New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-14
Berlin Informed Army IS
Doomed in Ten Days,
Athens Hears.
AMERICAN SEES
OTTOMANS IN PERIL
Declares Military Situation Is
PreCariOuS-MOre Christians
Being MaSSacred.

! Athens, Sept. l3 dispatch TO "The
/ Chronicle" London).-From trust
worthy Turkish source it is learned
/ that the German staff in Constantine
/ pie has informed the imperial mill
/ tary authorities in Berlin that it is
impossible for the Turkish army, un-
/ less it receives effective help, to hold
out longer than the 25th Of this month.
/ As 10 statements regarding a report
ed Austro- German plan to attack Ser
bia. it has been learned that up to
/ three DAYS ago airmen's reconnois-
sanCes only led TO the discovery OF
/ force Of 10000 men al the frontier. The
airmen penetrated a considerable dis
lance into the enemys country and did
not see any additional troops or any
signs of concentration Of hostile forces.
An American in Athen; has received
/ advices from Constantinople, which
he saws are trustworthy, that the
situation Of the Turkish army and
government is unfavorable. Accord
/ ing TO this information the position Of
/ the Turkish forces defending the Oar
danelles is precarious. II is said the
7 Turkish front. thinned by the heavy
losses which the fighting has entailed
on both sides, is finding Il increasingly
difficult to hold the lines against the
French and British.
Turkeys position at sea is described
as disadvantageOus. The former Ger
man cruisers Goeben and Breslau, lie
named the Sultan Selim and Medulla,
are said to have been incapacitated,
while the Russian feet preys on Turk
ISL shipping.
.Triumvirate Controls Turk Affairs.
According to this information, Turk
ish affairs are under the control of
triumvirate with autocratic powers,
consisting of Enver Pacha, Minister Of
War; Taalat Bey, Minister of the In
terror, and Bedri Bey, Chief of Police
of Constantineple. Dissatisfaction
among the Moslems is reported, and
il is said Sheik-ul-Islam was dismissed
because he did not approve Of measures
taken against the Armenians. The
Committee Of Union and Progress is
reported to have been virtually super
seeded by a secret committee which IS
responsive TO the wishes of the trium-
virate.
The Americans informant states
that Armenians are being shipped TO
concentration camps at various points,
being driven afoot or forwarded in
box cars He adds that the earlier
massacres Of Christians in Asia Minor
are being duplicated in the present in
stance, and that in some cases only
comparatively small part Of the eX-
PEELED Armenians reach the concentra-
+ion camps alive
Armenians Captured by Turks.
Henry Morgenthau, American Am
bassador at ConstantinOple, has ex-
erted every effort TO protect the Ar
menians. but apparently his endeavors
have been unavailing. II is stated that
American women who attempted to go
with the refugees TO look out for Ar
menian children were turned back, and
that several young Armenian girls who
were students at the American college
at Constantinople fell into the hands
of the Turks.
The Americans informant states
that the agreement said to have been
reached between Turkey and Bulgaria
has not effected a definite settlement Of
relations, but that, 10 the contrary, the
Turks are hastily erecting defences
against the Bulgarians.