London Much Perplexed.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 2, 1912:
Disposition to Accept Nazim Pasha's Statements as Accurate.
    LONDON, Saturday, Nov. 2.— The perplexity arising from the policy of the governments engaged in warfare in Southeastern Europe in excluding most newspaper correspondents from the scene of hostilities is more pronounced than ever to-night.
    An extraordinary series of dispatches from Nazim Pasha, the Turkish Commander-in-Chief, asserting that the Turkish Army had recaptured Bunarhissar and was still holding its own against the Bulgarian advance, was published in Constantinople to-day. In the absence of independent testimony, however, various assumptions as to the accuracy of these telegrams are possible. They may be belated dispatches, referring to earlier stages of the struggle, or mere representations for the benefit of the Turkish populace.
    On the other hand, they may mean that the Bulgarian victory was not so complete as was represented by Sofia, or possibly that the nine divisions of Turkish reserves, that reports of yesterday said had been ordered to the Turkish centre, may be holding back the Bulgarian advance.
    Except for the general statement that the Turks were retreating on Chataldja, fighting rear guard actions, few details of the battle were forthcoming from Sofia, but the arrival of 5,000 wounded men in Constantinople tells its own story of the sanguinary character of the encounter. Despite the optimistic reports from the Turkish side, it is not believed here that the Turkish Army can retrieve itself.
    All the indications from Sofia are that the allies are determined to dictate terms of peace from Constantinople. That is the construction, placed on an editorial from the official newspaper, Mir, published at Sofia, and in other official intimations that the Bulgarians appear to expect to be in Constantinople within a fortnight at the most. Whether this will be possible depends upon the strength of the Chataldja fortified lines, which for nearly a century have been regarded an impregnable stronghold from which the Turks would dare the world to expel them.
    The belief is held by some diplomats here that the Bulgarian Army will be impelled to occupy Constantinople by military and other considerations. While the Bulgarians disclaim any ambition to retain Constantinople, they think The quickest way of arranging peace will be to dictate it to Turkey in its own capital. The Bulgarian Army would also be able at the same time to protect the Christian residents there.