Show NAZIM f TO HOLD LINE t tAT AT TurKish Commander Confident fi dent of Ability to ChecK Bulgarians Th There re t f t CONSTANTINOPLE CONSTANTINOPLE Nov o 5 5 Na Na NaSim Sim rn the Turkish commander in ir In chief chi is still til confident of b his bid ability to fo h bold d the lines linos of against the Bulgarians in spite of the fact that mediation o of the powers has been invited ed ecI in ia order to obtain an armistice armistic while negotiating for p peace ace Aided by the Turkish fleet it i is pointed out that the Ottoman army will J resist t to the tho last in n guarding ardin the gateway te ay to Con Constantinople Whilo the fate Late of or war has hai beon unfavorable un h favorable to the tho Turkish arms arras ou oil tho the plains plain of Thrace it is argued that the soldiers soldiers' cannot reproach them them- duo due to f taXI taXI- 6 l cs that hat the r result sult was ure on on n their part to uphold their mil mili military t try tary ri traditions ns on valor alor and aud n which are aro ra their p proudest it ita uee ce The Turks Turk it is is said eaid were wera defeated not Jot ot be because u o the BuI Bulgarian is a better or r braver man maD but bc because be is js l more oro scientifically trained and better armed especially in t tho to o matter of t artillery hero loro In this conn connection tion military men 31 a 6 recalling the the- words words' of a distin distinguished officer who said While the Turkish soldier is learning learn learn- in liz ing the stop tho the Bulgarian is learning earning to shoot hoot straight and aDd wb whit what t is ismore ismore more important to control his fire Io In some r respects th the fighting has proved a test of French trench a against Ger Ocr German man n methods and arid of French rench artill artillery ry against German ar artillery cry All accounts ac ac- ac cO counts Qt agree arco that the Bulgarian guns completely outranged those o e of of the Turks besides being moro more rapid and accurate Wounded officers say ay that what dis discomposed dis- dis composed tho the men to tho the greatest leate t ll 1 Jl g e. e was that they could conid not see e the enemy while shrapnel shells were Ole bur bursting t n about them with deadliest dead dead- liest iet effect t Tho Turkish soldiers t they cy sa say gay with ith splendid cour cour- a to Official Of Of- casualties were enormous fi ial sources admit that wounded wound wound- I ed were left on t the tho o battlefield BULGARIANS PUSHING SIEGE OF VIENNA N Nov C. C Every effort effort is being eig r. r strained by the Bulgarian com com- to hl hasten the tho fall of Adrian Adrian- ople epIc ac according to Lieutenant Va Vagner ner telegraphing to the n from rom the tho Bul Bulgarian an n headquarters Tl The desire of the tho Bulgarians is is to release re re- lee lease t their siege ie e nuns guns for br eventual use useI I L on th tho Turkish lines at power of resistance of the lit Lt t Lieutenant nt Wagner uy ay I a diminishes day by day Th The Turks reI reply re re- rc- rc I ply ly iy weakly and at intervals int to the I heavy beavy avy fire fi of the tho Bulgarian Bul siege artil artil- lery liry ely Th rb The Turkish w works rk on the northe northwest north north- west e st at front of tb the city have Buffered bea ly and since rince the last JaH gr great at sortIe I b tn tb the garrison arrison in the direction of Ma- Ma taa u the activity of the thc Turkish troops rr- rr to have diminished confIder I abl t Tie lack bf bE provisions In the invest est bo d city is reported already to have hae boi bo bo- i cow came e extremely niel serious The rhe imminent fall of A J dri nople is is I regarded re in Vienna as an aD event v nt of the I 1 military and political importance import ance ce boUt both oth as as evidence that hat oven the theline theline line of f forts sorts at cannot saCO sa sava CO and as enabling the tho whole wha Bulgarian army to c concentrate for an au u atta Attack k on t the e Turkish capital r PUBS TURKS WITH GREAT A Nov ov 5 The The st c correspondent fays says that th the brilliant operation co-operation co u of the BulJ Bulgarian fi n commanders com corn manders combined c with the h heroism roi of tb their troop IB is br bringing n n to the Buln Bui- Bui l. l n Caria-n n fresh rc h esses daily An attempt made by bv the tha Turks t to take cp up a a. pt's position tion aga again n to th the north of ana and at in iii order to rover cover their their retreat totally failed as all also ih did i the inte intervention ID in th tho fi fight ht to tho the east o of Visa by Turkish troops troop The Bulgarian army anny is pushing for Jd its pursuit of the flying T Turks rk with nth the greatest t energy in order to to arive iv the greater part of the tho defeated army rm from ts lino line of retreat on OD ib j as aj 3 t the e final result lt of ot the tho operation opera opera- ti tion tiOu between Lul Lule-Burgas