STILL WAITING.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1651, 18 January 1913, Page 5

STILL WAITING.

THE POWERS & THE WAR.

BULGARIA READY TO /TRIE.

NOTE TO TURKEY DELAYED.

By Tcleeraph-Fresfl Asaociotion-OoDyritfit (Reo. January 18, 0.20 a.m.) ■;■ Sofia, January 17. King Ferdinand, and the Cabinet have held a council of war at Mustapha Pasha and havo decided to resume hostilities if the Collective' Note by the Powers is rejected by Turkey. : (Reo. January 18,. 0.20 a.m.) • Constantinople, January 17. . The delay in the delivery of the Collective Note from the Powers to Turkey is supposed to be due to the German Ambassador not having received instructions. A Reuter's correspondent states that the instructions have now been received and that the Note will bo presented to-day. ORIGIN OF POWERS' NOTE. Vienna, January 16. The newspaper' "Noue Freie Presso" says'that Russia was the real inspirer of the Collective Note by the Powors. . She desired to fortify; her influence at Sofia by procuring Adrianoplo for Bulgaria. Franco and Britain supported the Russian initiative. 'Austria and Germany reluctantly gave their adherence, wishing to prevent antagonism between the Entente and the/Triplice, but they succeeded in eliminating the, idea of forcible coercion. _ RUSSIAN ACTIVITY. ■ Vienna, January 16. The, journal "Reichspost" states , that Russia,- is constructing extensive entrenchments on the left bank of the River Vistula: . ' AUSTRIANS FIRE ONSERVIANBOAT. ' '; Belgrade, January 16. . Austrian troops fired on and damaged a Servian cargo boat opposite Semendria, on the Danube, twenty-five miles southoast by, east of Belgrade... ■'■': RUMANIA AND BULGARIA. ' :'■ .■'.-..; Bukarest, January 16.j In view, of the alarmist reports, it has been officially announced ' that, tho Rumanian-Bulgarian negotiations, are proceeding normally, and that uneasiness is not justified;: .■■''