BALKAN WAR.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1609, 28 November 1912, Page 5

BALKAN WAR.

HOW THE BULGARS FIGHT. ADRIANOPLE NOW CLOSELY . INVESTED. A WELL ORGANISED ARMY. (By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) ..(Rec. November 27, 10 p.m.) London, November 27. • The "Daily Telegraph" publishes a report from its veteran war correspondent, Mr. Bennett Burleigh, who inspected tho investment of Adrianople.- He states that I'floods are causing delay, but the Bulgarians have gained much ground south and east of the Arda and Maritza Eivers, and axe now tackling the inner lines. The Turkish forts at. Adrianople will soon be hemmed in a. circle-, of fire from points less, than three miles distant. , Mr; Burleigh says that Bulgarian military methods would have rejoiced the heart of.Lord' Kitchener. Roads_ and bridges have been made to facilitate transport, and sign-posts erected ' everywhere. Food is abundant, and soup, meat, and vegetables are distributed twice daily. The camps are clean and well placed, and the troops are snug under canvas dugouts, and provided with secure quarters. For the. gunners and men in the firinglines, an enormous number of trenches have been dug.; The Bulgarians, with fine daring, pushed - their -skirmishes to within .five hundred yards of the Turkish position, in many instances crawling forward, employing.an earthwork shelter as rifle pits, similar to the Japanese in Manchuria. : Here and there Turkish shells mado holes eight feet deep and . fifteen feet wide. Millions of empty' cartridges are to be seen on the battlefields, but otherwise there are no signs of fighting, oven the dead horses having been interred immediately. ■' PEACE PROSPECTS. TURCO-BULGARIAN NEGOTIATIONS. NEUTRAL ZONE DELIMITED. • -. ,-,(Rec. November 28, 0.5 a.m.) / ' Constantinople, November 27. Thd peace negotiations are being conducted in a saloon carriage to suit Abdul Hamid'(sic). The delegates have ordered their respective staffs to delimit a neutral zone between the armies during tho, negotiations. ■:" •■•• The ex-Sultan. Abdul . Hamid was last reported as a prisoner near Constantinople. Possibly the reference was intended to the present Sultan Mohammed x. •. : ___; PESSIMISM DEPRECATED. London, November 26. Reuter's Agency: states that the Embassies in London deprecate • pessimism, although, they think the situation difficult. The Powers are working together for peace. The Embassies consider a general, war would be'criminal and insane. Nobody wants it. Britain has done much to unite the Powers, who endorse the British attitude. BERLIN MORE HOPEFUL. ■■ Berlin, November 26. There is a,more hopeful feeling here. It is believed "that ■■tie Kaiser has induced Austria to consent to a conference on the. Adriatic and Albanian questions. ,'••■ A STUMBLING BLOCK. : •■ St. Petersburg, November 26. • Adrianople is regarded as the stumbling block in the way of peace negotiations. The Bulgarians insist on the capitulation of the place, and the Turks determinedly oppose the idea. BELGRADE VIEWS. Belgrade, November 2G. Official circles, while they . regard the position as critical, declare that the responsibilities of the situation have been shifted, to St. Petersburg and Vienna. The semi-official newspaper "Samonprava," in discussing the. case of M. Prochaska, the Austrian Consul who was stated to have suffered indignity at the hands of the Serbs/uses conciliatory language towards. Austria. AUSTRIAN DIFFICULTY. Vienna, November 26. The Foreign Office has been advised that M. Prochaska has • arrived at Uskub and conferred with M. Edl.', RUSSIAN DENIALS. St. Petersburg, November 26. The Foreign Minister (M. Sazonoff) states that the reports published in the German papers "Neueste Nnchrichten" and "Frankfurter Zeitnng" with reference to Russia's alleged hostile intentions towards neighbouring States, and her military preparations, are entirely -untrue. ■WAR FEVER GROWING. (Reo. November 27, 10 p.m.) - St. Petersburg, November 27. Indignation is growing at the alleged lack-of virility in upholding Russia's military dignity. The constant denials of military precautions have- given an. impression of pusillanimity. . . The' police are'stopping demonstrations in favour of the Balkan 1 allies. ; SERVIAN CAMPAIGN. TOTAL LOSS OF 20,000 MEN. ■ (Reel November 27, 11.35 p.m.) Belgrade, November 27. Ten thousand Turks have been captured at Monastir, and detachments of Turks are surrendering daily. The Servian casualties in the war, including those at Monastir, aggregate twenty thousand. .... /', WOODEN CARTRIDGES. PICKED UP ON BATTLEFIELDS. (Reo. November 27, 11.35 p.m.) London, November 27. Mr. William Lo Quex, the novelist, states that he has found Turkish wooden bullets on a Macedonian battlefield. The war correspondents at Kumanovo, in Macedonia, report, that they have discovered cases of wooden cartridges, which were really intended for manoeuvres. THE TAKING OF CHIOS. Athens, November 26. It is officially stated that tho island of Chios was occupied on Sunday after a brief skirmish. The Turks retired inland.