Threatens Bulgars.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 19, 1913:
Situation with Turkey Critical — Ottomans-Occupy Demotica and Other Points.
250,000 MEN AT ADRIANOPLE
Moslem Army There Will Soon Be Increased to 400,000 — Advance on Bulgaria May Have Begun.
    LONDON, Tuesday, Aug. 19.— The situation between Bulgaria and Turkey is becoming critical.
    Prince Said Halim, the Turkish Grand Vizier, admits that the Turks have occupied Demotica, twenty-five miles south of Adrianople, and other strategic points on the right bank of the Maritza River, but he explains that this was done only for the protection of the railway, which runs along the right bank of the stream.
    Said Halim denies that the Turks have occupied Dedeaghatch, the terminus of the railroad on the Gulf of Enos, or that they are advancing on Gumuljina, about twenty-five miles to the northwest.
    The Porte clearly has not the slightest intention of abandoning Adrianople, where Enver Bey has 250,000 troops, and where the number will soon be increased to 400,000.
    Despite official denials it appears only too probable that the Turks are projecting, if they have not already begun, the advance against Bulgaria, a note of protest against which the Bulgarian Government presented to the foreign legations at Sofia on Sunday. This note said the Turks had advanced to a point forty-five miles west of the Maritza River, and were marching toward Kirjali and Gumuljina.
    The populace of Athens gave King Constantine a tremendous ovation on his return to the capital yesterday.