THE BALMS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10508, 19 November 1912, Page 5

THE BALMS.

NAZIM’S STORY. United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Constantinople, November 18. General Nazim Pasha, Com-mander-in-chief of the Turkish • army, now protecting Constantinople, reports that he repulsed the cehtre and left attacks of the enemy, and destroyed three Bulgarian batteries. Details of the military urecautions taken for preserving order in tiie city have been posted n])., Mussulman refugees are arriving in the Bosphorus villages from the firing lino. AMBASSADORS CONFER. The foreign Ambassadors held a meeting at the Austrian Embassy, and discussed measures for ensuring the safety of foreigners in Constantinople. RAVAGES OF CHOLERA. A thousand fresh cases of cholera occur at Chataldja daily. The mortality is 50 per cent. Numberless cholera-stricken sufferers lie moaning in tiio trenches. It is regarded as utterly impossible for the Bulgarians to occupy the Turkish line for fear of infection by this terrible pestilence. Alriza Pasha, commander of the first army corps, is affected with the disease, and his state is hopeless. Three thousand cholera patients remained in the railway carriages ta San Stefauo for 24 hours without food or water, pending a decision as to their destination. Ultimately they were sent to a quarantine station. REPUBLICAN PLOT IN TURKEY Constantinople, November 18. It is reported that two hundred arrests have been made owing to the discovery of a plot to create a republic under Shevket Pasha. The arrests include Tadaat Bey, Captain Djampoulat, and several Young Turk ex-Deputies. One of the latter mortally wounded a policeman. •He was thereupon court-martiallod and sentenced to death. Several were sentenced to terms of fiye"years. Djavid Bey escaped on a Russian vessel. ■ MONTENEGRINS ADY ANGING. Gett : n.ie, November 18. The Montenegrins are closing in on Skntari. A shell exploded in the magazine in the town. ““ General Martinovitch, the Monter. negrin leader, had a severe fight 6 before reaching San Giovanni. His losses were heavy. The Turks fled towards Alessio. BIG GUN DUEL. GREATEST SINCE LIAO YANG. The Turkish, warships joined in he artillery duel, firing heavy broadsides, and mapping the Bulgarian right with great pillars of spurting mud. The fire was the heaviest artillery combat since the Japanese pounded Grekoff’s rearguard at Liao Yang. Small groups of Bulgarian infantry dribbled loosely but gallantly forward, but the Turkish gunners found them nicely, and the movement failed. The Turkish machine guns stifled a similar movement in the direction of the Hemidich forts. London, November 18. The- Times’ correspondent _at Chataldja says that the Bulgarian artillery positions are less advantageous than those of the Turkish forces. Their black background disclosed the flash of the guns, and the batteries were soon unmasked. The Bulgarians moreover threw their shells too high. S The casualties wore slight. AN ACT OF VENGEANCE. . Salonika, November 17. An explosion killed 813 Turkish prisoners and injured 480. The occurrence is believed to be an act of vengeance on the part of the two Bulgarian baud leaders, Sandansky and Mendjoff, in retaliation for the Turks destroying their bauds. BULGARIANS ATTACK CHATALDJA. Constantinople, November IS. The Bulgarians began a general attack upon Chataldja this morning. A' heavy cannonade has been heard. The foreign warships have landed bluejackets to guard the •streets leading to Pera. NEARING THE BN;;. Received November 9 -a. m. Vienna, November 18, The Reichpost says hostilities at ‘Chataldja will soon reuse. The Bulgarians’ plan is to secure the positions and exclude the possibility •of a reverse. BOSNIA FAVOURS SERVIAN POET. As a condition of entering into negotiations for an armistice the •Serb deputies of the Bosnian Diet passed a resolution in favour of Sorrin. (vxtfvndinf? her territory to the Adriatic. 'rue ponce (aspersed Servian ip r no uere demonstrating at foerajauo. KMui antra at Biutavana smashed the I to lie windows. They t t in Consul but he i t tza and 'is there t Ii i i o ier. The Consul z i_ i \ s similarly treated j u l u tted the Austrian u ti- en i outrages. i j i ua C nsnl at Mitrovitzr ail je tt le ,v many Albaniai bodies floating in the river.

ADRIANOPLE HOLDS OUT. Berlin, November 18. The military correspondent of the Lokalanzeiger says_ under present conditions it is possible that Aclnauoplo will hold out for two mouths. The allies are still outside.the range of the real defences. The Turks are foolish to negotiate at present as the best Bulgarian troops have been decimated and the last man and last rifle have been sent to the THANKSGIVING MASS. Received November 19, 10 a.m. Belgrade, November 18. King Peter attended a thanksgiving Mass at Uskub. A TERRIBLE STRUGGLE. Belgrade, November 18. Twenty thousand Turks opposed the Servians at Monastir in terrible weather. The Servians, who were often knee-deep in water, captured Oblakova and Kochista heights, 8600 feet, by brilliant night attacks. Simultaneously their right wing threatened the Turkish retreat. The Turks made desperate resistance, the Servians losing 250. The lighting is being continued. MONASTIR SURRENDERS. SERVIANS TAKE 50,000 PRISONERS. Received November 19, 11.50 am. Belgrade, TSfovemUei- 18. Monastir lias surrendered to the Servaius. Fifty thousuad prisoners include three Pasha’s.