The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-22
Ink Not Dry on Treaty Before
1t Is Openly Violated.
BRITISH MINISTER SPEAKS
DenOunces Turkey and Init
mates Powers Will Act.
Bulgaria Dispatch Denies
Turks Re-TOOk AdrianOple.

Constantinople, July 22.-In anticipa-
tion of the re-occupation of Adrianople
by the Turkish troops. Hadji Adil Bey,
former minister of the interior, has
been appointed governor of that city
and left today to assume his post.
Bulgaria Denies Turk Occupation.
Sofia, July 22.-The report of the re-
occupation of Adrianople by Turkish
troops was shown today to be false.
1t was spread by fugitive Bulgarian
officials from that city who heard that
a accommodating force of Turkish
cavalry commanded by the notorious
Enver Bey has been seen in the Vicin-
ity. At this news the officials fled panic
stricken, believing that the entire OF
toman army was about to decend on
the place. Communication was r.stor-
ed today between the Bulgarian capital
and the citadel of Adrianople. Official
reports from the Bulgarian COM
mandant there showed that the Turkish
troops retired after accommodating the
position. The Bulgarian government
has ordered the fugitive civil function
aries to return to their posts. Similar
instructions have been sent to Bull
garian officials who fled from various
places in the province of Thrace.
Premier Asquith on Balkans.
Birmingham. Eng, July 22-The
prime minister characterized the spec
tacle presented by the Balkan states as
"disheartening and repellant," in a
speech at the chamber of commerce
centenary banquet here. "On the
one hand,'' he said were the Balkan
states drenching with one another's
blood the territory their united efforts
had freed from Turkish rule; on the
other was Turkey. disregarding he
treaty of London. on which the ink vas
scarcely dry. and taking advantage of
the differences between her late enc
mics to recover her lost territory
1.-The powers" continued Mr.. AS
quith, "were doing everything possible
to bring the disputants to a peaceful
conference. 1a
I'VE believe" he added, that it
must result in the immediate suspen-
sion of arms and a speedy settlement,
upon the terms of which, with view
to what has happened, the great pow
ers must and will preserve their own
Judgment.
The prime minister warned Turkey
that if she were ill-adVised enough to
set the provisions of the treaty of Lon
don at defiance, she must be prepared
for the introduction of questions which
it would be by no means to her inter-
est to bring into the debate.
Squads of police defeated the efforts
of suffragettes to mob Premier AS
neighborhood of the banquet hall be-
fore he entered. Hostile crowds chased
the suffragettes whenever seen, forcing
them to take refuge in shops and Of
fees. The women, however, succeeded
in smashing several windows of the
hotel where Mr.. Asquith is staying.
Six of them were arrested.
Peace Delegate Leaves.
Athens, July 22.-M. Panas, director
of political affairs at the Greek for
eign office, has been appointed chief
of the Greek delegation that is to ar
range terms of peace with Bulgaria
He started for Nish, Servia, today and
will be Joined on the way there by the
other members of the peace mission.
Mohammedans Rejoicing.
Calcutta, July 22.-The advance of
the Turkish troops across the new
frontier line from Enos on the Aegean
sea to Midia on the Black sea which
was arranged between Bulgaria and
Turkey after the recent war, has been
received with hearty rejoicing by the
Mohammedans of India. The newspa-
pers here assert that any attempt on
the part of Great Britain to coerce
Turkey into abandoning her new pro-
jects will lead to a dangerous Moham-
medan agitation.