BALKAN WAR.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1667, 6 February 1913, Page 7

BALKAN WAR.

SEVERE BOMBARDMENT. ( TURKS AGAINST SHEVKET. ADVANCE ON DARDANELLES i By Tclcsrarh—Pre3B Aasociation—Coryrlitlil f Sofia, .February 4. I .There has been a tremendous cannonade 1 at Adrianople. c Tho first shells were fired between four and- minutes after the expiry of tho t truce. It is expectcd tho fortress will be captured in a fortnight. . c Sofia,' February i. c The bombardment of Adrianople was resumed to-day. 1 Part of the town is reported to be in ' flames. .' 1 (Rec. February 0, 0.15 a.m.). Belnradc, February 5. Forty Servian seven-inch guns aro being used in tho bombardment of Adri- j anople.' Constantinople, February 4. Chukri Pasha recently sent a wireless messago that ho was able to hold Adrianople for two or three months. i ' He announces that directly the war is over he, will return to tho capital and f settle accounts with Nazim Pasha's inur- ] derers.' j ATTACK ON DARDANELLES. ' i BULGARIAN OPERATIONS. (Rec. February C, 0.15 a.m.) , Sofia, February 5. . The Bulgarians have burnt the village 1 fo Chatalja for tactical purposcs. 1 Bulgarian'troops are massing at Bulair, east of Gallipoli, near the Dardanelles. If the Greeks are able to land on. the western side of tho Peninsula, Fahri Pasha, with fifty thousand Turkish troops between Gallipoli and'Maidos, will be in a difficult position. He .has in consequence refuseed to allow tho battleships to fight . the Greeks, as he requires them to prevent a disembarkation of Greek troops. Vienna, February 4. Bulgarian cavalry are . attacking: •' the ( Turkish outposts at Gallipoli; ... j . : i i V ARMY DIFFERENCES. / , !; TURKS AGAINST YOtJNG TURKS. 'Berlin, February-4 The "Cologne' Gazette" states, that the ' entire army at .Chatalja is against Shevket Pasha, and demands the punishment iof Nazim, Pasha's murderers, anil Shevkef3 retirement. RUMANIA'S DEMANDS.' ' - BULGARIAN , CONCESSIONS. - Paris, February, 4. Dr. Daneff, ; Bulgaria's , leading peaco delegate, has promised -not to fortify tho frontiers of Bulgaria bordering Rumania, 1 though Rumania will be allowed, to fortify her side of the line. 'This, Dr. Daneff declares, is proof that Bulgaria is without sinister-designs., - She . offered -Rumania certain territory,' but it to. 1 cejlo SilistriaV'" . ; - ' AUSTRp:RUSSIAN. RELATIONS. | IMPROVEMENT SOUGHT. (Rec,: February 6, 0.15 a.m.) , » : , Vienna, February 5. Responsible newspapers state that the Emperor Francis Joseph's letter from the Tsar deals with the general situation, and seeks - mutual disarmament, urging that the present condition keeps Europe .in a state of continual uneasiness. The . letter is interpreted as an in'dica'tion that tho Ambassadors'' Conference In London - did not soften tho Austro-Hun-garian asperities.' , , Prince Gottheim .Hohenlohe, the'bearer, of tho letter, is empowered to negotiate for, a rapprochment. -. The 1 St. Petersburg newspapers-welcome the renewal of direct intercourse between the Monarchs. '. .■ t KIAMIL PASHA. (Rec. February 6, 0.15 a.m.) Constantinople, February 5. Kiomil ' Pasha, the lato Grand Vizier, . lias gone to Egypt..