Show FALL ALL OF ARI L THOUGHT IMMINENT I IMPORTANT t TURKISH CITY I THREATENED TurKs Not Prepared for AttacK on Montenegrin Frontier CONSIDERED TI THERE MERE HERE BLUFF I j Finds Too La Late te Little Neighbor to Be in h Dead Earnest l V LONDON Oct 11 Tho Tho fall o 0 of th the th Turkish city of or is is n imminent Unless Turkish reinforcements arrive ve soon soon the tho town with its manufactories of of- firearms rea- rea reas s will win be betaken taken by bythe the advancing I Monten Montenegrin army anny The Ottoman government took lightly gh l Montenegrin threats and the Turkish military authorities were not prep prepared i on Ji that frontier as on the Servian Serran tand aU Bulgarian borders Hence the tile reported continued su success cess of the King Nicholas forces The Montenegrins ron cn grins f followed up th their ir success by capturing yesterday the fort tort guard in Tush thus improving tho the road for an n advance o on and an official t telegram le rain received b by the tho consul consul con con- con con- sul eul genera general of Montenegrin rin in ia London i says saye s 's the advance has baa begun It i is pointed out here herc however that tho way c cannot bo be traveled without serious fighting as ag the Albanians in the vicinity vicin ity have have- been aroused by Turkish kis emis ome emissaries caries saries and aro are expected to join the tho Ottoman Ottoman Ottoman Otto Otto- man t troops rooP News from parts q qt t the tho oM Montenegrin frontier ro tier i is is' more more con con- on Caught Turks Unawares If 11 as 85 is b o Montene 1 Montenegro gro go o precipitated ted he her de d declaration lara oil of ot war as a's as a a. part rt o of U tho to strategy of t Turkey on her hor frontier must have hae influenced in iii ed her ber er d decision ision rom From Athens comes 3 a pessimistic report 88 aa as a n sequel to the meeting of tho the Greek council of f minister The increase of anxiety and nor nor- nervous norus nervousness us- us ness floss in regard to tb the Balkans ns n's t. t together ether with further continual selling eUing caused a weak weakening nin in the tone and an all ll aro around decline on tho the London stock exchange ge C Console were 10 lower er than yesterday Greece today purchased the Chinese cruiser Chao Ho r recently built at New Ne castle The Turkish government io also attempted to buy tho ship OTTOMAN EMPIRE ASSEMBLING v VERY FORMIDABLE ARMY CONSTANTINOPLE Oct 11 Wireless from a steamer in the Dardanelles Dar dandies to Ro Roumania No No fewer than T Turkish b tr troops ops from Asia Minor will jil it is estimated be bo con concentrated concentrated con on within a week in European Turkey This will win bring the effective force of f the Turkish army there up UJ to men shell Turkish officials say sar la that the da day of trial has bas found the tha military department lull full of stored aud and their equipment is complete and of good quality If the Bulgarians arians are arc counting on the superiority of their organization a and aud d the greater rapidity with which their army can call be bo mobilized to give o them a material advantage e they will according to Turkish officers receive a disagreeable surprise e. e The Thc Ottoman Ottom n authorities for months past l have havo been gradually strengthening their defenses and concentrating troops in the important zones zone comprising u and Kirk just south of tho Bulgarian frontier Since tho the general mobilization was wag ordered a peat great stream of men has been pouring into the district at tho the rate rata latterly I of daily The or men of the second c reserve now being cing brou brought ht from Asia sia Minor are nrc determined once and for all that th the Bul Bulgarians uil us wh whose se per persistent in intrigues intrigues in- in tri in Macedonia have havo the say caused them to be constantly called cl from their homes are to receive a sound lesson They The havo decided to take no no- prisoners an and to give no quarter The reliability of nf the Christians serving iu lug ing in iu the ranks of tho the Turkish army is isone isone one of tho the great problems of tho the moment for the Ottoman commanders The Tho feeling among the native Christians Chris Hans may be gauged to a certain extent extent ex ex- tent by hr their efforts to escape from front service service ser ser- eri er i vice c b by the payment of a tax or by boltin bolting abroad The Tho bo Ottoman government is considering considering consider consider- ing ins th the the- putting in operation of the tho bill biJl passed under the Into lato regime calling out all aJl Christians between the ages of 30 10 and aud 40 This action would swell the tIlO government o r receipts enormously as most of the o native Christians ChrIstJans aro are 1 in settled set set- et tIed positions and well able ablo to pay TUSH FORT TORT CAPTURED Montenegro O Oct t. t 11 11 The Tho Montenegrin in troops fo followed lowed n up their success in capturing mountain f from m the Turks by taking late last Jast evening o th the Turkish fort which dominates the town of from hill bill Both forces suffered heavy losses Josses in In killed and wounded The fighting lasted lasted last last- ed fourteen hours hOtH Tho road to the Turkish town of further north is now now open to tho the advance of tho the Montenegrin army FRANCIS FRANOIS JOSEPH OPTIMISTIC VIENNA Oct 11 Emperor IL Emperor Francis Joseph Yoseph in iu th the tour course o of a n conversation with a R. prominent nt personage at tit the pal Ice ico r said aid H t 1 h To that thELt peace may w still be pro pre f I |