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Show tikey mi; hake I DESPERATE STA8D I Determined to Resist tho Cntrasce of tho Allied Annies into H Coflstaatiooplo H FOREIGN WARSHIPS ARB AT HANI H For Purpose of Acting if Nee- H essary to Prevent Massacre jH of Foreigners f WA Constantinople, Nov. 12. H Thoro are rumors here that H heavy fighting began this morn- H ing in the neighborhood of H Tchatlja. This no doubt marks H tho final Bulgarian attack, which jH will decide the fato of Constants H nople. From an authoritative H source it is learned that sixteen jH British warships aro now just IH outside the Dardanelles prepared K9 for any emergency. BH The Turkish government, Ifl though it cherishes hope that H the powers will never allow the H Balkan allies to occupy Constan- H tinople. is also taking the most H strenuous measures at its com- H mand to prevent such a catastro- H phy. The fortifications at M i Tchatalja and thoso nearest the H capitol are to be defended to the H supportccPoy EnovalTO ( sols of the Turkish army in tiio H ! Sea of Marmora and tho Black H All negotiations for medita"-' H tion aro at present futile, sa the H Balkan leaguo has decided unanimously to decline any in- tervention proposals, M At the great Mohammedan M festival of Kurbau Bairum, H which is approaching, it has H been decided that tho traditional H sacrifice shall not bo offered. A fatawa issusd by the sheiks of H all fslams declares that the H money spent in providing these M sacrifices shall be devoted to M military purposes. This is a not- M able occurancc. It is the first time since the constitutional H festival that such a decree has fl been made. |