WAR CLOUDS IN THE BALKANS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1869, 1 October 1913, Page 7

WAR CLOUDS IN THE BALKANS.

THE ALBANIAN REVOLT.

GRAVE SITUATION REPORTED - '

By Telegraph—Pr<iEß Association—OopyrlcM lv?> Belgrade, September 29. ~. , Tho Alb'ariinns lmvo Been before Kritchovo. Their casualties totalled one thousand. - Retiring from Navrovo, tlio Albanians sot fire to nearly all tho villages and massacred Christian Albanians for refusing to join thein,

Negotiations between Turkey and .-3 Bulgaria continue' witli a view to ar- ;• riving at a new basis of joint action, "'.-j The situation is considered to bo grave. .»• Greek demobilisation lias been stopped. It is also rumoured tliat Bui- ; garia is quietly mobilising, and that Sorvia is preparing to defeud W frontier. ■

' TUROO-BULGARIAN TREAT? SIGNED.

(Reo. October 1, 0.5 a.m.) s .1 Constantinople, September 80. f Turkey nnd Bulgaria liavo signed the < peace agreement. ?

Bulgaria loses nearly the whole of \ the fruits of victory, whereas the Turks \ obtain tlio freo uso of tho railway bo- \ tween Mustapha and Mandra. . ] The Convention foreshadows a. new •;

Turkish lino to connect Adrianoplo with Enos.

The agreement explicitly states that tho provisions of tho Treaty of London where tilioy ar© of concorn to Turkey or Bulgaria, shall remain in force, except where they are modified by. tho new treaty. Tho press adopts a menacing tone tc wards Groeco.

ALBANIAN COMMISSION. (Roc. October 1, 0.6 a.m.)

Constantinople, September 80, Tho International Commission pointed to direot tho organisation of the Albanian administration is now completed. Mr. H. H. Lamb, Consul/ General at Salonika, represents GreaJ Britain. ' .

BULGARIA'S WAR LOSSES. (Rfic. October 1, 0.5 a.m.) Sofia, September 30. ,Offioial statements show that Bulgaria' lost, in tlio first war, 30,024 ■ killed and 63,465 wounded; in tlio second was 14,888 killed, and 51,121 wounded. HINT TO OVERSEA GREEKS. (Rec. September 30, 8.20 p.m.) Sydney, September 30. The Greek Consul hero has received a cable message from tho Minister for Foreign Affairs at Athens, intimating that Greeks in Australia must fulfil their military obligations if their oI&bb is summoned.