THE BALKAN WAR.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1616, 6 December 1912, Page 5

THE BALKAN WAR.

• ' '"iim' ' , pSAcb edNGfiess [in ioN&ofc WHY QRBECB REFUSES TO STOP FKiHTINa. \{ BfetTER TERMS WANTED; ;By Meirttßh-Pi'est ABSbolatioii—Oonfrfifit ;'■■' (Beo. iJebembef .5i 11.30 P.m.), ■ London! pecemher B.' ■\ ReutefV Agency states that affef learning the latest terms, the Greek Government ma4e a touohing appeal to the Allies, beseeching them not to take, a toura>. calculated to weaken and endanger . theieague." ... ■~..;... The Government offered all Greecee aaval aid-military resources in the event of Turkey hot-accepting less, damaging term's. ■'•',' i i <«ru The Athens correspondent .of ine : Times"' states ihat. Greece's action in.refuMng to sign- the armistice was not taken for selfish-ends; but-to benefit the Allied, svnce the' raising of the' Greek blockaae would assist the Turks'.to secure supplies; The '"Daily Telegraph's" correspondent says the precise causes leiding ; to Servia and Bulgaria'signing the Sririistice' against Greece's wished.were' that, they were 1 perhaps under the fear ofßumaniai intervention, and- a grave dispute .with Austria. , ' j : ■ '•■ GEEBK OmCIAI. STATEMENT. ; (8e0..,' Deoember 5, 11.30 p.m.) , .'.' ■ ', AthonSi December 5. ,Aa blbial declarbs thiat the • ttrfeek acfeoh in connection with armis'tice was taken:W-agiebmeiit with the \ other allies. . ; "AFTEB THE AMiSTICB WAS ' . SIGNED. ' (Eeb;, Decemfe S;' UM Pym;)' , CbHßtanilnopierDecember.sv After the signing of the;armistice' the delegates were deeply moved and shook hands. ■'"•'. '/ ; ~ General Savofi, of the Bulgarian Army, -cbngratulated Nazim .Pasha on. the Turkish heroism; 'aiia Nazim Pasha replied that , ihti ßuigarians -were bhivairbus*- foes.' - '::.:' : ikAb£ fJEGbtIATIONS. .; ' -. A dpNGEESS IN LONDON. '~-', . ';' ■ v .'■ j; ■■.'/ ■' ; ;' •' ' SpfiajDe'etobef i ' The peace'negotiations Will open in on.December 13.-.■ ■ ; : ; : The. armistice allows the belligerents; to : .remain- in their present"positioris,-but ■ do'e's.'not allow': the besieged fbrtresses to ■ :be,rbvictualled,'.thbugn it allows the ,Bul- '■■ garians;tb,be f'bvictiialled ,via the Black ■Sea l ahd"Adrianople. -■'.-, '-'■ ■'■'"''•'■ TURKISH;■MISGIVINGS. ' ! Cbrisiahtlriople, December 4. _ Thb Peace Conference, in London ifl viewed with some . misgiyinß?,- although ' the Turks ate still speculating on-dis- ':' ' sehsions amongst the Powers, and; above all> the disruption "of the'Balkah League. ; . The leading Turks .show. eitfabfdinary bubyahty,' owing -/to" 'the-"siicCessf ut re'sist- ■': : aice at Chatalja'. - '.' l :;' gbeece' to . participate. > :.-■'■'. ~-■■:■- Loridorii December i. , ; ■' It ißf-eipee'^.^TiQres'pe'. ' .ally sign, the■ aifmistice.-;. InJany ■ case; Greece; participates'in thb ; peace'' iegotiatiohs.ait,;London:;,,.-.':....,.'. ■;, '~.,.'..'.,.'.. ... "'.'. THE POWERS;; ADVICE.: , ' .Vienna; December- 1. .,' ■ The '*Neue Freie.Eresse". states thai . Russia, Prance,- and England urged Bul- ■■ garia to conclude a separate peace agreement, failing the conourrence of Greece, and thus localise the Greek campaign in' Ep.irus: ', -. ;. GERMANY'S WAR THREAT. ■.'.-.