Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-07-11
THE GREEK GAIN
POSSESSION
OF TOWN
ROUT BlLGARIANS FROM DEMlR
HISS0R WITH Loss OF FIELD
GUNS, AMMUNITION AND PRO.
VISIONS SITUATION CRITICAL.
ROuMANIA MAY
FORMALLY DECLARE WAR

day occupied Demir Hissar, IS miles
northwest of Seres. after a brilliant
victory over the Bulgarians who had
been in possession since they won il
from the Turks in the recent war ac
cording to an exchange telegraph
company dispatch from Athens. The
Bulgarians fled, abandoning their
field guns, ammunition and provisions
A telegram to the same agency
from Constantinople says it is an
nounced by the newspapers that
Midia, the town on the Black sea,
which was to form the eastern end
of the future frontier line between
Bulgaria and Turkey is in flames
Balkan Historian Dies
st. Petersburg, July lin Tabur-
no, prominent publicist, died today
of heart disease, after writing an ar
ticle on the Balkan war. He was of
Montenegrin origin and the emotion
caused by the stirring incidents of
the campaign is said to have brought
about his death.
Will Invade Bulgaria.
Bucharest, July 1.-THE Rouman-
ian government decided yesterday to
notify the Bulgarian government that
the Roumanian army would cross in
to Bulgarian territory and also that
Roumania would take part in the dis
cusson of the final partition of the ter
ritories of what was formerly Euro
pean Turkey,
Military Campaign Ended.
Belgrade, Servia, July 1.-THE Ser
Jian and Greek campaign against the
3ulgarians in Macedonia, is regarded
)y the Servian military authorities as
concluded since the defeat of the Bull
yarians in the recent fighting. The
Servian troops joined hands this morn
ng with the Greek forces, which had
ust taken Strumitza.
Bulgaria Must Make Peace.
St Petersburg, July 11.--A dis
inctly hopeful view is expressed to-
lay by the Russian press and in Off
ial circles in regard to the Balkan
ituation. Peace is regarded gener-
lily as imminent on account of the
of the Bulgarian army and
he severe losses sustained by Servia. |
he Russian relief society has decid- |
d not to send any detachments to
he front.
Powers viii Interfere.
London, July 1.-THE Roumanian !
eclaration of war on Bulgaria is ex-
ected here to assist IN bringing to
n end the carnage in the Balkans by
,rcing speedy action on the part of
le powers who have been invited to
ltervene.
The object of King Charles of Rou-
ania in assuming the part of a belll.
arent is to strengthen Roumania's
aim to participate in the ultimate
laring of territory in the Balkans.
or the present Roumania, it is
fought. will probably content her
IF with occupying the strip of Bull
,rian territory from Turtukai on the
anube to Baltchik on the Black sea,
cluding the city of Silistria. She
rs coveted this for long time and
is believed she will accomplish her
,ject under the prevailing conditions
ithout Bulgarian resistance.
siIistria Occupied.
Bucharest. Roumania, July 11.-Rou-
anian troops today occupied the Bull
rian city of Silistria on the right
nix Of the Danube. They were not
posed by the Bulgarans.
Silistria is very important point
the Danube and has been in exist
ce as u city since the Roman era.
ltil the conclusion of the Russo
lrkish war in 1878 it had been for l
out 500 years the main bulwark of !
e Ottoman empire on it's northern '
lropean frontier.
It sustained many sieges through q
e centuries and always offered a
)ut resistance. Even as late as the I
imean war. it was able to defy S
by the Russians, but /
ter the last Russo-Turkish war. the i
lrkish troops retired and left it in '
? hands of the Bulgarians. It has G
er 10000 inhabitants, many of c
ION are Mohammedans. p
The Bulgarian garrison composed of d
ly few hundred men, surrendered 4
the Roumanians. The invading
zee subsequently penetrated for a t
stance of ten miles into Bulgarian t
'ritory.
Vienna, July 11.--A dispatch from g
'lgrade reports that an order for the {
ssation of hosfilities between the
rious armies in the Balkans is ex- q
cted Immediately. It says that
cit armistice has been in existence
most points since yesterday.