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Show 1! TURKEY APPEALS 1 FOR ARMISTICE ti&X Turkish Armies, Defeated in Every Battle, Take M Action to Save Capital Bulgarians Not Likely !!?SI to Consent Without Military Advantage. I POMS RECEIVE FULL MSTMKTNNS i(Mt m No Official Change in Austro-Italian or Servian At-fiftM At-fiftM titude Montenegrin King Sends Curt Reply Sf to Hungarian Minister. cm ---, rJm Sofia, Nov. 1-1 .The Turkish re- ,'jiT quest for mediation by the powers was iwftS presented to the Bulgarian premier --H this morning by the ministers of the gff great powers rj5f Premier Guechoft promised to sub- --S mlt it at headquarters Immediately jt-?S n11 also to confer on the matter with I'aII the cabinets of the allied Balkan na- twkW tions- Tnc text of the note follows. Vj$ "The Ottoman government having :;J(d approached the great powers of Eu- cIa rope to ask their mediation, we are Sir charged to inquire of your excellency 5jjL lf Bulgaria Is disposed to accept this Wajp mediation and if so, to what condi- "!? tions her acceptance will.be subject." dW Ixmdon, Nov. 14. With the Turkish FiSfiin armies beaten In every battlo in a rSryf month's war and now behind the forts &ag of Tchntalja defending the capital (if xoK the empire, the Ottoman government Xp3 has appealed to Bulgaria for an arm-t arm-t lstice pending the opening of nego-BW nego-BW tiations for peace, according to an of-frntSt of-frntSt flcial dispatch received from Constan-'IrlRl Constan-'IrlRl tinople today. lUnlil Terms Not Disclosed. frit??! What terms. If any, Turkey has pro- lam Psetl. "ave noL been disclosed They 3mf must, however, in the opinion of dlp-'-ftjjjl lomats, le unlimited If they are to iisIR prove acceptable to Bulgaria With jfm the Inst defenses on Constantinople Ui almost in her hands, Bulgaria is un-l?IJJKf un-l?IJJKf Jikcly to consent to an armistice c:c-S c:c-S qopt'on conditions giving her full mll-uSi mll-uSi ltary advantage. Tjfa Turkey will have the support of the i"F European powers In her request for izf2 a cessation of hostilities. The repre-,tg repre-,tg sentntlves of the various nationc at jS Sofia have now received full instni''-IAHl instni''-IAHl tions regarding tho proposal of medl-irSSa medl-irSSa v atlon and they held a meeting at noon e.TEU f today to discuss the method to be 5u adopted for making the communica-iWI communica-iWI tlon of the Turkish request to the Bul-fsjj: Bul-fsjj: garian cabinet !iSn Armistice Affects Tchatalja. SM The armistice asked for by Turkey ifiy! will afTect only the fighting at tho HSU Tchatalja fortifications, while the step the European powers have taken has the object of putting an end to the war in all parts of the Balkan icnin-sula icnin-sula Until the powers succeed in Influencing Influ-encing the allies in the direction or peace the fighting at Adrianople, Mou-astlr, Mou-astlr, Scutari and In other portions of Turkey's vast European domination will continue no matter how Bulgaria regards the appeal made by Klamll Pasha. May Save Constantinople While, therefore, Turkey's recognl--"! tlon of the realities has smoothed the path of diplomacy and may result In m Constantinople, the Dardanelles and ijjL perhapa some other parts of her Eu-fH Eu-fH ropean possessions being left to her 3B" and prevent a scramble for them oy 0 the powers, there still are some serl-igTM serl-igTM ous questions to be dealt with. Among t these are notably, those of the posi-'AjJ posi-'AjJ tlon of Albania and the Servian ambl-Rf ambl-Rf tlon to hae a port on thc Adriatic 'J?? sea. ! Albanians Proclaim Freedom. Jl' The Albanians are taking steps to ifjS make their country independent and flf besides publishing a proclamation have Sjj issued a protest against any attempt f to interfeie with the freedom and in- 1 tegrlty of the country. The organiza-I organiza-I tion also makes the charge that the I Servians have secretly murdered all I the Albanian prisoners of war I As to the Adriatic, which, according E to a report from Alesslo today, the I Servians hae not yet reached, there I is no official change either In the H Austro-Ttallan or the Servian attitude I Montenegrins Reversed. I A dispatch from Alesslo confirms I the previous reports that the Monte-I Monte-I negnn army advancing on that town I has- suffered a reverse. The Monto-I Monto-I negrins were unable to take the town l owing to the Minllto tdbesmen Join-f Join-f Ing forces with the Turks. The Montenegrins Mon-tenegrins were driven back as far as tile Boyana river. Sends Curt Reply. RIeka, Montenegro, Nov. 14 King Nicholas of Montenegro gave a curt and pointed reply to the Auatro-Hungarian minister when he made representations repre-sentations with reference to Montenegro's Monte-negro's action against Alesslo and the pert of San Giovanni dl Medua Ills majesty, admittlnc that he had no authority for h.'s allies to give a I definite answer on the subject, con- i tinned: "For my part 1 at once emphatically , reject even the suggestion that the two Serb kingdoms will not lie allow-Jvi allow-Jvi cd to occupy Giovanni dl Medua and ? Alesslo, although neither Turkey nor fit- autonomous Albania exists. )s.X "1 consider the declaration of the 'IS Austrian minister void and non-exte- ' ' tant." K' To llie Hungarian minister, who rj, made relations Identical to those of 'Hi his Austro-Hungarian colleague, Klug ift Nicholas Bald: S , -The Italian government would be if acting contrary to Us usual perspicae- 1 Hv and care for its most Important I : j naUonal interests If It did not reject lit I If' Montenegro's wishes for the occupa-i occupa-i tlon of Alesslo and San Giovanni dl Medua." |