WAR ONCE MORE

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1649, 16 January 1913, Page 7

WAR ONCE MORE

BALKAN ALLIES' DECISION. ARMISTICE ENDED. ! RUMANIA MAY FIGHT. * B/ Teleatrairti—Ptest Assoplation—Copyright ' , ■ ; London, January 14. L • The Ballcan delegates have decided to break off tho Peace, Conferenco simtil- ' taneously with tho delivery of the Powors' Note to Turkey. V. ' '. ' •' The Allies' commandeers willinlso be instructed to terminate , the armistice...: Only Turkey's complete surrender or armed ' intervention by the Powers - can [ prevent a renewal of the war. i (Iteo. January 15, 8.10 p.m.) ! London, January 15. Tho Allies'delegates decided to.terminate tho armistice when-they . Itemed that the Powers did not intend toj exercise pressure to-'compel ..the Porte to cede Adrianopie. The nature of Germany's eleventh-hour alteration of the Joint Note has not been ■ revealed, but it- is known that Germany wak unwilling to prtes tho Porte. ' t The "Daily Telegraph" condemns the AiiiesV amateurish diplomacy, which has i threatened' the resumption of hostilities i when tho • Powers wero' not markedly in ■ .their favour. j —r~ " IF THE WAR SPREADS, ' GERMANY READY. (Rec. January 16, 0.5 a.m.) _ i Berlin, January 15. 5 . The Reichstag. Budget Committee has re- ". moved tho' limit of <£15/000,000 hitherto imposed .on the issue of liank notes of ! small denomination. The Secretary of the Interior . mado reassuring. statements ,about. the supplies j -of money and foodstuffs in the event of , war. , ;; •' v-, Russia -has -ordered ';two cruisers and j two torpedoes from the Schichnn yard. I . RUMANIA'S DEMANDS. AUSTRIA AND ..RUSSIA' INTERVENE. (Rcc. January:l6, ois a.m.) • Vienna, January 15. / I M. Carp, an cxjPremier of Itumanio, has informed ,the "Neue.-Freio Presse" that 1 the .Rumahian : and ''Bulgarian ; differences can only bo settled by the sword. • Bukarestj January 15. The Russian and Austrian Ministers have'assured the .Premier'that Rumania's pretensions will •• receive complete satis- > faction from Bulgaria.' , BULGARIAN CONFERENCE. 1 (Reb. January 10, 0.5 a.m.) ■ .-■■■.■ Sofiai January 15. ! King Ferdinand and tho Cabinet aro visiting Mustafa -Pasha, to confer with 1 , General Savoff and the other Bulgarian ! commanders. ■ ■ THE ALLEGED ATROCITIES.! Herr Lehmann, on behalf of the Foreign Ofiioe, replying to an interpellatioli in tho Reichstag,'said "tho belligerents" cusid cach other of ' having' committed.: • < atfdoitiesi'. 1 ,-The".German tlovornnient had ' brought all-reports regarding these to 1 tho knowledge of tile Governments c9ncerned, i and . had taken atops to prevent a recuri renco of them,' ' ! 1 'TTOKEY'S'HOPES. ■ ' . 1 Dr. Hans Earth, of the "Berliner Tage- ■ blatt," had o,n interesting interview early i last month with ,'Nuradunghian. Effendi, ! 'the Turkish Minister fot.Foreigh Affair, at-the latter's office in Constnntinoplo. "It seems we' aro soon going to havo an armistice—that.is, peacer" was th 6 introductory rOmark of Dr. Barth. "Well, 1 an armis-tice Is not quite the same thing i as peace. If tho Balkan States are as moderate as We nro we (shall 6oon have paacd, Should, however, tho negotiations break down, then Turkey is fully pw ' -{infed to coiitihuo thd War, . Tho military situation Is very favourable: to her, and she is fully equipped." "Then Turkey is , 'n<Jt yet at the. end' of her;<resources?" "Not at all. For Turkey the. war : has only just begun. You Can' soe for yourself tne superb Anatolian troopa that aro bourlnsf into Constantinople day by day.", (Here the interviewer interpolates the remark that the which is arriving 1 from Asia is really without reproach, and presents an • appearance totally different from that of the reservists and. recruits Who liavfi hitherto .fought a losing cami paign.) ■ The Minister Strongly, denied the atrocities alleged to have been committed by the Turks. In reply to a question as to ■ tho futuro of Adrianopie, he said! "Adria- ' nople will remain Turkish." "And tho i province round it?" "Thrace, too, and several other territories will remain Turkish." ' "And Salonika will remain in our hands." "Turkey, tllen. is still far from beiiipf annihilated? Sho has still a future?" "Of this there. can bo no doubt j tho Ottofuan Empire has at its 1 disposal invincible resources, whereas the power of the Balkan States is nearly exhausted." "But (ito the Balkan Statoi prepared to mako concessions to.Tnrkeyf" "The Balkan States know that in the futuro they will have'to/ live with us. They also know that the military -posi- ' tioii of Turkey has greatly improved, and that Turkey) therefore, ban' wntinue tl'i war with good prospects of ultimate vn> t orT The neirotlaHoftS will hate to go 1 back to the programmo announced by >' the Balkan States before the waT as well as to the declaration of the Powers.