Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1912 — BULGARIANS AT TURK CAPITAL [ARTICLE]

BULGARIANS AT TURK CAPITAL

Porte Intimates to Powers If Bulgarians Enter Constantinople Will Be Impossible Prevent Massacres. London, Nov. 6.—The speedy fall of Constantinople is Inevitable. The Bulgarians have cut off the capital’s water supply by occupying the town of Dercos and have pushed their advance guard under the guns of the northernmost forts of the chain of defenses behind which the Turks are making their last stand. The Bulgarians have occupied the region between Tchorlu and Tchatalja. and completel}’ surrounded the Turkish force in that district. The bombardment of Adrianople continues without abatement Turkey conveyed a coyert threat to the powers by intimating to the German foreign office that if the Bulgarian? enter Constantinople it would be impossible t,o prevent an anti-Chris-tian uprising. The situation in Constantinople is described as extremely critical. The embassies and consulates and the larger foreign business establishments are all under heavy guard.