THE BALKAN WAR.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 515, 6 November 1912, Page 5

THE BALKAN WAR.

TURKEY PROPOSES PEACE. ARMY COMPLETELY ROUTED. FURTHER BULGARIAN SUCCESSES. MEDIATION BY THE POWERS. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyrifrli London, Monday. The war news to hand confirms thi previous messages as to the complete rout of the Turks by the Bulgarians. The position of Turkey is so hope less that the Porte has applied to th< Powers to mediate, with the object o; securing peace. Turkey has thu! ignored the semi-official statemenl published in Sofia to the effect thai negotiations for peace must be witfthe allies direct, and not through the medium of the Powers. M. Poincaire (French Premier) has submitted to the Powers a proposal as to the form that intervention should take. It is understood that the proposal meets with general approval, but its nature is not disclosed. A message despatched prior to the announcement the Porte is seeking peace stated that the Turkish army is making a final stand. Forty thousand Turks are stated to have fallen in the battle of Lule Burgas and during the flight. The Turkish port of Preveza, at the entrance of the Gulf of Arta, has surrendered to the Greeks. The Greeks have also captured Yenidi, which is only 14 miles from Salonika. It is stated that Adrianople is likely to fall next week. FOREIGN WARSHIPS GATHER. FIVE BRITISHERS READY. London, Monday. The King Edward, Zealandia, Africa, and Hindustan have sailed from Gibraltar for the East, via Mediterranean. The remainder of the fleet will follow immediately. The German cruisers Bertha, Venita, and Geyer, at present in the Mediterranean, have heen ordered to Turkish waters. Two cruisers will also leava Kiel for the Dardanelles. Mr Asquith announced in the House of Commons to-day that the Weymouth had arrived at Besoka Bay, on the coast of Asia Minor, ten miles from the Dardanelles, and that she was on her way to Constantinople. Six Austrian warships have left Trieste, presumably for the Levant. The City of Chios has been detained at Constantinople by Sir G. A. Lowther (British Ambassador) in case Britishers are endangered. Arrangements are being made to send a second ship, and also to send a second warship to Salonika. Owing to the disquieting .state of the town the British Ambassador has dispatched a steamer to embark Britishers who desire to leave Rodosto, on the Sea of Marmora, eighty miles from Constantinople. IMPOSSIBLE TO INTERVENE. Paris, Monday. It is semi-officially reported in Paris that the Porte has asked France to secure the intervention of the Powers in order to rjut an end to hostilities, and to impose an armistic. M. Poincare, Premier, replied that he was unable to comply with the request without infringing international law. He was only able to examine, with all the Powers, a demand for mediation, properly so-called, if made. It is stated from Balkan official circles that the Allies will not tolerate foreign interference with the conditions of peace. The whole campaign and political programme was prearranged, and there is not the least danger of disagreement among the Allies regarding the division of the territories or the definition of the frontiers. FRENCH GOVERNMENT REPLIES. Paris, Monday. The French Government has replied to the Porte's appeal that there is no prospect of the Allies accepting the Turkish overtures. Some more definite proposals are necessary, adds the Note. It is understood that the other Pjwers have sent a similar reply. HORRIBLE ATROCITIES. Sofia, Monday. The Turks at Kirk Kilisse shut the Christian soldiers of an Ottoman regiment in a house, and massacred them. They also killed a Bulgarian priest after cutting off his nose and gouging out his eyes. Women and children were massacred over the priest's body. The Bashi - Bazouks, irregular troops of the andit order, were guilty of frightful atrocities southwards of Baba Eski, where they bayonetted two Bulgars, Turkish subjects. The newspaper correspondents at Chorlu are imperilled. SERVIA'S ASPIRATIONS. Vienna, Monday. Newspapers discussing the Servian aspirations to secure a port on the Adriatic, declare that Austria will not tolerate any shifting of power which may threaten her rule over the Eastern Adriatic and block access to the Aegean.