PEACE TERMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1700, 17 March 1913, Page 5

PEACE TERMS.

ALLIES' REPLY TO PO WERS INDEMNITY INSISTED ON. JHE DEMAND UNACCEPTABLE. :V ■ 1 .. ' ' '.i ■ .'■■■' .- ■■ j:. .By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. March 16, 5.5 p.m;) London, March. 15. The Powers have received the reply of / the Allies, who insist 'on. 'an indemnity, 1 the cession of Adriaiioplo, Scutari, and ■ the Aegean .Islands, 'the .Tenunciatiotf of Crete, the fixing of a frontier line from Rodosto 1 to Capo Malntra, and the payment of compensation *to civilians for > ksses-before the .war., I ; : —' '' NO MEANS OF IMPOSING THE CLAIM. .; (Rec. March 16, 5,5 p.m.), Paris, March 15. The "Figaro" states that Germany, England, and. France' are opposed to an indemnity. . The Allies, it declares, have no means of imposing their claim, and Europe,' which is principally interested, will'not agree to it. ■PLAYING 'ON EUROPEAN RIVALRY. (Rec. March .16, 5.5 p.m.)/ , London, March 15. The "Daily Telegraph" says the Allies, wore induced to present a solid, front to /tht,/Powers'"efforts, believing that they were-divided into two hostilo.'groups, and :. that whatever was done either the , Triplice Entente or tho Triple Alliance • Would side with them. AUSTRO-RUSSIAN SUSPICIONS. • St. Petersburg, March 11. C The press criticise; the suggestion for the demobilisation of the ' military forces near tho frontier, and de- ' plare that it is'to enable Austria to impose her will on, the Allies. ~ .. . The "Novoe Vremya" violently'.-, denounces .the stupefying confidence dis- • played. • • . • ' : ' ANGRY FEELING IN VIENNA. Vienna, March 14. Angry: feeling has been. aroused. over the alleged Russian interpolation in the Identical Note that Austria' cherishes no aggression against her southern neigh- ". bours. ' -/Tho Russian Government asserts that the Austrian Ambassador in St. Petersburg assented to tho inclusion' of the interpolation. . \ . , • , ALLEGED SERVIAN MASSACRE. (Roc. March 16, 5.5 p.m.) Berlin,, March 15. r ('' The "Frankfurter-Zeitung" has ' published an Uskub telegram accusing the Servians of shooting three hundred Albanians at Prizren without trial.*' Vienna, March 14.: The "Reichpost'f reports that the Ser- . vians at Durazzo, the principal seaport of Albania, burned several villages, and. that - twenty women and children perished. ALBANIAN "HOLY WAR," (Rec, March 16, 5.5 p.m.) London,' March 15.;. M. Popovitch, the : plenipotentiary, states that the Albanian con/,gress at Trieste has declared a'Holy .War ■ against the Allies,' and Montenegro therefore regards the Albanians as belligerents. . '.FIERCE ATTACK AT ADRIANQPLE. ' Constantinople, March 14. There was. a iierco but unsuccessful attack south of Adrianople ■ on Thursday. The. Bulgarians suffered heavy losses. '. SERVIAN TRANSPORTS SUNK. - .(Rcc.. March 16, 5.5 p.m.) . h" Athens, March 15. / - The Turkish cruiser Hamidieh burnt " two Greek transports off San. .Giovanni, . on the' Adriatic coast, and sank another, ! while two more were , damaged by shots. Four Greeks were killed. /,-. FOREIGNERS TO LEAVE SCUTARI. . ' (Rec. March 16, 5.5 p.m.) ■.'./. . : Cetinje, March 15. / In response to an urgent international appeal the Montenegrins ivill permit subjects of the Powers to' leave Scutari owing '. . to the heavy bombardment. ''