ALLIES FALL OUT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1701, 18 March 1913, Page 5

ALLIES FALL OUT.

BULGARS FIGHT GREEKS. ' SHARP CONFLICT AT NIGRITO THE POWERS AND PEACE. . 1 By Tolcgranh—Press Association—CoDjrleht (Rec. March 18, 1 n.m.) Salonika, March 17. The Bulgarians threatened the Greeks that if their entry into Nigrito, near .Seres, the scene of the collision between the two armies, was opposed they would firo after forty-eight hours. A bombardment actually began, and lasted twentytwo hours. Two squadrons of Bulgarians with four Ifrupp guns and six hundred Ijayonets are now facing the Greeks on the banks of the Nigrito. • The Greelcs are all infantry, and are in superior numbers. They are awaiting heavy reinforcements, including a battery from 1 Salonika. , EXTRAVAGANT TERMS. TURKEY DETERMINED TO FIGHT. London, March 16. After a- prolonged sitting' of the Ambassadors' Conference, the Allies' conditions were considered extravagant. The Powers have urged the Allies to propose a more suitable basis of negotiations. - (Rec. March 17, 10.30 p.m.) London, March 17. Router's Constantinople correspondent states that the Porte will reject the Allies' conditions, and ivill prosecute the war. Tlio Turkish newspapers describe the Allies'- demands as humiliating., (Rec. March 17, 10.30 p.m.) Vienna, March 17. The' Bulgarian and Greek Premiers, speaking in their respective Chambers, deprecated the impatience of the minority regarding questions of nationality in connection with the' conquered territory, which threatened to disturb the Allies' relations. Both appealed for continued support pending .a' settlement with Turkey. RUMANIA'S DEMANDS. j BULGARIAN MISSION TO RUSSTA. .(Rec. March 18, 10 a.m.) Sofia, March 17. M. Gueselioff, the Prime Minister, and Dr. Daneff, President of the Sobrange, in receiving a Silistrian deputation protesting against the cession of that district to Rumania, said that Rumania's claims were untenable, and promised to do their utmost to prevent the mutilation of t'he Fatherland. The . nation could-, trust the Powers not to destroy what Russia and Europe had created in 1878.

Dr. Daneff proceeded to St. Petersburg on Tuesday, ' ■

FIGHTING NEAR CHATALJA. London, March 16. It is officially reported that the Bulgarians, by a bayonet charge, captured a redoubt east of. Akalan, eight miles northward of Chatalja. ' _ The Turks were reinforced, and counteracted and repulsed the Bulgarians. There were 300 casualties. - DESERTERS PROM ADRLANOPLE. (Rec. March >17, 10.30 p.m.) • ' Sofia, March 17. The Turks at Adrianople' are deserting daily in batches of thirty and forty. GRECO-SERVIAN TREATY. (Rec. March 17, 10.30 p.m.) London, March 17. Servia's relations with Greece have latterly been very intimate. It is reported that the two countries. have concluded a defensive treaty. '■ . ' , MORE TURK'S CAPTURED. Athens, March 16. ■ The Turks were seized with panic, and abandoned Delvinaki, near Yanina. • The Greeks, routing the rearguard, captured 30 officers and 1570 men. GREEKS OCCUPY SAMOS. Athens, March 18. >The Greeks have occupied the island of Samos, in the iEgean Sea. SCUTARI IN FLAMES 1 . Vienna, March 16. Tie "Eeichpost" states that the Montenegrins are fiercely bombarding Scutari, and . part of the town is in flames, THE HAMIDIEH AT ALEXANDRIA. • Alexandria, March «D. The Turkish cruiser' Hamidieh, which has recently been harrying the Allies .in the Adriatic, has arrived here. (Rec. March 17,'10.30 p.m.) Belgrade, March 17. During Ithe Harhidieh's bombardment of the Adriatic Coast, 110 i>ersons were killed. V — DETAINED FRENCH VESSEL. ' Paris, March 16. The cruiser Leon Gambetta, 12,351 tons, has been ordered to the Dardanelles to demand thp release of the steamer Henri Fraissinet, which has been illegally, detained for carrying alleged contraband. Constantinople, March 16. The Henri Fraissinet has been released.