ARMIES WAITING.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1665, 4 February 1913, Page 7

ARMIES WAITING.

FACE TO FACE AT CHATALJA. ADRIANOPLE STARVING. By Teleeraph—Press Asaooiation-GopyriElit (Rec. February ,3, 11.35 p.m.) , :Coristantinople,.FebTuary 3. Tho Turkish peace delegates have been ordered to remain in London until the resumption of. hostilities. Similarly tho troops have been ordered not to fire until the Bulgarians take tho offensive'. .; Iz?,el Pasha,' tho new Commander-in-Chief, who formerly commanded in the Yemen,- has the reputation of being tho best strategist and tactician in the Turkish army. Ho U now nt.Hademkoi, finally instructing the 120,000 effectives who hold the Chatalja lines. • A member of the last Cabinet states that Adrianoplo will fall in a few days Unless the'garrison eats horses and dogs. (Rec, February ; 4, 1.5 a.m.) ////' , Sofia, February '3. \ /The German; Minister-,is urging the Government, riot to participate in hostili* tids against Turkey.,,/ ~ . ■ BULGARIANTRAINING. " i.HOW THE ARMISTICE : WIS USED. '■' "; _(Reo.;February 3, i1!35 p.m.) •'■' I '' : / / ;■////■.;. ■ Paris, February 3. '• :' A Buigarian offlcer ht Chatalja has written" to. ft comrade at Saint Cyr Military College, stating: that/the troops were, immobilised indefinitely in order to. keep, them' in .training,' and- occupied themselves in manoeuvring and target shooting, the Generals sotting ;the example by organising /matches. The entire, leisure was der voted to rifle-firing; gun 1 :'• "practice, and marching, the chief business being to 4void letting the men get'bored by the compulsory inaction.'- ; : .. V

A TURKiSH DISSENSIONS. A ; vSOLDIfiES FLEE: TO BULGARS. ;■'', ,'j'v Sofia, February 2. .■.-"Captain- Ha'djesli. has arrived at the Bulgarian headquarters.' to fly from the, Young Turks,' who are persecuting :the,late Nftzim Pasha's partisans.', A; ■'y Twenty' Turkish Soldiers,, -who have'arrived, at. Chorlu,,confirm '.the.reports of .sanguinary; Conflicts. betwe'e> Tiirkish bfficefs/anci soldiers,at.Chatal3'a.-,, "■; a''aNQTHEB DENIAL, iv ■' ;■ '' Constantinople, February 2. :■ ;Shevket Pasho;, Grand Vizier, and Minister for War, that there is any truth in tho reports of trouble at Chatalja. ,'Tho! army,..he says/,was never, animated. :by such" solidarity and, devotion. ' V ;:TURkEY REFUSED. A' ', "BELIES ON INTERNAL- SUBSCEIP-,! v;y : i, v :' -.';■ ~TIONS.';;: ■■; : .-V-"■■ :■ ; V i .'.'(Rcb.' February -t, 1.5 a.m.). . ,;.'!., .Constantinople, February ,3. ', :';The; Porte's 'efforts to eecuro'. .£2,500,000, from the Deutsche Bank and a million elsewhere' have .failed,;. 1 Tho Government : will rely"ori:interiiaCsubscriptions; ' .i,Shevket'Pasha,.!the.Grrtnd Vizier,-thotigli a ippor;man,'-''has!.serif iIOOO .to the Com* mittceof NatibnaUDefence;'. :A,.-V:., :; ;;: winter wheat .sown., :--\;.; h\: '.■;;;■ bHlg'abian;ceo?s in. a • '■\':}j; (Bee,: February 8,; ; 11.35.p.m.)'; 'j•. ; --. / ,'/\-a , Sofia,:.-; February '3,;-; , During the armistice the \ Bulgarians and iServians have sown','winter;-. wheat soiithwarils of the Balkan Mountains; . The adults will be able to continue the war as the women and children and.elderly men will suffice'.'to. garner the crops.A

•SIEGE OF SCUTARI. MONTENEGRO'S OBJECTIVE; ■ ' ' Cetinje, -February 2. The, termination of the armistice was received with satisfaction, through tho Montenegro people being desirous of forcing the surrender of Scutari before, peace is concluded. King # Nicholas has departed towards Scutari' 1 AUSTRIA AhlD RUSSIA. BETTER RELATIONS EXPECTED.' (Ree. Feßruary 4, 1.5 a.m.) Vienna, February 3. Tho Emperor Francis Joseph has 6ent Prince Gottfrien Hohonhloo with an'infograph letter to the Tsar. This interpreted as a symptom of improved rclations between" Austria-Hungary and Russia.

RUMANIA'S CLAIMS. BACKED BY AUSTRIAN TREATY. (Rec; February 4, 1.5. a.m.) London, February 3. Tho "Daily Mail's" Sofia correspondent states that a military agreement was concluded between Austria and Rumania in September, 1900. CRUELTIES ALLEGED. Salonika, February 2. Thoro is indignation against.Pierro LOti, (Lieut. Viand), tho French aviator, for stating in his book that the officers of tho cruiser Bruix saw Greek and Sorvinn soldiers'gouge out tho eyes of Turkish prisoners. FRENCH AVIATOR AT THE FRONT. Belgrade, February 2. M. Vcdrines, tho' aviator, .has arrived hore. '■' His aeroplane i 9 in rendlncs3 for active service. THE COST OF WAR. The "Economist" gives an estimate of thd cost of the Balkan war up to tho signing of the armistice. Excluding the expense of mobilisation and upkeep after tho armistico had been signed, tho.figures work out in this wise: . Expenditure .■'■■:'■■■ •-,.'■•■ ...at 10s. 'Days of per day. , Men.'actual war. ■ £ Bulgaria ... 300,000 47 7,050,000 Servia 200,000 /47 ■ 4,700,000 Greece i' 150,000 61-4,800,000" Montenegro... 10,000 50 ,1,120,000 Turkey .;.... 400,000 04 12,800,000 Total ...1,090,000 , — 30,470,000 This figure represents an nssumed number of days' actual war expenditure. If tho costs of mobilisation and tho ex-, ponses which run on during the armistico were added, the journal savs, the aotual financial deficits caused by tho war to the five States might run up already 'to £15,000,000. . ■' -'.>.■• ■ ■ '