| Show WAR AR SHifTS TO FIELD Of DIPLOMACY I Plenipotentiaries for forent Belligerent ent Pow Powers rs Will Meet Today for Preliminary Discussion of Terms of An Armistice I ARMIES ORDERED TO CEASE HOSTILITIES Wily Turks Meet Bulgarian Threat to Celebrate Mass in ir Mosque of St S1 Sophia h by Making I It a T I L ONDON XO N ot 20 The O-The The war has Ji shifted for a n time from the field fiek of arms arm to that thai of diplomacy I Imay Ii It may be he near an nn en end for the belligerent l powers wil will meet tomorrow n at l the village o 01 oi a few miles outside the thi capital for a preliminary of the terms of an armistice In Tn the meantime the Turkish Bul Bui Bulgarian garian and Servian commanders liar hav ordered a n c cessation of hostilities al aI although although though cannonading which N Kazin Nazin reports as unimportant occurred occurred oc this morning The sweeping terms which the allies said sa Id to have ha C demanded d as a basis for th lh the armistice appear not to have hae boon been cen advanced hut but It IE Is almost certain that the they will be he on the basis 1 of or tho the Balkan states holding hoJ ln althe nil al the conquered country until a permanent permanent perma perma- nent treat treaty of peace Is signed How much of his former power the they are arc prepared to concede e the tho Turk depends de depends de- de upon two vo factors factors Ue the strength th an and supplies supplied 0 0 of the allied army atm threatening th the the- g gates gat s of ot Con- Con and Sand t the nt to which l tho the cholera sp spectre tro tre has has' embarrassed om their plans I It It- ItIs Is r ri i tran ran ort difficulties Bulgarian arm army armyon rm on on account of ot the distance from m. m tUe t base baso and thorough roads Cholera Cholera Is Is Is counted counte on onby w tho Turks to weak weaken n the Bulgarian ambition am for Cor a triumphal march into tho thio Turkish capital ail and amid the celebration of oC mass ma 8 in St St. t t. t Sophia nut hut to make mako a assurance doubly sure sur the Turk ha has resorted to the tile amazing plan of or the mosque Into Inlo a and has crowded 2000 Continued on Pago Page 11 Column 1 I. iWAR NOW SHifTS 1 fro TO STAR CHAMBERS i I fOR THE DIPLOMATS 5 I Envoys for or Belig Belligerent e re nt Powers Power Will Ii Meet Toda Today for Preliminary Pre Pre- I 3 I iy O. O Discussion Continued From Page Page 1 1 cholera stricken patients patients' within Its walls wall Successful nt Ashmead Bartlett the war war correspond corres correspondent corre corre- s 1 spond nt of or the Dally Daily Telegraph In a 1 dispatch dated November ember 18 iS and sent from the front by br y wa way of or Constanza L 1 claims that the battle battlo before on Sunday Sunda and Monday onda resulted In a aI ar Bulgarian success I r great As ts to the positions of or the combatants combatants combat combat- bv ants ts when hen he ire left the field eld Monday Mr Bartlett says ss The Bul Bulgarians occupy all aU the ads a ad advanced works where their artillery Is established and Is en engaged In hernia born hern bb fording the center of ot tho main lines linea of ot I ia d defense around evidently c r ith i the e Intention of or delivering delivering- an In Infantry Inn In- In n t f fantry attack late in iu the evening durIn dur- dur be night ht or perhaps at nt dawn In Ing t tile the succeed the famous far fa- fa V r Should this attack The Tho Turkish lines are won has no alternative but retirement pawl nn I r to 10 Constantinople If It the army again retreats It will wilt break up altogether i. i There merely merel will be a repetition of 4 the scenes after the battle of ot Lule Burgas with frith the army arriving at Instead of or Bartlott Bartlett was unable to stay star until under arret ar- ar i nightfall as he ho was placed teat ret and an e escorted to the rear and ordered or ordered or- or dered to proceed un under er guard to Constantinople Con Con- He Ile planned er however tos to s break aUa away In the morning and pros prof pro- pro s r f creed across the country to witness the thet thet t t end o of the battle r. r Horrible I The correspondent In another dl e- e j patch teh rull fully confirms the terrible chol chol- cholera era a scenes the horror of which he sa says s 's e can never ne be effaced from his mind As s there were no me medical arrangements 1 J the victims were thrown out to die f r Then the bo bodies les were hastily covered r y with a thin layer of ot earth r I- These ghastly mounds he says ays 4 litter the whole country there Is nOrl no rl escaping th thin them m. m But these horrid a ceI scenes cenes es pale in sl significance when comi compared com com- i pared ared with the horrors of or Ha pul where the remnants of or the defeated j 1 army armr finally rallied These men who k lived for ten days a s on green corn or scraps scraps of ot o offal otral picked up UI on march yield the greatest t num number er of victims I never ne actually entered the village of ot because the sights outside 0 caused me to turn m mj my horse In the opposite op op- direction The valley In which l fI- fI lies Hes viewed from the hills Is s the alle valley of ot the sha shadow ow of or death Turkish Lo Loss nt OO i According to the latest reports from Monastir the Turkish garrison did not notI I surrender but fled in all directions leaving leaving- e ln a a large amount of oC war mater material mate mate- r f rial behind In the terrific battle which t preceded r the thc fall taU of ot the eft city the Turks lost Jost OOOO killed and wounded and the Ser lan casualties were alto alfo heaTh hea heavy t Th The crown cronn prince of Sen-la Sen made mad his f state entry Into the city yesterday Most of ot the Tur Turkish garrison fled Jed toward Fiorina Florina twenty miles southeast southeast south south- east caRt hotly pursued by bp lan Servian cavalry The Servian pr press S I is demanding a a strict Inn Investigation Into the tho origin of or orthe the reports of or the capture of ot Turks |
