THE BALKANS WAR.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXIX, Issue 53, 14 February 1913, Page 3

THE BALKANS WAR.

PLIGHT OF CONSTANTINOPLE. EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION. LONDON, Feb. 12. The 'Daily News' Constantinople correspondent reports that the situation there is extraordinary. Business is at a standstill and many fires occur. The inhabitants are indulging in amusement and pleasure, not heeding' the war. Cholera has broken out on the Asiatic shore. The Government is in desperate straits for money and is compelling rich merchants to subscribe. The Crown jewels have been hypothecated. Other reports state that the Turks made a sortie on Sunday and captured at the bayonet's point the Bulgarian position on the Daliden Hills, inflicting severe loss. The troops at Chatalja have joined the forces at Papazbourgas and have occupied the heights to the westward. A BULGARIAN STATEMENT. SOFIA, Feb. 12. The Government has issued a statement declaring that the Turks are inventing imaginary victories. There has been no important engagement at Chatalja, while 15,000 Turks were killed and wounded at Bulair. The Bulgarians have already buried 2500 Turks and 3000 corpses' are still scattered on the field. INTERVENTION AGAIN. LONDON, Feb. 12. The 'Daily Telegraph' states that it is understood that Turkey, through Tewfik Pasha (Turkish Ambassador in London), has formally requested the intervention of the Powers.