THE BALM WAR.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1617, 7 December 1912, Page 5

THE BALM WAR.

GREECE'S PEACE DEMANDS. TURKISH FLEET TO ATTACK GREEKS. EXCITEMENT IN AUSTRIA. By Telegraph—Press Aoaociation— Oopyrleht Sofia, December 5. It appears that in tho negotiations for tlio • armistice, the Turks declined the Greek claim that they should surrender tlio town of Xaninn, in Epirus, which is besieged by tlie Greek army, and the islands in tho Aegean Sea, principally Mitilene and Leinnos, captured by tho Greek fleet. Thereupon the Greek delegates, in the absence of instructions, withheld their signatures to the armistioe, but were granted twenty-four hours in which to communicate with. Athens. GREECE AND THE ALLIES. COMMON ACTION EXPECTED. Athens, Deoember 5. A semi-official communication declares that there is reason to believe that the pourparlers. of tho lilies regarding the peace terms will result in common action being taken. '

The reported confliot between Greeks and Bulgarians, in the Seres district of Macedonia is denied, and it is stated that friendly. relations are being maintained among the Allies. TURKEY SEEKS BRITISH ADVICE. Constantinople, December 5. .The proposal to hold the Peace Conferenoe in London appears to have emanated from the Porte, which wished to enjoy the advantage of Sir Edward Grey's advice, TURKISH FLEET CONCENTRATING. Constantinople, December 5. The. Turkish fleet is concentrating at the Dardanelles. ■ The Government has ordered an attack on the Greek fleet in the Aegean Sea. HUNGARIAN PRECAUTIONS, : FINANCIERS ALARMED.' Vienna, Deoember 5. '■ Financial circles are exoited over the Hungarian Government introducing a Bill conferring upon it the power to declare a. discretionary moratorium. The Military Committee has' adopted a Bill providing for the support of soldiers' relatives. VALONA BOMBARDED. GREEKS AND ALBANIANS. Rome, December 5. Two' Greek gunboats bombarded the town of .Valona, in Albania. The shells fell near the Italian and Austro-Hun-garian Consulates. . Owing to the panic created Ismail Hernial Bey, President of : Albania, protested, and the, gunboats departed, the officers declaring that Valona ought to 'surrender and the Greeks would treat tho Albanians .liko brothers. . SJEQ|iAF. ; Aj!?!ANPPI-E. ■•mini oifj -jo—twiwia i FURIOUS' 'bombardment; ; •' " w ' Sofia, Deoember 5, '. . There was, a furious bombardment at Adrianople from 6 o'clock -on Tuesday night onward. . Chukri' Pasha rejected the 'final 'summons to yield, declaring that he would not surrender without orders. ■ At midnight came the notification of the: armistice. ' Prior to the armistice the Bulgarians captured important strategic positions northward of Gallipoli. TERRIBLE CONDITIONS. PESTILENCE IN BESIEGED CITY, Sofia, Deoember 6. An Armenian doctor named Kilebjian,' who escaped from Adrianople, states that | shells darted a fire at night in the wooden Turkish houses, which were dry with age. Half "the town was burnt, as there wero no hoses to fight tho flames.

The' inhabitants made a terror-stricken rush to the military quarter, and the garrison, in the hope of quelling riots; fired volleys into them.

Eighty thousand of the inhabitants are in a terrible pligat. They are without bread, and no light is available. They are using tho woodwork of houses to cook food with. ,

The air is, polluted by the dead bodies of men and women. Horses, dogs,, and other 'dead animals have • been thrown into tlie swollen Maritza River. Pestilence is <.ertain when the flood recedes.

. . PRINCE GEORGE 03? SERVIA. Belgrade, Deoomber 5. Prince George of Servia is recovering from his attack of typhoid fever.