BALKAN WAR.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1653, 21 January 1913, Page 5

BALKAN WAR.

BRIEF NAVAL ENGAGEMENT.

TURKISH SHIPS RETREAT,

JVOMEN DERIDE SAILORS.

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London, January 13. Reuter's correspondent at Constantinople states that the cruisers Hamidieh and Medjidieh, and the battleship Jlessudieli, and six destroyers, left Tort Nagara in tho Dardanelles on Tuesday, but returned at Mmset, except the Hamidieh and four destroyors. FIGHT NEAR TENEDOS. ' _ Athens, January 19.' t The Turkish. and Greek fleets were en£aged for two hours in a fight southward of Tenedos. Tho Turkish vessels were damaged and in disorder to the Dardanelles, to where they were pursued. A RUNNING FIGHT,. Port Said, January 19. The Hamidieh has arrived here. Her officers state she encountered two small Greek cruisers last night oil Port Said, but escaped undamaged after a running light.

The Hamidieh is now coaling and provisioning.

.WOMEN'S PROCLAMATION,

London, January 19. | Router s correspondent at Constantinople states, that.a proclamation 6igned by tho women of Turkey, suggesting that tho forts should sink the Turkish warships at the Dardanelles bemuse the officers ar£ too poor-spirited to fight, led to a quarrel on Monday among the officers as to whether they should engage the Greeks. Blows were.exchanged and' fifteen were wounded. •

ENCOUNTERS *AT CHATALJA. Constantinople, January 19. Sevoral slight encounters between the Turks and Bulgarians havo taken place at Chatalja, '. RUSSIAN AID. ' y Bukarest, January 19. ' It is reported , that at Galatz (Rumania) and Reni (Russia), both ports on the left bank of the Danube, Russian steamers are loading provisions and arms for Servift. .Already Russian vessels havo transported specie and many siege -gun? and provisions for - the Bulgarians and Serbians, . ■ • . , RELIEF FOR THE DESTITUTE. ■

London, January 19. Tho: Lord Mayor of London is appealing for .£50,000 to. reliove the destitution in the Balkans.

TURKEY'S DECISION. , (Reo. January 20, 11.35 p.m.) .Constantinople, January -20. . The National Assembly will meet. to consider the situation on Tuesday.' > , . , CHOLERA AT ADRIANOPLE. ,' Belgrade, January 19. Cholera has broken out among ; tho Turkish troops at Adrianoplo. -Dr. Carter, of the British Red Cross, has eucqumbed at Uskub, from typhoid;