-•■. RUSSIAN, RETORT. (Reo. December 5, 10.0 p.m.); ■ ' ■.".■: ■': St. j*bUrsburg, Debembbf' 5. : , The *'Noyoe Vremya," \n commenting .. on-the, tecent, speech of Herr von Beth- ! Mann Hblltfeg, the German Chancellor, said mich .intimiaatibn. would .frighten n> ;' body, but prudence, demanded;the imme- ; diate withdrawal of the vast Kußsian deposits in German banks. . ' 'NERVOtJSSESS IN, AUSTRIA, - ''' CBec- December 5, 10.8 p.m.li ■,-.:. '.-.yienna, Decembers.. ; 'The nervousness due to the army' pre' .paratibhs has caSSed: a tun on the savihgs banks in Galicia. ;. -~;-, -'Three Russian spies,.disguised as' nuns, have been arrested on a train nearLeinijerg. -■'•'• THE ONLY DANGER. |..'■"."-■ (Reb. December 5; 10.0, p.m.) ' t ~. ..• Berlin, December 5. ;, • The "Lbkal Anzeiger". saya the Pw> i; ch'aska inciaent is now • the main aanger between. Austria ana Servia. Austria in- . gists'bh. immeaiate satisfaction for the ■ treatment ! of. M; Prochaska; whb was Austria-Hungarian Consul at Prizre'n, by . the victoribus Servian army; » INTENTiONS OF THE POWERS. ALBANIAN AUTONOMt; i; ' Vlonna t Deceftibbr 4; :' Tb'e 'fNbue Freie states that M. , Giers, Eussian;Amba?skapr In Aiistria^ ' Hungary; has infbrmea the Grand Vizier > of Turkey that Russia will-not recognise 1 Albanian independence, but wilt only ' agree to; an autonomous prbvihcb under an international guarantee. , i • ■ ■ ■ . -— ■——■'■ -',-.' CALMING SPEECHES. l. Vienna, December 4,. .. The Bpßeches.by the German Chancellor, Herr vonßethmanh-Hollweg, and the Becre'tbry for Foreign Affairs, Hetr *on Kideflip. Waechier;. havb' created ait bxcellent impression; ~'.".;. . .. The newspapers hope that tain will continue her efforts in Parii and St. Petersburg tb secure a peabeful settlement,;'; ■'.'.;'.: '■■:.■-, iBATUE AT SCUTARI. ■'MONTENEGRINS REPULSE TURKS. Cetlnje, December 4. , \The-, Turkish, garrison inade a sortie from Scutari, and violently attacked .the Montenegrin positions,; but were repulsed with many dead. The. .Turks advanced from the town iarly on Monday, and the engagement gradually developed into a pitched battle, which lasted for twenty-eight hours, in spite of torrential rain. ' When, the,, Turks' left the •entrenched cover", the Montenegrins held .their fire, then the rifles; ana artillery and machineguns decimated the Turks'ranks. The artillery on both sides was engaged throughout the night. The ground was strewn with corpses. Shells did great damage to.the town, fire breaking-out at several points. The people were panic-stricken-. . -, The .Montenegrins Mosses were small. RUSSIA AIDS BULGARIA, ..'''. LOAN OF'A.; MILLION. • ■-';' St, Petersburg, December, i, Thb"Novbe Vremya" itatea that ihws'

Russian banks Have advanbeb! Bulgaria a million sterling. AMONG THE WOUNDED. BRITISH AID. Sofia, December 4. The Bulgarian wounded from Chatalja are ooming to Kirk Kilisse in great numbers.- : ■ The British Red Crtss riurses ate doing excellent work, although'their resources ire overtaxed. There arb indications' of dum aum bullet injuries. Consianilnbpld, December 4. Miss Alt, the English lady, formerly 7 one bf Lord Dufferm's nurses, who has been undertaking Red Cross work at, .the San Stefanb cholera camp, has broken down through overwork.