AUSTRIA READY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1720, 10 April 1913, Page 7

AUSTRIA READY.

ARMY ON THE FRONTIER. KING NICHOLAS THREATENS ABDICATION. ADRIANOPLE HORRORS. TJy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Vienna, April 8. Thero aro 150,000 Austrian troops massed on tho Servian and Montenegrin frontiers. Rome, April 8. Tho newspaper "Giornale d'ltalia" deplores the blockade. It says: "The ungenerous' .and odious pressure of .Montenegro by means of a blockade chiefly injures Italian trade." Cetinje, April 8. King Nicholas threatens to abdicate tho Tlrrono or renounco Scutari in the Servians' favour in tho event of coercion by the. Powers. Corfu, April 8. The Greek transports have returned here empty. It is understood they landed 15,000 Servians and several heavy guns at San Giovanni' yesterday. ■ STARVING PRISONERS. DYING LIKE PLIES AT ADRIANOPLE. (Rec. April 9, 9 p.m.) London, April 9. The entry of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria into Adrianoplo' has been delayed owing to epidemics among' the Turkish prisoners. The destruction of the Arda Bridge prevents the arrival of a sufficiency of supplies, and cholera, dysentry, and hunger are converting the concentration camp on tho islet in the River. Tupdja into an appaling hecatomb. The prisoners havo scooped out hollows in the earth to secure shelter. Hundreds of corpses litter the ground, and two hundred die daily. GRECO-BULGARIAN DIFFERENCES. NEW FRONTIER TO BE DELIMITED. (Rec. April 9, 9 p.m.) [ Salonika, April 9. A Greco-Bulgarian • commission' has been.appointed to delimit the frontier of , tho newly-acquired possessions. Tho Bulgarians are fortifying the western approaches to Seres, and the Greeks are strengthening their position at Nigrita. Thero are strong Bulgarian garrisons at Drama and ICaalar, and tho latter port is closed to shipping lest the Greeks should attempt a landing: The Greeks aro strongly defending strategic points around Salonika. There is a, growing rapprochement between the Servians and the Greeks. j INTERNATIONAL TENSION. j FRENCH REPLY TO GERMAN | CHANCELLOR. (Rec. April 9, 10.30 p.m.) Paris, April 9. M. Etienne, Minister for War, speaking at Rouen, repudiated the charge of Jingoism levelled at France by the German Chancellor, Herr von BethmnnuHollweg. France could not remain heedless to a positively dangerous position. There were reasons compelling the Government, to call the .country to malft a further sacrifice for the national defence. , . The newspapers consider Herr. von ' Bethmann-Hollweg's. speech as full of lessons, from which France can derive profit. (Rec. April 9, 10.30 p.m.) Berlin, April 9. The Conservative-and Nationalist press approve of Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg's speech. The Liberal papers receive it coldly. The "Frankfurt Zoituug" says the speech proves that tho bulk of the Army Bill does not represent the demands of responsible statesmen, but of irresponsible agitators. HAMIDIEH LEAVES PORT SAID. Port Said, April 8. . The Turkish .cruiser Hamidieh has proceeded to Suez.