Fierce Attack On Adrianople.

New York Times 100 years ago today, February 4, 1913:
Armistice Lasted Two Months
    LONDON, Tuesday, Feb. 4.— The Balkan war has been resumed. The armistice had lasted exactly two months.
    Bulgaria has turned a deaf ear to the remonstrances of the powers, and unless Turkey yields to the Balkan demands the allies' armies will now attempt to drive her completely out of Europe.
    According to a dispatch from Belgrade last night, Scutari is already on the point of falling. It is reported that the Turkish commander has sent two representatives to the Servian commander to propose the capitulation of that town.
    Dr. Daneff, head of the Bulgarian peace delegation, in an interview in Paris last night, said he had promised Sir Edward Gray, the British Foreign Secretary, that if the Turks immediately accepted the allies' conditions they would conclude peace, but, whatever happened, there would be no further armistice.
    Sir Edward Grey had a long interview with the King yesterday, after which he attended a brief meeting of the Ambassadorial Conference, but nothing of importance was transacted, there being no new development since Saturday.
    Osman Nizami Pasha, the second Turkish delegate, will leave London to-day to resume his Ambassadorial duties at Berlin. He said last evening that from information received from military sources he believed that the allies underestimated the condition of the Turkish Army, and that they would find themselves confronted by a redoubtable enemy — the best Mussulman warriors, veterans from Arabia, who had fought under Izzet Bey, and tried soldiers and good marksmen, lately engaged in Tripoli under Enver Bey and Féthy Bey. He added:
    "That Ambassador was right who predicted that, if driven to despair, the Turks would fight like wild animals." The immediate object of the armies of the allied nations is believed to be the capture of the fortress of Adrianople, which has hitherto presented such a firm front to all the efforts of the besiegers in spite of the immense force brought against it. Upon this fortress the combined Bulgarian and Servian armies, the latter of which is well supplied with powerful siege artillery, will concentrate their exertions.
    Bulgaria made a small concession yesterday when she consented to the proposal of the great powers that Turkey should be allowed to appoint a representative of the Caliph to reside at Adrianople after the cession of that city to the allies.
    For the present, at any rate, the Bulgarian Generals will simply try to hold the large forces of Turkish troops concentrated behind the line of fortifications at Tchatalja for the defense of Constantinople.
    King Nicholas of Montenegro has started again for Scutari. The King will himself take the direction of a renewed attack if it should be necessary.
    In the Western Turkish Province of Epirus, which touches the Grecian border the Greek troops under the command of Crown Prince Constantine have great hopes of breaking down the splendid defence which the Turkish army has thus far offered.

Albanians May Attack Servians.
    The Servian armies, alone of the Balkan Allies, have completed their campaign and have placed many of their troops at the disposal of their comrades in the field. Some, however, must be kept in Albania, where, according to Italian advices, a rising against the invaders has already been organized. It is declared that the Albanians with 80,000 rifles, under the command of Austrian officers, are taking the field, and it is stated that they have fought a battle at Dibra, where the Servians lost heavily.
    The Albanians are said to be greatly irritated by the wholesale arrests of those among them who are suspected of being interested in the provisional Government.
    While the renewal of the war may put a strain upon the cooperation of the European Powers, they have thus far worked in harmony, and the departure of Prince Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Shillingsfurst from Vienna with an autograph letter from Emperor Francis Joseph to Emperor Nicholas of Russia, given additional hope that they will do so until the end.
    The Turkish Government, like that of Bulgaria, announces that it will not allow newspaper correspondents to accompany the armies in the field. Mahmud Shefket Pasha, the Grand Vizier, stated emphatically in the course of an interview yesterday that he would not allow any of them within 20 miles of the lines. The finances of all the States concerned in the war are in a condition of demoralization, and Turkey will emerge from the conflict practically bankrupt. Sir Richard Crawford, who has been adviser to the Turkish Minister of Finance since 1911, left London yesterday for Constantinople. He had actually arranged for two small loans of $2,500,000 each during his stay here. These were to meet the pressing needs of the Porte, but they depended on a peaceful settlement. With the resumption of the war, Turkey is deprived of even this slender resource. The European powers are so interested in Ottoman finances that a scheme is being developed both to safeguard foreign investors and to protect the Turkish Treasury against mismanagement. An extension of European control is contemplated, so as to permit of more supervision and of the assurance that the money is expended on the objects for which it is allotted. The main creditors of Turkey being Germany, France, and Great Britain, both the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente are interested in the success of this scheme.