The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-03-13
key Fort and 42O Prison
ers Taken by Bulgarian
Force After Stubborn Re
sistance by Turks-De-
spairing Cry for Help Sent
to Capital by Wireless
OTTOMAN FLEET
READY FOR DASH
Eighteen Vessels, Including
Several That Have Been
Repaired, Are Modified in
Dardanelles - Defenseless
Towns Are Bornbarded
by the Cruiser Han1idieh

LONDON. March IA private mes
today captured Hertantarla, one OF the
key forts" and took 42o prisoners.
The Turks resisted stubbornly.
Dispatches from Constantinople say
1t is believed there that the end of the
present week will see either the cap!tu-
lation OF Adrianople or desperate at
tempt by Shukri Pasha to break
through the lines Of the enemy.
: The reply OF the allies to the powers
regarding mediation again has been de-
layed and will not be delivered before
Friday.
There is little doubt that before
European diplomacy can get to work
on the problem Adrianople will be in
possession of the allies.
The Turks, while seemingly prepar-
ing for another revolution, are utilizing
their feet in an attempt to prevent the
Servian army from assisting the Mon
tenegrins in their attack on Scutari
1t is reported that the entire Turkish
fleet of Is units has been repaired and
is concentrated at Naghara. in the Oar
danelles.
Wireless Call for Help
CONSTANTINOPLE March IA de-
spairing cry OF II can hold out only a
week longer" was sent in cipher by
wireless today from Shulri Pasha, the
Turkish commander of Adrianople, to
his superior officers here, according to
unofficial reports this morning. Shuzri.
who has held out for many months
against the hundreds of siege guns OF
the Bulgarians and Servians. is said to
have informed the porte in his mes
sage that Adrianople is practically at
the end of its supplies OF food and am
munition, while there is much sickness.
especially scurvy and intestinal dis
orders, which are ravaging the ranks
of the defenders.
The commander who has offered suct
q long and gallant defense urges that
either peace negotiations be hastened
or that an Immediate attempt to re-
lieve the city be undertaken from the
Tchatalja lines.
The Turkish ministry is divided in
opinion and will have difficulty in
reaching any solution of the problem
raised by the commander of the be-
sieged fortress
The ferment aroused by the murder
OF the late Nazim Pasha continues to
threaten internal trouble in Turkey.
Serious fighting has been in progress
along the Bulair front since yesterday
The Turkish fleet is cooperating with
the troops.
Durazzo Bombarded
BELGRADE, March 1.-THE Turkish
cruiser Hamidieh bombarded the port
of Durazzo today, although 1t is an un
fortified place.
The cruiser then proceeded to San
Giovanni di Medua. which also was
bombarded.
The Hamadieh disappeared finally in
the olIectlon of the lIdlidn coast het
activity caused alarm here. as large
number of Servian troops are being
transported to the Adriatic to assist
the Montenegrins in the attack on Sou
tari.
The allied Balkan nations have
agreed to accept the mediation of the
powers, but according to official an
nouncement this morning. only on con-
dition that Turkey agree TO surrender
the fortresses of Adrianople and Scutari
and the islands in the Aegean sea. and
also to pay war indemnity