The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-10-29
MuscoViteS Plan To Link Up With
AngIo-French In European Tur-
key, Blocking Relief From and
Export of Copper To Teutons
TURKS PREPARE, TO MEET
CONSTANTINoPLE ATTACK
Milan Says Officially That Rep
resentative Of Gar Is Now IN
Bucharest Making Terms For
Marching Men Through Country
tAssOeiated Press by l,tsrAl wirelsss.)

CAssociated Press by l,GsrAl wirelsss.)
ONION, OetoDer 2y.--il he slIua-
l ton in the Balkans is fast shap-
- ing down into a great race for
Constantinople, with probability of
the Russians hurrying an army from
the north through Bulgaria, TO join
hands with the forces of the Allies to
be pushed north, in grand endeayor
to throw a line across European Tnr-
key to bar the entrance of a German
and Bulgarian army with reinforce
ments and supplies for the Turks and
to prevent the expectation from Tnf-
key Of the supplies of raw copper
asshieBs tho Germans 90. hsl wed fnsbe
desperately in need Of.
The accomplishment OF the deaign of
the Allies, If it Is TO be accomplished,
means that the Serbian army in the
north must be left to its fate for the
time being, the Serbian force to fight
to the last to delay the advance Of the
AustrO.Germans and to hold as many
as possible of the Bulgarian army,
while the Allies and the Russians cut
in between them and the Bosphorus.
Turks Fear Surprise ,t@ }.fs
That the Turks regard the danger of
an enemy from the rear as more immi-
nent than any approach by way Of the
Dardanelles is evident from the hur-
ried readiustments that have been
made in the defenses Of Constantinople,
all the armament which had been placed
along the Bosphorus and the Sea Of
Marmora west of the capital being now
in course of transportation to the
Tchataldra line of forts, which crosses
bn irkN Al
stantinople, from the Bay of Tche-
kedche to the Black Sea. u
Much heavy armament also has been
shifted to add to the defenses Of Adfia-
nope, while the Turkish garrisens of
practically all the posts except those
on the GallipOli Peninsula have been
despatched to the Bulgarian frontier to
meet the forces of the Allies being
landed in the Bay of Enos and pos
sible Grecian drive for Constantinople
by way of Bulgarian Macedonia. n.
Making Terms With Rumania
Dispatches from Milan quote the Cor
ricre Della Sera as announcing that
General RadkO Dimitrieff, commander
Of the Russian army, ready to be des-
patched to the Balkans, is now in
Bucharest, seeking terms with the Ru-
manians under which he can traverse
RumaHia with his army. ~,
If the terms can be made it is
thought probable that the army will be
transported from Odessa to some point
on the southern Black Sea coast of Ru-
mania, to land there for land at.
tack upon the Bulgarian port Of Varna,
which is only about ten miles from the
Rumanian line.
By following the Black Sea coast
| line, the advance covered by the bat
! tleships Of the Black Sea fleet, General
Dimitrielf could avoid having to
traverse any of the mountainous Sec
tiOn of Central Bulgaria and could co.
operate with the Russian navy in at
lacking both Varna and Burgas, Bull
garia S only important Black Sea ports.
From the Rumanian line TO the Turk
ish line, along the coast, is ninety
miles.
The Milan paper announces that IL
has its information from official sources.
Varna Bombarded Again ~. , '-..E0
Yesterday the Russian fleet bom-
barded Narna for the second time,
sending hundreds of shells into the
port and against the fOrtifications. A
Bulgarian news agency report, by way
of Amsterdam, says that the lombard
ment effected little material damage 20
the harbor and Notifications and that
the only deaths resulting from the Rus.
sian shells were those Of citizens aud
non .cOmbatants. -" -.
COnstantinople is a dark city now,
strict orders against the use Of lights
at night having been issued for fear
of Russian aeroplane raids, according
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