PAYING THE PIPER.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1683, 25 February 1913, Page 5

PAYING THE PIPER.

WAR INDEMNITY.

ESSENTIAL TO PEACE IN THE BALKANS. BULGARIA'S DECISION. By Talcurapli -Pr«i Association—Ooujrleh) Sofia, February 23. Tho Ministry of Finance has issued a statement to the effect thnt an indemnity will be an csaenfial factor in tho conclusion pf peace. ,This has been rendered necessary as ft result pf the resumption of war. The annexed provinces have been so devastated and depopulated that Bulgana cannot afford sufficient of her resources to I incet her financial burdens | Tho statement also says that tho allies' national economy has been : seriously affected by the resumption of war , BULGARIA'S TERMS. FOR REOPENING NEGOTIATIONS (Hec TebiUary 24, 950 pm) London, February 24 The special correspondent of the "Daily Mail," writing from Sofia, states that Bulgaria, will only open peace negotiations on condition that a new frontier will be drawn nearer Constantinople than has hitherto been demanded, that Turkcv shall demobilise within fifteen days Of the reopening of negotiations, and tho pnyment of an indemnity. It is rumoured m Belgrade that tho Allies and Turks are secretly negotiating for peace BULGARIA'S SEPLH. (Refl February 24, 10 50 pm) Sofia, February 24. M, Gucschoff, the Bulgarian Premier, has informed tho Powers that ho will refer their offfir of mediation to the Cabinet. ' Ho declined to. consent to a neutral zone. A MYSTERIOUS LULL. ALLIES' TROOPS INACTIVE. (Rec, February 24, 9 5 p m ) t London, February 24 Tho Powers havo not jet received Turkey's acceptance of collective Note. The "Daily Telegraph's'* war correspondent states that the inactivity of the Allies is difficult to explain. Possibly, he suggests, it is dtie. to tho fact that the failures of tho Greek troops in co-opera-tion manoeuvres has led "to an alteration in the plans. The failure, ho states, is due to a misunderstanding over Salonika RUMANIA ACCEPTS. (Hec February 24, 1115 pm ) Bukarest, February 24 Tho Government has agreed to the Powers' offer of mediation. iM. Filipesco, Eumnhian Minister of Agriculture, has resigned. , ' ' DELAYS ERECI6US TO. TURKS. • (Rec,. February 2-4, 10 50 p.m.) Constantinople, February 24. Tho Turkish Government is confident that it can hold Chntalja and, Bulair indefinitely, i ' ' •

It is still hopeful that European complications or {ho exhaustion of thq, allies .by delay will determine thq. situation It is believed that Adrianoplo will be able to withstand the siege till the end of March'. ' ' Other accounts state that Skutari has telegraphed that liwjll be. difficult to prolong the attack bpypnd seven days The'main Txidy. of Turks has been com? pelled to remain in their retrenchments at Chatalja, owing, to the. floods An artillery dueL is in progress on the east and front of Adrianople. GREEK TORpEDOERS ACTIVE. (R«.c. February 21, 10.50 p.m.) • Athens, February 24. Greek torpedoers are patrolling the Adrialio. and lonian Seas on the outlook for tho Hamidleh. FOREIGNERS IN, ADRIANOPLE. (Hcc. Febntary 2-S, 10 50 p m.) Sofia, February 24. General Karagatch, Governor of Adrianople, is prepared to ndhero to the parties'' first proposition authorising forejgners to leave the Turkish lines. TURKS REPORT VICTORIES. V , Constantinople, February 23. The Turks claim to ha-vo twice repulsed the Bulganaas in the vicinity of Kadekem. It ia also reported that the Montenegrins are op longer able to continue tho war. I s • BULGARIAN AEROPLANE , CAPTURED. , VJenna, February 23. A, Bulgarian aeroplane, piloted, by a Russian lieutenant, fell into' Adrianople. Tlja, aviator has been imprisoned. 1 ASIATIC TURKEY. ESSENTIAL 'INTEGRITY RECOGNISED 7 "" Rome, February 23, In n, speech in the Chamber of Deputies, the, Marquis di San Gmhano, Minister for Foreign Affairs, said that nil the Powers recqgnised that., the integrity of Asiatic Turkey was essontml to the maintenance of tho equilibrium of p^ace.