Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-03-15
MYSTERY SHADOWS
BELEAGUEREO
ADR|ANOPLE
Only Hints of Real Situation
in Besieged Fortress Leak
to Outside World; Constan-
tinople Apathetic.

the subject most important 10 All pto-
pie here. they mi the same bland
uninstTuctiye statement
TO bombardelucnt d'Adrianoplo
continue
There are Af,y theories about the
state of Adrlanollc. but no sure
knowledge Never was siege moro
vigorously conducted. for H,Ecc tie
beginning OF the war no single scrap
of reliable Information concerning the
Invested City has been allowed to lchh
out into the waiting world. Not fu-
sitlNc from Within ias made his WY
through the Bulgarian Gordon. So iaf
as H. known, ne on" FROM without has
over made hls Way la. u IL said that
wireless communication h. maintain
cd with the belcugured garrison, but
a good many people disbcucNc this
I de- Not doubt says cor
respondent. that there have boon
many attempts To communicate with
Adrlanoplc hy wireless. because :
have seem the operators busliy NJ
work in the wireless station az Had
rm- kcuk nut u " very doubtful
whether any answer has been re-.
cciycd. ~ was said before tie FIRST
defeat OF the Ottoman army that the
wireless apparatus Ia NdfiunOplv Was
defective, aud that, once cot OF from
the world. the city would have no
means of communicating q. course,
the prctynso that messages are daily
received IL hruNaly kept up. but u is
AZ least probable that this is onh a
prctrnsc ~ any rate. ~ tho head
quarters stan ANA one or two minis
ters really do know the actual state
uf affairs in Adrianoplc they have
contriN,d 60 keep that KnoWicdg. 20
themselves with degree OF secrecy
unhcard of iu Turkey
Imprcguahic or Doomed.
OF Europeans hero. even among
the oldest ana best Informed resi-
DENTS. Their, are hardly to be- found
two whose opinions as 90 how long
the town can hold cut agree. some
know, with q very positive knowl-
edge. that Adr.anopl" was the ono
spot in Turkey un which military
funds were property expended. TheN
declare that. however unHuund tho
army mas bee. The dofvnscg of Adrian
pplr are worthy of the strongest mill
tlry power in Europe; that tho town
~ amply supplied With stores aud avn
munitinu. ana can hold out Tot
months
| OTHERS are equality certain that the
1 garrison o. Inadequate auu must have
been ON short rltluus ever Wn,' the
beginning OF December, and that %
cannot possibly have enough Hmmu-
: milton 90 feed the hiE guns On tho
I
| f'uscs.
tn, Importance OF Adrpnoplo
| dwurfs an elise here. W. have al.
| most ceased 20 aspect an attack on
| the Tchatildyi lines Turkish scout
| accommodating the position, held Dos
! the Bulg1ts az M" time 81 th" siEn
| ing of IN, luulrtiyc report that th,
| enemy. having hurU' lz2odIn- krui ANA
| one or two village which they FOR
4 a.. q .H4.f "a ..HH
| further north Evidently they arc
| cunysntratin. thrir whole fore,
against AdrJuopir. a. Tor lcu nghi
ing us mtN take place in tie CAN
1 poll peninsula, no one considers II
likriy a. affect the ultimat. issue. u
vs. upon Adrignoplc that everything
depends,
| Europeans bore are wondering
irathcr uucasily. how thr constant
luoplC population viii iuhy ih" nov
- tho fan Of AdIianopl' when tia
news arrives Hitherto The apathy 4"
tho people OF this town has ucci
4 astuuiahiug. So one could pJssihl
infer from the conduct of tie pcoph
Ilu the streets that their country I
IIt war. that their politicians aI
lighting among thciusrltoa. aud ina
the enemy ia $50 than UNITY mile
from tho city.
Turkish Indifference.
| Interest in the affairs ut 90" ui
liIpu seems - Doe confined cNnlutil'I
TO the governing classes 1ud io ~
Iroufau residents. THIS is not Nimpl
! due GO the ignorance of the mlasc'
lThrrr must have been u England "
th. time ct TIE coming o. the NJ
imHda Us great proportion oi INV
crate people as there are IN tonslon
4 ltiuuUIo TO-DAY. Yet. unless our hlatpr
- iaus have lied wonderfully wei. th
coming uI tho Spanish gillron9 vt
. IdiFruRgCd iu every alphuuAC ana hcdf
ItaNoru. and tho uulctlcrrd mob vcr
aE ksculy ulit" 90 abe menace I
tho pgtion az was queen Bees h"iarl
II Tho means at disseminating new
lee Ellnb,thuu Eu-laud were iuilnii,
H., s.uutivt than they are iu mud"r
StHmboul, for. though the bulk Of ia
4 people may be- unable 30 read tu
= ltnpmSD Ives. there is NO lack OF iurh
\ ism. Crock and Armenian newspaper
which are read aloud la the cafes 70
tho one or two educated p"rsnus VIE
iu the pust are always to uc found }
lunt gathering.
80. IL is not ignorance which pr'
70 vents th. Turkish people from IMAM
10 fostlnF any Interest iu the tate e.
- their country. Tho desert Arab
u lust ns ilItcrltr ~ th, average Turk
. 'sh peasant. Yet, barely % year age
u u Tripuh 7 saw Hn arm, Of iuf
4. whom patriotic enthusiasm had s"i
u agaiutt the Italians from every col
10 ner at North Africa. Tho Italian va
was discussed by hooded dchrl
statesmen from the western -lhurn
The Yemen camel dr!Ncrs, shop
, herds, caravan riders from us "a
!. laWuy a. Durfur and NHdui were q
u kcouIy Interested IN The tate ot ~
I, poll as though Il lay three hours rid
y from their teuts Instead of thr,
E months march away
Hope OF fibcrtl.
Here are the Turk of StdWhuu
lupparcutly o. little concerned Hhoi
! The threatened placement of the
tNthul, empire as they might be az
= prrtcd to Dee about q south America
revolution. Is h stupidity or indn
ference, OF hOpelessnoss' 10 the
| realize that any chJugc from furi
ish rule could only benefit the Turb
ish poOple' That may bc $50. for q
IL think I have said in previous die
patches. I have been told more thu
iuucc Pcs fugltivvs that thcy, hope
go 90 Egypt. and there settle in puac
under the rule OF thc English.
m that is the explanation OF an
. attitude of The people they may b
respected To welcome rather tnau O.,
greet the fdll Of Adriuuuple. In an
tense. thew can be Coz uttd on 10 lef