Says Turks Are Stronger.

New York Times 100 years ago today, January 5, 1913:
German Officer Serving with Them Thinks Allies Will Not Fight.
By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times.
    BERLIN, Jan. 4.— Capt. Rohde, one of the young German officers still in military service in Turkey, is spending his vacation in Germany during the truce between the Balkan and Ottoman Armies. Capt. Rohde, who is only 24 years old, is an orderly of Gen. Nazim Pasha, Commander in Chief of the Sultan's forces, and participated in the Turkish defense of the Tchatalja lines.
    Speaking to The New York Times correspondent, Capt. Rohde said: "I shall return to the front the moment hostilities are renewed. Personally, I think they will not be renewed, because the Balkan armies have every desire for peace, even if they must purchase it dearly in London.
    "They know that the Turks' military position is now materially stronger than their own. Gen. Savoff will face an entirely different army than any he has met yet, if the fighting is renewed, while his own army, having exhausted its reserve resources, has reached the end of its tether. The morale of the Turks is now fully restored. They are burning for a chance to retrieve their lost prestige."