The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-01-02

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eedle-like, have seen them rise
oy,r the indistinct mass OF Adriano-
pie from the distant hills. then as
substantial columns from the nearby
hills, and again so close from the
shCllproof of an advanced infantry
position that l could make out the
filings on the dome Of the great
mosque itself.
The simple grace OF the minarets
dominated town, and landscape. and
siege Weary drivers Of the weary
oxen OF the transport and still wear
Ter artillerymen, bringing up add.
tional guns through seas Of mud saw
them for the first time as token of
defiance, of work unfinished OF bat.
ties yet to be fought, and OF lives yet
to be lost
lnfantrymen in tho advanced
trenches saw them us tho goal
against a Zoe which had fallen back
without any adequate rear guard sec
ton, but which had begun to fight
desperately under their shadows.
That Turkish garrison as It with.
drew into the shelter OF its forts,
seemed to find something OF the spirit
of old Sultan Selim the Magnificent,
for whom the mosque was named
but with this difference: Sultan
Sellm was not given to falling hack
on forts and minarets He stormed
forts he went ahead to plant new
minarets In the soil of Chrlstendom.
Rouses Old Turks Spirit
From the first in this war the Turk
took the defensive; from the first he
accepted It as his part and portion of
the campaign.
In Bulgaria, where many Turks still
live under Christian rule, we had
seen the Terrible Turk. the great
fighting man OF the past, whose soul
was supposed TO be above lowly toll.
as n newer OF wood and n carrier OF
water. He did odd Jobs In the alb
scnce OF the Bulgarian at the front.
The lion of the past had been trained
TO dog harness.
All the early victories OF the Bull.
garian army completed an impression
OF n one-time lordly race demoralized
and eneryatcd, who retained only the
fatalism OF "Kismet." in It's LEXICON.
Tho warriors cry. For Allah," was
lost forever. But at Adrlanople For
Allah! For the Minarets, For the
Padisha," rose again to the dignity
which abandoned bravery always com.
mands.
The sheer, impetuous fcarlessness
of the Bulgarian, well drilled and
coolly manipulated, was the first
great revelation OF the campaign. and
the second was how. in the hour OF
hopelessness, his desperation ARGUS,
ed the old qualities OF the Turk.
Every situation, every development
In the war reverted to Adrianople. II
was the nut to crack in the first plan
of strategy Of the campaign II hov,
cred over the first army before
Tchatalja as nightmare It stood
In the way Of the prompt supplies OF
bread and bullets for the first army;
It delayed the signing OF tho armis
tice for ten days: It has been the
main subject of contention before
the London peace conference; It was
responsible for the treatment OF the
military attaches, who saw nothing OF
the war, and OF the correspondents
who raw little.
War Hinges on AdrianopIe.
Even our phlegmatic little English
speaking censor assistant at Musta
pha would lose his temper ut the
very suggestion OF any peace terms
with Adrianople still in Turkish DOS
session.
I'VE shall have n revolution II W,
don't get Adrianople," | have heard
many officers say.
We shall not go home without
Adrianople," the wounded soldiers
returning from the front kept repeat
ing.
Such were the instructions which
DR.. Daneff, the Elihu Root of the Bal
kans. took with him to London. Ad
rianople was craven on the minds o
his countrymen. BY diplomacy h,
must get fortress which was no
yet taken by force OF arms.
Glance at n map and you will Sc,
that the whole success of the allie
depended on bottllng up the Turk OF
the peninsula, so that all the othe
Turkish forces from Scutarl to Adri
anople. from Kumanova to Hassona
should be cut of from communica
ton. The Greeks, Serbs. and Mon
tenegrins were the backs The Bul
garlans undertook to buck the line
Bulgaria did not have TO conside
n reserve army. European publ
opinion and the jealousies OF the pow
ers acted as efficient substitutes, 10
the Bulgarian military statesmanshl
understood that II Bulgaria we're beat
en- the powers would never permi
Turkey to take an inch of Bulgarian
soil. II was a case of Heads / wiz
tails don't lose"
The Turks knew this. too. It wa