BATTLE OF CHATALJA.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1601, 19 November 1912, Page 7

BATTLE OF CHATALJA.

PROLONGED AIIILIEBY DUEL.

TURKISH FORCES EATEN. AWAY .BY

'THE'ALLIES' PEACE TERMS.

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■ (Reo. November 18, 9.40 p.mj London, November 18. "The Times" correspondent at Chatalja states that the Bulgarian artillery : positions were less advantageous than those of the Turkish gunners, as a black background, disclosed the flash, and the batteries were soon unmasked.. The Bulgarians also threw their shells too high, and the casualties were slight. A Turkish warship joined in the duel, tiring heavy broadsides and capping tho Bulgarian right with great pillars of spurting mud. The.fire was,the heaviest artillery combat since the Japanese pounded Russian rearguards at Liaoyang. Small groups of.' Bulgarian infantry dribbled loosely' and .gallantly forward, but the Turkish gunners found fhem nicely, and the 1 movement failed.- ' The Turkish machine guns stifled a similar movement in the direction of the Ilemedieh forts. , HEAVY CANNONADE. Constantinople, November 17. The' Bulgarians. began a general attack on Chatalja this morning. In'view of the heavy .cannonade heard, the foreign warships landed bluejackets, who guard the streets leading to Pera, a Constantinople suburb," in which is the foreign quarter and lie residences of the Ambassadors. ■■'■ 'TUBE INVENTIONS." Sofia, November 17. '■ The newspaper "Mir" states that the" previously published reports- of pitched battles at Chatalja are . pure inventions. There were merely brushes with the Turkish advanced guard.'.,',. .Official dispatches state that the: Bulgarians concentrated on. the front of the Turkish lines and occupied *- Lazarkeni, Chatalja, and Arnautkeni. PEACE AT ANY PRICE. ... PASHA'S ADVICE, FATALISM IN THE CAPITAL, • Constantinople November 17, - A spirit of fatalism prevails in Constantinople. All the officials are apparently resigned to the idea that European Turkey! including Rumelia, is hopelessly lost. Nevertheless, troops ..are still being ordered,to-the front, and: frantic efforts are being maSl\fM' 7 with a. view"to securing better terms'of peace.. . '/ . ;Nazim Pasha, the Commander-in-Chief, is'urging peace at' any price as.the*6ole hops of eaving Constantinople from the presence of the invaders. All,the correspondents are agreed that no atrocities marked the Turkish retreat. Villages were only burnt when necessary to prevent ■ t!jie enemy finding provisions and shelter. ■ There are. excited crowds on the housetops listening to the firing, which is audible throughout the city. •Turkish warships were engaged all last Saturday in shelling 1 . Bulgarian' detachments along the Marmora coast. '. Eefugees state; that a portion of Rodosto, on the Sea of. Marmora,! was destroyed by fire. ..-•''*.'. A large number of cholera patients have been placed in the Santa Sophia mosque, Which is surrounded by an army cordon. LONG ARTILLERY BUEL. WARSHIPS READY TO ASSIST, .'■'-. BULGARIAN REPULSE. . (Rec. November. 18, 9.40 p.m.) , • • Constantinople, November 18. Though the rival armies had been firing shrapnel daily, the Bulgarian'attack on Chatalja was not. delivered until three o'clock on Sunday .morning. Six Turkish torpedo boats and gun-' boats are lying close to Boyuk-Chekneje ready to shell, the Bulgarians if they attempt to cross the shallow lake near the sea coast there. Tho artillery duel continues all day. Nazini Pasha, the Turkish commander-in-chief, reports'that he repulsed the Bui-; garian centre and left attacks, and destroyed three Bulgarian batteries. Military precautions have been taken in the city, and troops have been posted at various points. Mussulman refugees are arriving {a the villages along tine Bosphorus from tho firing lino. : The Ambassadors have met at tho Aus-' triah Embassy, and -discussed ;the safety j measures .to bo taken in the city. CHOLERA RACING. FIVE HUNDRED DEAD DAILY. TROOPS DIE IN TRENCHES. (Rec. November 18, 0.40 p.m.) Constantinople, November 18. There are a thousand cases of cholera among the Turks at Chatalja daily, with a mortality of fifty per cent. Numberless cholera-stricken troops lie moaning in the trenches. Ali Riza Pasha, commander of the First Army Corps, is affected, and his conditiqn is hopeless. A thousand sick and hundreds of dead are lying on the. station platform at Chatalja. Threo thousand, cholera patients remained in railway carriages at San Stefano, on the coast, eight miles from the city, for 24 hours without food or water, pending a decision as to their destination. Ultimately they were sent .to the quarantine station. It is regarded as impossible for the Bulgarians to occupy tho Turkish linos for fear of infection. PEACE TERMS. STRONGHOLDS TO BE SURRENDERED. , ' AUSTRIAN ATTITUDE. Vienna, November 17. The allies' terms of peace include tho surrender of Adrianoplo and Scutari. The . correspondent of the "Politis;he" states''that the visit of M. Daneff, President of the Bulgarian Sobranje, to Aus-

