Ferdinand Enters Turk Holy City.

New York Times 100 years ago today, March 29, 1913:
Adrianople's Inhabitants Not Destitute — War Supplies Destroyed.
ALLIES' CONFLICTING CLAIMS
Albania the Chief Obstacle to Settlement by the Powers — Nicholas Is Stubborn.
    LONDON, March 28.— King Ferdinand of Bulgaria to-day entered the fortress of Adrianople. He drove through almost endless lines of Turkish prisoners and pro-ceded to the Military Club, where Shukri Pasha, the Turkish Commander in Chief, handed him his sword. King Ferdinand returned the weapon with a few complimentary words. Soon afterward, accompanied by his two sons and Gen. Michael Savoff, Nikola Ivanoff and Racho Petroff, his Majesty reviewed his victorious troops.
    Railway and telegraphic communication with Adrianople is being restored rapidly, and some idea of the condition of the city is beginning to reach the outside world.
    According to reports from Sofia, the condition of the population of Adrianople is not so desperate as it has been depicted. While the Turks set fire to the grain stores they overlooked the flour depot, the contents of which are being distributed among the poor. These reports assert that only a few buildings were damaged by the bombardment. Nothing is said in them concerning the damage done by the fires which the Turks themselves started before the city fell.
    In the last dispatch Shukri Pasha sent to Constantinople he said he was destroying the great National religious buildings "to prevent them from being profaned by impure feet." That he succeeded to a large extent in carrying out his intentions was evident from the flames which rose as the invaders approached the town.
    Many of the Turks, before the enemy arrived, took time to spoil their rifles, render useless a number of siege guns, destroy all the ammunition depots, and even to kill their horses, in order to prevent them from being of use to the conquerors. The wireless telegraph station and the searchlights were blown up by order of Shukri Pasha, who on the whole seems to have made a pretty complete job of his work of destruction.
    The railway is being utilized to take supplies into the city.
    Jealousy between the Bulgarians and Servians is breaking out in official circles. Gen. Ivanoff, the Bulgarian commander, claims all the credit for the capture of Adrianople. He describes the Servian operations as "purely demonstrative." On the other hand, the Servian official account of the fall of the city gives credit to the Servian artillery, cavalry, and infantry, which, it says, made possible the capture of the eastern section of the fortress by the Bulgarians. All accounts reaching here agree that the Turks have suffered a severe defeat at Tchatalja. Some of the correspondents place the Turkish losses as high as 2,600 killed and 7,500 wounded. These figures, however, are probably exaggerated, as only a few wounded men have reached Constantinople.
    The Sultan wept bitterly when informed of the general situation, and it is reported that the Turkish Embassies abroad have been ordered to appeal to the powers to hasten mediation. The objection of the allies to the Thracian frontier, as proposed by the powers, and the veto by the powers of the allies' claims to indemnity must, however, cause a delay in mediation.
    Dr. Daneff, who headed the recent Bulgarian peace delegation in London, and several other Balkan delegates, are expected to arrive in London next week to discuss the question of mediation with the Ambassadorial conference. The Ambassadors, who met to-day to discuss the southern limits of autonomous Albania, found some complications which will cause a delay in their reaching an agreement. The claims of the Greeks with reference to some of the places occupied by the Hellenic troops and the status of part of the mainland facing the island of Corfu, gave rise to differences of opinion among the Ambassadors. Some of them thought that these places should belong to the Greeks because of their proximity to Greece, while the Austrian and Italian Ambassadors urged that the mainland, especially that opposite Corfu, be incorporated in the new Albania.
    The diversity of opinion, however, did not interfere with the decision of the Ambassador with regard to Scutari remaining Albanian and concerning the northern limits of Albania, a note embodying which was presented to Montenegro to-day by the Ministers of the Powers at Cettinje.
    Another of the difficulties regarding Scutari has been removed by the decision of Turkey to advise the commander of her forces there to permit the free exit of civilians from the city, in accordance with the demands of Austria.
    The stubbornness of King Nicholas in continuing his attack upon Scutari, in spite of the promise of the Powers to assist in the financial development of Montenegro if he desists, is now the only bar to an agreement which would result in the cessation of hostilities in the  besieged city.
    M. Ramadanovics, Political Director of the Montenegrin Foreign Office, telegraphed from Cettinje to-day an appeal to the world against the peace proposals of the European powers. He definitely declares that Montenegro cannot accept the decision of Europe, and that she will continue hostilities until she has signed peace with Turkey.
    M. Ramadanovics complains bitterly of the "attempt to rob Montenegro of Scutari for the artificial vitality of a newborn State incapable of maintaining itself by its own strength." and adds: "To create Albania Montenegro is to be killed."
    The Pall Mall Gazette says that the European powers have agreed to establish a naval blockade of the Montenegrin coast in case of a refusal by King Nicholas to accept their terms. The same newspaper says that Russia has warned Bulgaria not to advance beyond the Tchatalja lines, and that the Bulgarian threats to march on Constantinople are "bluff."

    CETTINJE, March 28.— The Ministers of the Powers to-day made collective representations to Montenegro regarding the decision of the Powers on the question of the frontier of future Albania and the raising of the siege of Scutaria. Similar representations were made by the Ministers at Belgrade.
    The reply of the Montenegrin Government has not been made public.

    VIENNA, March 28.— A dispatch from Sofia to the Politische Correspondenz says the Balkan Allies have agreed to accept the terms offered by the European powers "as a basis for peace negotiations." The dispatch adds that the Balkan Allies are prepared to cease military operations before an agreement with Turkey has been reached, as they sincerely desire a speedy re-establishment of peace.

    BELGRADE, March 28.— The Montenegrin army opened a fierce attack on all sides of the fortress of Scutari to-day by order of King Nicholas.

    USKUB, March 28.— A sharp battle lasting five hours, between the Servians and the Turks to the south of El Basson in Albania to-day, ended in the rout of the Ottoman troops, of whom eight officers and 320 men were taken prisoners. The Servians lost two officers and sixty men.