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Show (GREAT POWERS TO STOPSUUGHTER Ew,Pea PNa,ti01ls PrePare to Interfere In Balkan t 7T SIa?.d' France and Germany Would Let Allies Retain All Captured Territory. OSLEI HDsfrRrBADLVDEMDRALIZED Division of War Spoils May Cause Dissension 111 Am? nnmpfoant Allies Trouble Is Expect-II Expect-II I ed In Constantinople Christians In Fear. li ' 91 ' II II " London, Nor.' 5. The gTeat powers IT Brirope are aligning lhemrclvcs on eJtbpr side of a Tory sharp lipo rc-g-rriins the future o: the Balkan states. Public opinion Jn EnsJand. France and Russia is iha. the allies Bhozld have the territory which they bare conquered, and ltnssJa partic-alariy partic-alariy ha3 warned Turkey thar, con-dtdnns con-dtdnns conld only becomo worse U i miner disaster occur a Tchataija On the other side are Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy. Anslria-Hungary, Anslria-Hungary, which after all is the m36 a m duectly interested, beins the neares 1 ndhbir to the Balkan sxale w:I -. U. Is beliiTX-if. si. qalstly by an-. ase thp BBihza lesa eivrhJrj"jm;'. r-crosr; her imfh lu Vuz Jizgixn sio, I11 which direction hrr hzfic i? e-jiandjns e-jiandjns wnlic Q12 Kine tun' th? SEri-ftrxvs -irrend to the AdrlaUr sea. TLe Anstriim gcn-eniineni pohnl; on; t!hx a APimrtnuc aie as mnrJi a. nz-istra nz-istra as nny of the aJTlcr- and tluu Al-bnnin. Al-bnnin. should he reserrcd for the Albu-JihinB. Albu-JihinB. Ttte firsj F-rcn of rtcn57uirl!rn aravins flr? DnHL'jdi all's?, f'ir.fUEx camdf. ihizr., fiami a dUsjrcJz!! Tmi B3i;r-nifc tti vdilna Jr. fr- salii fire lie; Ec-TOura aia lujfnniii- ro dschro" cJzil xus ?j -trirmmDus Alhanhi. wIud!' vj;s acr-rl1 upen before the war sltu.. Lis; u7v. fuded away-" Wants Bigger S-reirh, Instead of having the 20-mlle 1 stretch of the Adriatic coast hither to claimed by Servia, the same dispatch dis-patch says that Scrvin now wants CO miles and that in return Montenegro Is to get more than her allotment of the' district of Novi-pjzar-s. The correspondent adds signlficanl-ly: signlficanl-ly: "The emperor of Russia will be taken ta-ken as arbitrator bolwcea Servia and Bulgaria in regard to these ccnyucsts, which wero nol'foresecn in the original orig-inal agTcomont between the allies " In tho meantime the Bulgarian troops in fho vicinity cl Tchcriu are preparing to reBume their advance on Tchatalja. After four nights an-1 jui- days ot continuous fighting about Lule Burgas, tho Bulgarian soldiers vere given two days' rest This pe-i:Dd pe-i:Dd expired today and the troops by this time probably are again on the move. The Bulgarian army nenr Tchorly Is being reinforced with troops taken from the Investing forces around Adrl-anople, Adrl-anople, whose places in turn have boen taken by Servians. A second Bulgarian army, commanded com-manded by General Kutlutchefr, is nia chips along the coast of the sea of Marmora to effect a Junction with the Bulgarian army commanded by General Dimitrleff at Tchatalja. Care for Wounded. To get on the move quickly the Bulgarian Bul-garian troops must have worked hard, as they have thousands of wounded Ttrks and Bulgarians to care for and have had to burn or bury a large number num-ber of killed It is officially stated Jn a dispatch from Bclgrado that the Servians, having hav-ing annihilated the Turkish army in Macedonia, has been ordered to assist the Bulgarians, Greeks and Montenegrins. Montene-grins. Nothing was heard today of the position po-sition of the Turkos at Tchatalja, but it is believed that part of the army 1 managed to gel behind the positions there The sultan's sld'crs are In bad condition con-dition Besides the host of wounded, wound-ed, thousands of men dropped out of the ranks exhausted frnm want of food and most of these threw away their rifles. I However, tbev havG had two davs J in which to rally and re-form thi-aimy thi-aimy The roads are In terrible condition con-dition from the hcav. rain?. This will cause difllculty In bringing up artillery. ar-tillery. It is reported today that the Grrekc made a premature attack on Salon-ikl Salon-ikl an-1 ropulECs. bu this report lacks confirmation. A combined attack on ' that city by the combined Greeks. Bulgarians and Servians Is expected. expect-ed. Extends the Blockade. Washington, Xor 5. Minister Schurman at Athens cabled today that the Greek government had extended ex-tended the blockade of the coast of the Eplrns as far as Santa Quaranta. and had raised the blockade of Castlo on the Island of I.cmnos. Constantinople, Nov. 5. None of the powers has yet replied to the portcs request for mediation. The belief is held here that King Ferdinand Ferdi-nand will not be sorry to accept European Intervention, es it is considered con-sidered that after its tremendous sac-rlfles sac-rlfles the Bulgarian army must be near exhausted. Abdullah Pasha, commander of the Turkish eastern army is still at Tcherkesskeul and at noon today n Turkish detachment destroyed an Important Im-portant railway bridge at Tcherlu. It now becomes clear that the deficient de-ficient commissariat was largely