THE BALKAN WAR.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1718, 8 April 1913, Page 5

THE BALKAN WAR.

SCUTARI ABOUT TO FAIL.

MONTENEGRO REFUSES TO OBEY POWERS. EXCITEMENT IN RUSSIA. ■I ■ " ' By Telecraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. April 7, 11.10 p.m.) Rome, April 7. Telegrams: from D.umzzo and. San Giovanui stato that Scutari has been virtually taken and that the Montenegrin cannon dominato the town. - V , (Rec. -April 7, 0.50 p.m.) King Nicholas, of Montenegro, has telegraphed to "Lo Temps": "Despite Euro'jbedn coercion Montenegro will only yield to 1 violence. Europo has only to add to its injustices the ridicule of a coup dc force." : "Lo Temps" declares that King Nicholas possesses the sympathy of European public 'opinion. • j. A WARNING AND A REPLY, LAWS OF NEUTRALITY BROKEN. Cetinje, April G. ■ Rear-Admiral Troubridge has addressed a warning to Montenegro advising her to carry out the Powers' wishes immediately. ■ : Cetinje, April 7. Replying to Rear-Admiral Troubridge, tlio Government state that as the Powers have violated the laws of neutrality, Montenegro is unable to meet their wislics. The' Government aI?Q, directed the attention of the Austrian Minister to the proximity of tho Austrian manoeuvres to tho Montenegrin frontier. "SCUTARI ; FOR MONTENfcGRQI" DEMONSTRATION IN RUSSIA! - : (Rec. Apiil 7, 11.10 p.m.) St. Petersburg, April 7. A great Slav • demonatration has been held in the Wersty Prospect, tens of thousands of demonstrators shouting "Down with Austria!" Banners ivero carried bearing the 1 legend "Scutari for Montenegro!" and "The Cress over St. Sophik." The "Novoe Vremya" is leading the agitation against tho Government.: It demands that! the Powers shall be asked to consider tho decision to rob Montenegro of Scutari, ' ■ : BRITISH SYMPATHY. ' (Reo. April 7, 11.10 p.m.) * ' London, April 7. Tho "Daily Telegraph" declares that it is not without sympathy for King Nicholas, but it. supports the demonstration by the Concert of the Powers as being preferable to allowing Austria to aci singlehanded. , . 1 ■ ) 1 \ ANXIETY IN,' VIENNA., .. \ (Rec. April 7, 11,10 p.m.);' Vienna, April 7. It is reported that 'Austria will assist tho naval blockade by closing her frontier against goods entering Montenegro. Anxiety exists over Russia's attitude. If. SAZONOFF'S SPEECH: A DENIAL. (Rec. April 7, il.lo p.m.) ■ St. Petersburg, April 7. Tho official telegraph, agency, declares hat M. SazonoffV speech, as circulated, ivas wrongly rendered, and is mostly pure invention. . , ; Vienna, April 6. 1 Official journals welcome 11'. SazonoS's ipeech. ■ ' ;

PEACE TERMS. 1 POWERS REPLY TO BULGARIA. . Sofia, April 6. .The Powers have further notified M. Gueshoff, Hho Bulgarian Premier, that the Allies must accept the Enos-Midia liile as the northern boundary oi; Turkey, in Europe, and allow tho reservation of financial questions for a technical commission, to sit in Paris, in which the belligerents will be represented. ■ (Rec, April 8, 0.40 a.m.) ' ' Constantinople, April 7. ; , It is understood that the Cabinet, while refusing to pay an indemnity to the Balkan Allies, lias- agreed to pay tho Allies liberally for the maintenance of the Turkish prisoners. ' ■ ■■, AT CHATALJA. COMPARATIVELY QUIET /WEEK, (Rec. April 7, 11.10 p.m.) » Sofia, April 7. :An 'official .report: gives details of tho fighting at Chatalja on March 30 and 31. It is claimed tlmt the Turks wero repulsed at various, points, losing twelve hundred killed. Constantinople, .April 7,. : Except for' a little artillery firo and occasional skirmishing tho past week at Chatalja has been a quiet one. JUBILATION. IN RUMANIA. Y Bukarest, April 6. . Thejo is jubilation hero over the Viennese report that tho Powers have conceded Silistria to Rumania. HAMIDIEH AT PORT SAID. • , Port Said, April' 7. Tho Turkish| cruiser Hamidioh, which has lately been raiding the Adriatic coast, has arrived here. TURKISH DESTROYERS FOR GREECE Athens, April G. Tho Greeks havo refloated two Turkish i destroyers stranded at Goumitza, early in the war. GREEK TROOPS AT SALONIKA. (Rec. April 7, 11.10 p.m.) Salonika, April 7. The Greeks' fourth division has arrived on board of twelve transports. GREEK RESCUE ON THE SCAFFOLD. Constantinople, April G. While four Ottoman Greeks, sentenced 1 to death for subversive practices at Myti- ' lene, in the Aegean Archipelago, were proceeding to the scaffold at, Smyrna, an armed mob rescued them after wounding several soldiers.