIT Atrocities

NIT Atrocities
CONSTANTINOPLE, July Ia
$40 r. M-The Turkish army
started yesterday evening to march
on Adrianople. At sac P. NJ an inn
perial decree ordered the advances
guards % occupy the territory which
remained to Turkey after the sign
ing of the treaty of peace in May
and which is not now occupied ~
Ottoman troops, but by Bulgarians-
According to the Agence Ottoman
the advance of last night, which ap-
parently took place both from
Tchatalja lines and the Gallipolt
peninsula encountered no resistance.
All furloughs have been stopped
and the officers and men who ara
now absent will rejoin their regf-
ments on Monday. The government
has again requisitioned horses ana
| transport facilities. and everything
points to Turkeys intention to take
an active part in the war now pro-
oeeding between Bulgaria and. tho
! other Balkan states.
Joins Roumania.
! 1t Is stated in diplomatic circles
I that an arrangement Is about to be
concluded by Turkey and Roumanic
+ for joint action. in which case II is
4 thought that the Turks will not re-
main on the defensive. but will try to
occupy the territory up to the Ergenc
river. There was a long conference
yesterday between the grand vizier
and the Roumanian minister. 1t Is
believed that Turkey has agreed to
! lend Roumania Ave torpedo boats in
return for Roumanias support.
Tzzet Pasha, the Ottoman comman-
der~in chief. has left Constantinople
for the front.
Another report in circulation IL
/ that an agreement between Turkey
and Servia has been arranged.
Advance Began Saturday.
/ LONDON. July 14.-That the
Turks are again on the scene is the
| salient feature of the near east news
today. The bare fact that the Turk
1 ish advance on Adriauople began on
Saturday evening is all that Is known
for certain. The imperial trade adj
dressed to the Turkish commander
in-chief read:
From tomorrow Sunday YOU
are authorized TO take the necessary
measures for the occupation OF ter
ritories belonging to the Ottoman en-
pre-
Unofficial reports say the Turkish
troops entered several villages in the
neighborhood of Tchatalja and Blu
lair. without any opposition from fne
| Bulgarfans. 1t Is said that the Bull
garian government has ordered the
i military authorities to arrange with
the Ottoman commanders for the
Bulgarian troops to evacuate the ter
| ritories belonging to the Porte. which.
according to the provisions OF the
treaty OF peace. are TO be handed
over to Turkey.
Natchevitch's Mission Falls
The mission of NJ Natchevitch, the
Bulgarian plenipotentiary 10 Constan-
! tinople has failed, but the dispatches
from the Turkish capital say. the pro-
posals of NJ. Pavlovitch on pehalf OF
Servia have succeeded. and that an
agreement between Turkey and ServfA
will soon be signed. The Turkish ac-
counts or the proposed agreement says
I that the Ottoman government has
been assured that large portion OF
Thrace will be restored to Turkey
simultaneously comes the statement
that negotiations are proceeding be-
tween Turkey and Greece with view
Ito an understanding.
The greater part of other telegrama
from the near East is chiefly devoted
to recriminations on the part OF tho
Bulgarians. Greeks. and Servians. The
two latter charge the Bulgarians with
the most CHASTITY atrocities such a.
the burning and crucifying of the
wounded, abuse of the white flag, and
the concealing of maxims In ann
bulance tents. 1t is also alleged that
the ears of women with the erringo
| still in them have been found In the
pockets of Bulgarian prisoners.
Bulgars Atrocfous.
correspondent of the Daily Mall.
who lis with the First Servfan army,
says a Russian cinematograph opera
/ tor, after visit to the battlefield OF
Krivolak told him that I'm one small
patch counted at rough reckoning
fully Ave hundred corpses OF Ser
vians and Bugarians mingled in inex-
tricable heaps. Nearly all of these
icorpses bore gaping bayonet wUnntis. III
He goes on to describe the ServiAn
dead as having their ears and noses
/ cut off. One dead Servian soldier wao
found to have had his tongue torn
out. while others had been burned
| There are reports from Servian
sources of disaffection In the Bull
garian army A revolt is reported ~
1 vidin on the Danube. where the man
murdered their colonel. Servian OFFS
ficers are a oted as declaring thAf
! Bulgarian officers who were made
prisoners denounce King Ferdinand IN
unmeasured terms.
| Dispatches from Vienna describe
Sofia as being in a state OF Acute
tension. Crowds are thronging the
streets and gathering before the pAt-
ace. There Is belief that the king
i Is afraid to face the people.
Populace in Ignorance.
I VIENNA, July 13.--According 60
the latest reports from Sofia the HUI
garian authorities have kept tho pCpuSS
lace in ignorance of the revereea o1S
the army at the hands OF the ServiAA1
and Greeks, and the entrance q
Roumanian troops into BulgArtA. a
| The report that King FerdjRA1 Y
had been assassinAted b not truM n
4 II II now said that he y III 81 IT, IT. r
ace. The Bulgarian minisesK :