Fierce Attack On Adrianople.

New York Times 100 years ago today, February 4, 1913:
Tremendous Cannonade Heard at Mustapha-Pasha — Rumor That Turkey Will Give Way.
SCUTARI'S FALL IMMINENT
Ottomans Said to Have Opened Negotiations for Capitulation of Town.
WILL NOT RENEW ARMISTICE
But the Allies, Says Daneff, Will Conclude Peace if Turkey Immediately Accepts Their Terms.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Tuesday, Feb. 4.— The Daily Mail's Sofia correspondent, telegraphing last night at 11 o'clock, says:
    "I have received a telegram from Mustapha-Pasha, on the old Turko-Bulgarian frontier, announcing that a tremendous cannonade can be heard from the direction of Adrianople. The telegram was sent off at 9 P.M.
    "Competent opinion here is to the effect that the fortress will be taken within a fortnight at the latest."
    The Daily Mail's Constantinople correspondent, wiring at 11:55 P.M., says: "The official Ottoman Agency has just published a statement that the bombardment has been reopened at Adrianople, adding a curious story that a Servian officer brought to-day a message that the armistice had been prolonged for four days more.
    "The foreign Consuls at Adrianople are said to have sent a wireless message to the Ambassadors here asking them to obtain from the Bulgarians either a zone which shall be exempt from bombardment for the foreigners in the town or a safe conduct for them to leave the city."
    Although, according to Constantinople and Sofia dispatches, the war has been resumed, hopes are still held that peace will not be long delayed. The Times says that, according to a circumstantial report current among some of the Balkan representatives last night, the Porte has already telegraphed to Sofia offering to cede Adrianople on conditions which the Bulgarians are ready to accept.
    This report was not confirmed on inquiry at the Bulgarian Legation, but in itself it is not incredible. It is a well-known Turkish habit to make concessions at the eleventh, or, rather, the thirteenth, hour.
    A telegram to The Morning Post from Constantinople says:
    "The foreign Ambassadors visited the Porte to-day (Monday,) but exercised no pressure with a view to preventing the resumption of hostilities. There is evidence, however, of an agreement to localize the conflict.
    "It is reported this evening that the hamlet of Tchatalja is in flames and that the Bulgarians are retreating, obviously in order to draw the Turks from their positions."