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Show CIVIL WAR IN BULGARIA Mob in Sofia Attacks Government Officers Troops Kill Many Rioters People in Ignorance Ig-norance of Country's Defeat Bulgars Massacre 200 Greeks at Seres London. July 12 Rumors of tumults tu-mults in Solla are telegraphed by the Vienna correspondent of the Central Cen-tral News who reports that a mob stormed the government offices and came into contact with the troops who fired a volley killing many people. It is also rumored that th" royal palace is surrounded. People In Ignorance. Vienna, Austria, July 12. A mes sage from Sofia says that the populace popu-lace of the Bulgarian capital is In norance of the actual military aud political po-litical situation In the Balkans The government has suspended the newspapers news-papers so as to prevent unfavorable news from spreading while the war office continues to Issue reports of the success of the Bulgarian armies In the field. Until last evening the Inhabitants of Sofia knew nothing of the action taken by Roumania, whose troop s have crossed the Bulgarian frontier. Massacre 200 Greeks. Saloniki, July 12. The Greek troop have fully occupied the town of Seres recentlv in the hands of the Bulgar; ans, and martial law haB bevm proclaimed. pro-claimed. Two hundred Greek residents resi-dents were massacred by (!) Bulari ans before they left Seres. Turkey and Bulgaria Now Constantinople, July 12. Negotiations Negotia-tions between Turkey and Bulgaria r garding the future frontier between the two nations have failed The po -i ernment sent a note to the commander command-er of the Bulgarian troops last night demanding evacuation forthwith ol all territory south of the hue running from Knos on the A'-nenn sea to .h-dla .h-dla on the Black sea Otherwise they would be driven out bv the Turkish troops General lzzet Basba, command- r in chief of the Turkish army, has Left for the front. The landing of Greek troops nenr th port of Uedeaghateh on th- Aegean Aege-an sea causes the Turkish government govern-ment anxiety. Daneff Denies Responsibilities. Sofia. July 12. Premier baneff lo-dav lo-dav repudiated in a speech In parliament parlia-ment responsibility of Bulgaria for tho occurrences In the Balkans The question of who bad provoked the present hostilities would, he said, be decided by a proper Inquiry Pointing out that he had accepted Russia's offer of mediation Irnmedi ately it had been proferred. the pre mier said that as early as Wednesday he had ordered the suspension of operations op-erations and had thus not only ac cepted mediation but had put an end to the sanguinary conflicts so far as it lay In his power to do so. Bulgars Protest to Wilson. Washington, July 12. A petition from prominent Bulgarians to President Presi-dent Wilson protesting against al leged violations of the rules of war fare by the Greek forces at Saloniki will not elicit a reply from the state department because of Its unofficial character. It Is believed to bo a circular cir-cular cablegram addressed to all the powers merely as a matter of infor rnation. no |