Lule and The rho he Bulgarians Bulgarians' s' s advance anco on Ija may nay be begun this this' week Another o her correspondent of t the e 1 Reu telegraphing i from nn n 5 Saturday night said tho Montane- Montane me Sin rin troops oops were obliged d to retire from frome l e mountains where r thc they 11 bad lI 4 tak taken u a position They left sev Soi several eral erl guns uns behind them when they the retreated retreated re roo rooI re- re I treated e but ut had bad rendered them vied able The Montenegrins lontene ins set fire to sev eY I feral ral Mohammedan villages I The Montenegrin in troops made mad re re- pe petted petted- ed attacks on from rom the I plain without gaining much ground round The Turks even en had bad some soma small sue sue- c s returning from froni ono one ono sortie with eighty captured men mono T Tho To o Turks Turks' b be believe I lieve lie tb that t the city of will bold bola out coma time S AIm ABE CAPTURED SOFIA OFIA Bul Bulgaria aria Nov Noy v. v Bulgarian I troops have now occupied Buk on the tho 1 railroad i and 1 this thie with the tho posse possession sion of Ne finally cuts cute communication tion between t. t tJi the Turkish Jukish army i in Macedonia a edonia and Ui Turkish garrison of The Tur Turkish tro troops ps on S Saturday attacked at at- t. t tacked e ec the Bulgarian arian left flank at but the Bulgarians arian re pulsed tho the attack attak k putting the TUrk Turks to tD flight and capturing five fire of or their officer and ana 1300 men n u in addition to a 3 Qu quick uI k firing battery T The rrie e spoil captured b by the thc Bulgarian arian r. r troops it at t Lule Lule-Burgas included depots pote of Df clothing arms and stores f fifteen teen camels samel a a- searchlight and telegraphic I instruments FRANCES FRANCE'S 8 LATEST PROPOSAL x LONDON Nov 5 The lat latest st pro pro- ro noal J. J to the powers made by th the b French h premier Ray Po Poincare Poincare- is isas' isas isef lf as' ef follows II L 1 Recognition by bi the powers of al and administrative changes s in inthe tho the territory occupied b by the troops hoops of the 2 R Retention t of the sultans sultan's Sultan II soy sov- O ty at Constantinople plo and the tho reI region re re- re I gion ion aJ around nd the capital eap I 3 3 Tho be f. f o summoning monin of a European conference in which th the Balkan n nations na- na ti ions shan shall AlP APPEAL APPAL AlPi i TURNED DOWN PARIS Nov No The French gove govern government government govern ment has bas refused ed the Turkish I govern govern- s sap ap appeal eal for it to take the lL nitia ti ive tive in bringing ni- ni ab about ut an intervention of f the powers to tit p hostilities o ti and impose an all armistice on the th Balkan tates The r reply ply of the French for foreign j of of- ice flee p points pOint out thai for France t to take he the the course cOmB suggested ted would be c con con- n tr ry to international law lw and nd would make her ber appe appear i as aiding 2 against gain t tho the Balk Balkan alkan n states TROOPS ooPS WERE wiE STARVED STARVED SOFIA Bulgaria Nov No- 5 PrisOner Prisoner ner taken aken by the Bulgarians i says th that tbt t a aRus Rus Russi j n named nam d Von Van Welt a a. colonel in iii inthe the he Turkish army was was was' killed by his bis Own men mep after the disastrous defeat at it Lule Th The Tiri prisoners oD say they hey went into action uj in a i i. i famished h q condition o d tion rr Tho ho o men b had haI d only ono one bis ble f CUlt or half balf a loaf lof of or bread broad for or three Orf or f four ur d days vs and ad many of them hem deserted to o th tb the Bulgarians ASKS FERDINAND TO 0 SPARE MOSQUE AT ADR I VIENNA Nov No The 5 The Turkish soldiers sol eol- diers already al E seem con convinced c of the lbs certainty of th their I d. d defeat feat and aid d. d th their jr r re- re sult says fIBS a Rei dispatch A Turkish h officer am among those thos captured hp e to b bo be allowed to see seC Ki King Xing- Ferdinand Ferdinand Fer Fer- dinand and ask him hun not to allow w tb the thO great eat mosque of f the Sultan S Soliman to tobe toe he be e d destroyed when whon Adria ople is is taken akon T The e Anatolian prisoners oner throw the lame blame for lor tho the reverses re buffered ed by by- bythe t the Ottoman army on t the e. e young Turks be they say ay the latter deposed Abdul AbdulHamid Ab Ab- dul Hamia an anso so so of offended tended a against aint the Koran FIGHT WAS STUBBORN ATHENS Nov 5 Tho i.-Tho fighting n be- be tweeD tho the Turks and Gr eks' eks aro around nd was wie of the most stubborn char acter The Thc fields around t tic the e ct city are aro covered with dead and tha road from TOrn Janitz to Sal niki is strewn with warm war m material thrown away by the retreat retreat- iu lug ng Turks f The Greeks have bave captured a a- br large of prisoners and fourt fourteen fourton cn pieces s of field a artillery |