Show WAR Ai IS FORMALLY 1 DECLARED BY TURK OTTOMAN r i ARMIES MOVE Declaration Is Against Servia Ser Ser- via and Bulgaria Only Greece Is ls 01 Omitted FIGHTING HOWEVER ON GREEK FRONTIER En English ish Officers Believe Importance Importance Im of Mont Montenegrin grin Victories Ov Overestimated res m ted LOND LONDON N Oct 17 War v War today tody became became be came g general neal throughout th tho Balkan peninsula Turkey which for a week or r more b has been fighting wi with th M Montenegro Monte negro issued A 1 d dec declaration l of ot hostilities against an and md Bulgaria Greece reec for tor some ome rea reason leas n wu waa not mentioned mentioned- in the official document de delivered livered red to io the s 's Servian and Bulgarian 11 garla legations at Constantinople l and the Greek minister has n not t b been en ked asked ked to o lea leave e the Turkish capital as aa w were eTe re his S 8 Servian rvan and Bulgarian eoll gu st The Turkish minister however 1 left rt Athens Athena lUI without tho the u l formalities o U Fighting J e between een the o Turkish an anOr and anCi Or Gr Greek ok ek armies has armies has begun T on the frontlet frontier Turkeys Turkey's wit withdrawal dr of df f i h her r tr troops ps p's from the edi l Y Greek fr ff and nd omission lot Greece r fi from the e l rati of ct I war w wore e doubtless eil 1 by t n iJ P Paha li pf of tb the council of J l h m met menE 0 He te h has bas 9 been een OI us M alone of a a. O h with th Greece r e wh whose b e e i interest e ao aa 1 he Greek f premier are r identical mth those ioe of Turkey He Ie h hao hs s also de d to to o coa code the the i island l nd of f Cr Crete te to Gf Greece Gree ce r Blames Elmes Bulgaria and aM Servia Serna In n her declara declaration o-n o of oP ofel war war Turkey places s the bl blame meon on Bul Bulgaria ria and nd Se Servia Ser Ser- via ia whose recent recent actio actions s s1 she e 91 ys f forced f tc reM d thor her to take a decisive step al althou although thou thought though h she se was desirous of ce- ce Although u J Turkey Tinkey has hns' anticipated the B Balkan states and ordered a ous us advance of her army a against aiDt Bulgaria Bul Bill garia ria and avd Servia it is expected in n mili Duli tary circles circles' that and Bulga Bulgarians rians nans will be le ready to to meet the Turkish Turkish Turk ish ih invading force by the time times it reaches the frontier How far preparations hare baTe gone cone one however i ig lar largely cy a a matter of conjecture con con- jecture as as' as neither military attaches nor correspondents are allowed near armies There is an inclination amori among military military mili tary men to think the importance of f the Montenegrin victories have hae been exaggerated crat d and that much has been made of them in order to screen the struggle le that i is ig going oi g on for tho the pos PO possession o session of the tho forts guarding the Turkish Turk TurkS ish lab town of Montenegrin lt H Hospital Service Sei Bad The The l I Montenegrins n are re f fighting desperately des Je but the they neglect the commissariat commis service ice and the hospitals which are essential in such Imoh a a campaign The British c cabinet held heM a Do Ion long ses session e s- s lion sion don today to discuss the Fren French h proposal pro pro- for a conference of the powers It was waa also aIo said tho the British government govern mont ment was supporting the efforts effort boin being made t to ra raise raJee tte a a Turkish loan in in London Loudon Lou Lon don but this thia was waa denied denie at the foreign office Leopold n Rothschild has hils mad mado several r i visits its to Premier A Asquith lately and it was 85 paid that these w wore re eon con with tho project of ot a R Turkish loan ALLIES TRIED TO HOLD MONTENEGRINS BACK LONDON Oct IT The Th Tho Sofia correspondent corre corre- of or o the tho Times aa eay a So far from Montenegro lont M ro 1 having av ng b beIJ n. n i ithe the WILT ar so tar far as a. allies plan both the Bul Bulgarian and and Greek JO Ad Ad- i t es to Kins Nicholas action Tho rho Montenegrin Montenegrin