Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-04
Powers Optimistic That
Even by Eleventh Hour
Condition Will Change to
Peaceful Solution.
YOUNG TURK Is
IN FIGHTING moon.
Murder of Nazim Pasha
Has Precipitated Army
Forces Into Feeling Of
Revolt Against Ministry.

Aohoon, FEB. 3.-The war between
turkey and Bulgaria, Greece. Monta.
negro and Servia will begin at =
CLOCK this evening unless the last
peace efforts of the powers shonld sue.
ceed or Turkey decide at the eleventh
hour to surrender.
IL mas even been decided who SHAH
IRE the first shot. as Turkey has
stated that she will allow her Al.
versaries to take the aggressive.
me immediate object OF the armies
or the allies is the capture Of Adrian-
ople, which has hitherto presented
such firm front to it's besiegers
Upon this fortress the combined R,l-
garian and Servian armies the latter
well supplied with field artillery VIII
concentrate their exertions. '
FOR the present at any rate. the Rnl.
garian generals will simply try to hold
the Turkish troops at Tchatalja.
Nicholas to Make Attack.
King Nicholas Of Montenegro has
again started for the Turkish fortress
OF Scutari. The king will take the
direction of the renewed attack. h
hopes by capturing the city and thus
establishing an. accomplished fact IA
OBTAIN atbetter chance of keenif,Ss
Definite possession OF It when peace
finally comes.
In the western Turkish province of
Eplrus which touches the Grecian
Dorder, tue Greek troops under the
command of Crown Prince Constan-
tine nave great hopes OF breaking
down the splendid defense which the
turkish army has thus far offered
TyS1- +
The Servian armies alone or the
Balkan allies have completed that
campaign and have now placed manv
OF their troops at the disposal OF their
comrades in the field. Some. however.
must be kept in Albania, where ris.
ing against the invaders has been or. I
ganiZed.
AIbanlans Take, Up Arms.
1t Is declared that the Alban;ans
with 5000 rifles under command 81
Austrian officers are taking the fiald
and 1t Is rumored that they have
fought battle at Dbra, where the
Servians lost heavily.
The Albanians are said to be great.
~ 1rritated by the wholesale arrests
OF those suspected Of being interested
in the provisional government.
While the possible renewal OF the
war may put strain upon the CO.
operations Of the European powers
they have thus far worked In har-
mony and the departure of Prince
he-Waldenburg- Schillingfuerst
from Vienna with an autograph letter
from Emperor Francis Joseph to
Emperor Nicholas of Russia gives ad-
ditional hope that they will do so un-
til the end.
The Turkish government. like that
Of Bulgaria. will not allow newspaper
correspondents to accompany The
armies in the field. Mahmoud Schefket
Pasha, the grand vizier, stated en- /
phatically today that he would not al
low any correspondents within twen-
ty miles OF lines.
Powers Anxious for Peace.
Constantinople, Feb. 3.--The out
come Of the representations made BY
the British and German ministers at
the Bulgarian capital was awaited
here this morning Although the ar
mistice was scheduled to end at ~
o'clock in the evening the Ottoman
officials had not yet lost hope that
resumption Of hostilities would be
avoided
The German communication to tha
government OF King Ferdinand OF
Bulgaria was even more direct In its
terms than was that of Great Britain
In urging a peaceful settlement. Ger
many declared that she considered
the new Turkish proposals adequate.
while both Great Britain and Ger
many intimated that intractibility on
the part Of the Balkan nations was
not approved by the powers
In the meantime Turkey has not
been neglecting precautions.
The movements Of troops and war
stores have been incessant during
the last week. while the hospitals at
the front have all been cleared and
their patients removed to the infrm-
aries In this city.
Young Turks In Trouble.
Berlin, Feb. 3.-Some indications
OF trouble which Young Turks are
having with the Turkish army Il
found in dispatches received here to-
day. The army appears to be seething
with the germ Of revolt because Of the