tria, justifies the hopes of a satisfactory settlement of all questions. The <! Reichspost" correspondent states that it is forbidden at present to refer to the operations, as tho Bulgarians want to establish an accomplished fact before making further communications. Reuter's correspondent at Sofia reports that peace terms will be formulated at the earliest moment. Turkey will be given twenty-four hours in which to accept to reject them. He adds that prompt acceptance may avert the entry into Constantinople of Bulgarian troops. The "Reichspost" has reported that fighting has ceased. ITALY AND SERVIAN CLAIMS. Rome, November 17. Tho newspaper "Tribune," in an inspired article, says that while Austrian and Italian interests are identical, Italy recognises the Servians' rights to an Adriatic port, but adheres to the prinoiple of Albanian autonomy.' .' , t SERVIAN AMMUNITION LOST. SALONIKA EXPLOSION. Salonika, November 17. The explosion at the Turkish magazine killed 312 Turkish prisoners and injured 430. It is believed to have been an act of vengeance on the part of two Bulgarian band leaders—Sandansky (the. notorious "King of the Perim Mountains") and Mendjoff—for the Turks destroying their bands. (Reo; November 19, 1.10 a.m.) Athens, November 18. All houses in the vicinity of the Salonika magazine were destroyed. The magazine contained Servian ammunition.. CLOSING IN ON SCUTARI. SAN GIOVANNI TAKEN, (Reo. November 19,. 0.5 a.m.) : ■ Cetjnje, November .18. The' Montenegrins are closing in on Scutari. A shell has exploded the magazine in the, town. General Maitinovics had a severe fight before reaching San Siovanni, and , his losses were heavy. The Turkish force, numbering 3000, fled in disorder towards Alessio. '. "'"■'' SIEGE OF ADRIANOPLE. ) ■ BULGARIAN SPY'S REPORT.) • Sofia, November 17. (The swollen river enabled two Bulgarian spies to quit Adrianoplo and reach Maizestraj on a raft. They Teport that 800 Turks were killed in. the last 60Ttie, REPUBLICAN PLOTTERS. i ■ ■ . __ | MANY TURKS. ARRESTED. . I (Rec. November 18, 9.40 p.m.) Constantinople, November 18. It is reported that 200 arrests have been made in connection with the plot to oreate a Republic under Shevket Pasha. The arrests include Talaat Bey, Captain Djampoulat.'and several Young Turk exDeputies. One of the latter mortally wwrnded a policeman, and was thereupon courtmartialled and sentenced to death. Several of the arrested persons have been sentenced to -five,, years' imprisonment. - Djavid Bey, the ex-Minister for Finance, whose arrest was ordered, has escaped on' a Russian vessel. SOCIALIST DEMONSTRATION. FREEDOM FOR ALLIES FAVOURED,' (Rec. November 18, 9.40 p.m.) London, November 18.'' . The'lnternational Socialist party has' demonstrated in London, Pari6, and Berlin against a European war. - , The London meeting shouted down Mr. G." N. Barnes, a former chairman of the Labour party. He wa9 characterised as a Labour joker, and asked, "Who said workers?" ' Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald, chairman of the Labour party, addressed tho gathering, and said Europe had failed to impose peace in tho Balkans, which it might have done, and therefore workers would not prevent the allies from taking advantage of the liberty they had won. KRUPP V. CREUSOT GUNS. Berlin, November 17. The "Cologne Gazette" has repelled the suggestions that Krupp guns.are inferior to the Creusot It states that the Bulgarians wsre careful to use Krupp's ammunition, instead of French powder. A MESSAGE TO ENGLAND. BULGARIAN PREMIER'S APPEAL, M. Gueshoff, the Bulgarian Prime Minister, received the "Daily News" correspondent at his residonce on October 11 and made the following statement ;— "By asking ino for an interview for the TDaily News and Leader' you recall memories which are dear to every Bulgarian heart. "Wo shall never forget the way your paper befriended us immediately after tho Bulgarian atrocities of 187G, when we wore sorely in need of friends. Thanks to Sir Edwin Pears and MacGahan's letters in the .'Daily News,' Mr. Gladstono raised his mighty voice in favour of the emancipation of Bulgaria and in favour of tho freedom of Balkan Christians, and both these ends would have been attained at the Congress of Berlin when Turkey was crushed by tho war with Russia, and we at the mercy of Europe, had not impious men thrust back the Christians into the Godless pandemonium branded by Gladstone's immortal words. "Tho impending war is the appealing ranson we are going to pay for ou"r Christian brethren, a freedom of which they wore robbed by tho crime committed at the. Congress of Berlin. "Wo appeal to England for aid; we bosecoh her not to forgot her great responsibility for tho iniquitous work performed by the Congress of Berlin i we implore her not to commit again tho error of thinking that Turkey will bo ablo to work out alone tho lasting pacification of the Balkan peninsula. "Let her insist onco for all upon tho only satisfactory solution of the Balkan question—tho disappearance 'of direct Turkish rule in South-ttnst.eril Euror*."