Montene Montene- grin king was waa resolved not to let pass PLC th tm unique opportunity to begin a war which had been heen foreseen for for- many years f an and th the conduct of nr which lie he was U reluctant to leave eave to posterity TUBES ADVANCE AGAINST BULGARIA AND SERVIA CONST CONSTANTINOPLE Oct 17 11 Hostilities ties w w re r opened at at o'clock this morning morning- by the Turkish troops at various points points' on the and Servian froni fron fron- The i e of the Turkish army were ware ordered to make n. n simultaneous simultaneous forward movement t f The formal d declaration of oC n c ar Set Servia a a and nd Bulga Bulgaria a was TrU published published-by ed by tho the go government go toda today In giving the order for a a. general genera nd- nd 4 van vance ance e. the Ottoman Ottom n war minister mentioned men only that the tho th movement was to tobe l e made against t the frontiers of ot Bul Bulgaria arla and Servia Serria There Is 15 a 0 Turkish army con c ted n near tr the Greek frontier but thlE haa hu not ot yet et been put Into motion motton Tho The Ottoman government go today handed landed the Servian and ond Bulgarian ministers here tl Ir passport and they will leave mi- mi A hote note addressed b bv the th Turkish gov government gov gov- today to the Bulgarian and Ser Servian rIon r r. vian Ion legations here said it was as Impossible ble to maintain peace pe an any ny longer notwithstanding notwithstanding not not- withstanding that it was the ardent dent d desire de cl str sire of the port porte to do po 0 o. o It wee therefore there there- fore obliged to put an nn end to to the missions mis mis- Ion of ot the Bulgarian and aid Servian tan l lepa- lepa Ga tlona and and the diplomats were Invited to J Continued 1 on J Pars 10 i WAR DECLARED 4 Ci Continued from p page 1 L withdraw their Pil passports and arid Je leave ve at the Uie earliest moment IThe r I Tho The note st stated tod that the step was t tin tak in in consequence consequence of or the tIme r recent note hand Into the Turkish government by Ui Balkan states which Turkey constituted an Interference with her affairs A second factor was tb mobilization undertaken by an an Bul Bulgaria and the third reason To was tt tim dolly dally skirmish on tho the frontier I FIGHTING EEGS BEGINS ALONG BORDERS OF GREE EC ATHENS Oct 17 Fighting Fighting bet bit beTty the Greek army and the Turkish fore foret stationed along the frontier began eu ear tirl today A 1 daring feat was accomplished toda tod by the commanders of tIme tha Gr Greek k gunboats run gun boats A and ana D. D They made a a. dash at 3 a. a m. m to torce force forc the Turkish blockade at narrow entrance to the thu Gulf of Artone Artone Art Arti one Eldo sido of which is Turkish and tim lh other Greek Thep were o observed ftc fro from the Turkish fort at Pre esa which dominate dominates domi- domi j nates nate the entrance and a hG heavy Y fire directed on them which they return with spirit They succeeded in fighting their w s y through and finally reached the Gee Gre Gr town of or on the southern louthern she iha hot of ot the bay with very Yeo little d damage mage CONVERGING GREEKS ALGIERS Oct 17 n 11 An r escort of f fo u ri Greek destroyers is la convoying con th tIme th Or Gre steamer Macedonia with Greos Bur Bull and on board who Bl at returning from froni America to Join loin their ret ref to light against the time Turks Turk Sims ah carries a a. large cargo of ammunition TRIBESMEN DEFEATED BELGRADE Sen-la Sen Oct 17 T T hundred Arnaut tribesmen were nero killed to today today to day in a battle with Servian Seman troops troop the frontier frontlet near In the nor ecu ern put part of f the of or r. r Th The tribesmen Attacked but w were r r U re repulsed pulsed by the tho King Peter UHl today for Nish j KING GOES TO FRONT i SOFIA sonA Oct 17 King King Ferdinand wit wt his staff start has har left for Cor the this headquarters headquarter th the Bulgarian n arm army near the Tuft frontier It is believed he will Issue ue a R. pro tion to the nation or male make a fonnA declaration of war nr from that po position J I |