responsible re-sponsible for the Turkish reverses. Turkish plans aimed at encircling the Bulgarian forces Jv an advance on i thp right wing. The Bulgarian general gen-eral concentrated his efforts on an attack ngainst the Turkish center at Serai and the loft wing along the railway. The Turkish right, was meeting with much success, bul the commissariat broke down completely :owins; partly to bad weather, which mndo the roads difficult and pre-canted pre-canted lauding operations at the Turkish base Midla. As a consequence. Habmoud Mnkli-tar Mnkli-tar Pasha, commanding the right, was 'compelled to sacriflr0 the advantage igainpd because his troops were wlh jout food the whole, dav. All preparations have been completed com-pleted for the heir apparent to proceed pro-ceed to the Turkish headquarters accompanied ac-companied bv Chazi Ahmed Mukhtar I'asha, the late grand vizier, but they :h3vo not started. ; It is csscrted that the sultan hlm-I hlm-I self was deceived by Nazlm Pasha's optimistic reports and only realized the tre situation when an English cruiser brought the latest news, which was convex ed to the Dortc bv the British ambassador. The Porte then asked the powers to Intervene., Thc difficulty in maintaining order is Increasing It is said tbit a mob went to the war office at Satiubonl and asked for wenpons with which to kill the fhristhns. Servian Army Grov.s. Sofia. Rulgaria, Nov. 5. Relniorce-monts Relniorce-monts continue to pour to the front fiom tho Bulgarian eapltal In considerable consid-erable numbers. Some Servian troops passed hero yesterday lor Adrianoplo and todav eight battalions of volunteers, volun-teers, Inciuding Macedonians and Russians, Rus-sians, eutralnod for the front It Is reported that fighting still continues con-tinues In the neighborhood of Serai and Tchorlu. Leave for East. Vienna. Nov. 5 The first division or the Austro-Hungarian ileet left tlr-, naval station at Pola for the east 1- night The commander of the dl.- slon has been ordered to report to tho Austro-Hungarian ambasador at Con-rtanllnople Con-rtanllnople Austria States Attitude. Vlenua, Nov. 6. Tiic- attitude of the Austro-Hungarian government in ro-gard ro-gard to the proposal of Premier Poln-care Poln-care for thc adjustment of thc Balkan situation is clearlj stated today in thc Noue I-'reie Presse. which says. "The present military situation -n thc Balkaus cannot be decisive for the solution of the whole eastern question. Premier Polncare gives to tho Balkan states more thnn they have demanded demand-ed 'The proposal, which Is a most radical rad-ical expression of pan-Slavist tendencies, tenden-cies, Is ho one-sided that It can hardly hard-ly fine the approval of all the powers and particularly of Austria-Hungary " Tho anxletj of Austria that Servia 3hall not occupy Albania, and thiiB secure the outlet on the Adriatic sea which the Servians are so deHlrous of. probably will provide a great bono of contention Servia has been warned ahcad from Vienna that her armies have none far enough to the west. This! naming Is repeated today by the femi-offlcial Frcmdenblat. After praising prais-ing the Servian soldiers for their humanity hu-manity the newspaper says: "The Servians having approached ihe frontier of a terr.ory occupied without exception by Albaninns. It 13 hoped and expected- now that Servia will avoid thc raising of thopo differences differ-ences which thc historic character of the Albanians make insurmountable '" Prince Ghirkn. tho president of the Albanian national commission, it is eaid is to be proclaimed king of Al-bnuia Al-bnuia Attitude of England. London. Nov 5. The British attitude atti-tude in the Balkan situation wt$ stated In the house of commons today to-day by Sir Edward Grey, the foreign secretary, who was loudly cheered, when. In reply to a question, he wald: "'No one In view of the result of the war up to date will be disposed to dispute the rights of the Balkan stales to formulate thc lerms on which they arc prepared to conclude peace. "Do not think thai tho great pow-erb pow-erb arc more slow than other peopln to adjust their known views to the march of events. The powers are exchanging views In regard to the position po-sition in the near east, but It must be a very delicate matter for them to Interfere between the bclllgoront3 n-less n-less they do fo at the requst of bc" " Askd whether Great Britain could not rollpw tho precedent of Mr. Rooso-yelt Rooso-yelt in the Russo-Japanese war, Sir Edward did not reply. Sir Edward denied that Great Britain Brit-ain had given a warning of any kind to 4 Bulgaila The movements of British ships and their Intentions. h said were precisely bimilar to llioso 'r other powers, namely to protect llveB The stepH had been taken n a result of communicalloiLs which bad ;umied between thc powers Fight Has Begun. I I Pinion, No. 5 it was olficlall) .iiinounced in Constantinople todu that fighting lias beyun between the Bulgarians and Turks at the Tchatal-Ja Tchatal-Ja forts according to a special dispatch dis-patch ft am that city. The result uC j the fighting is not starod |