CAUSE OF TURKS' FAILURE.
ONLY AN ARMY OF RECRUITS. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright Berlin, Monday. Field-Marshal von der Goltz, the German officer who advised Turkey in the reorganisation of her land forces, in an address to the Asiatic Society, said no attempt had been made to maintain a modern army in Turkey until 1908. Turkey had then, he said, set to work with much eagerness and industry, but without a right understanding of the task through lack of initiative after thirty years' lethargy. The building of a homogeneous corps of officers would take years. The army that had been defeated in the Balkans, he added, was an army of recruits.
BULGARIAN BARBARITIES. COMPLAINT FROM SALONIKA. SYSTEMATIC PILLAGING. London, Monday. A report from Salonika states that the Bulgarians, whilst on their way to Salonika, mercilessly ravaged Turkish villages. As soon as they entered Salonika the invaders indulged in systematic pillaging regardless of Greek protests. A protcßt from the 'Consuls was also unheeded. The relations between the Greek and Bulgarian troops are most strained. The Bulgarians state that they are resolved that their occupation of Salonika is to be permanent.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 521, 27 November 1912, Page 5
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187CAUSE OF TURKS' FAILURE. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 521, 27 November 1912, Page 5
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