Constantinople, Oct. 31.
On the 28th, the Grand Vizier renewed to the British Ambassador the Porte's emphatic assurances that Turkey will not embark in the war, Turkey is sending Balil Bey on a mission to Sofia, Bukkarest, Vienna and Berlin to explain the necessity of Turkey's neutrality. Petrograd, Oct. 31.
The Press says that Russia accopts Turkey's challenge. Her patlence is exhausted. If Turkey draws the sword she will perish by the sword. For Bulgaria no equivocal policy is admissible; she inst declare herself friend or foe.
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