The Balkan War.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 44, 15 October 1912, Page 5

The Balkan War.

FIERCE FIGHTING CONTINUES.

FURIOUS MONTENEGRINS.

(By Electric Telegraph.—-Copyright., (United Press Association.) Cottinjo, October 14. Chipcenik Ava’s practically demolished by the Montenegrin artillery. General Martimivics reports an engagement beloAv Cliafbotil Heights. There Avas a fierce struggle. The Turks Avere repulsed, losing 300 killed and Avoundod. The Montenegrins’ final charge up precipitous crags at Dotchick was so furious that the Turks Avero unable to disable their guns before_ retreating, and Avero fired at with their own guns bv the Montenegrins. ‘ Tho total Turkish force in the Scutari region is sixteen battalions. 'The Montenegrins are striving to prevent their retreat .soutliAvards. MARAUDERS AND VAGA27 ND3. Sofia, October 14. Troops from Nish are advancing on Vraiija, Ristouvuc, and Deveti, frontier toAvns. The Premier, in an interview, accused Turkey of arming irregular bands of marauders and vagabonds, and losing them upon an unprotected Servian po palatum in Kosovo district, whence eight hundred families have taken refuge. Sorvia, he added, demanded an ethical autonomy for oppressed Servians in Turkish provinces, including Vovibazar. MASSACRE OF MU3SULMEN. Constantinople, October/14. Turkish soldiers massacred tAvelve Bulgarians at Knpriilu. Tnc Montenegrins burned a' Mussulman village at Krania. Several children were incinerated. The fighting round Tuzi, Rabat, and Krania is visible from Scutari. The Greeks are leaving Stamboul in large numbers for Adrianoplo. THE PORTE STANDS FIRM. London, October 14. Tho ‘Telegraph's’ Constantinople correspondent says that the Porte has rejected the Powers’ collective Note. Greek vessels and cargoes have been detained, valued at a million sterling. Though under tho Greek flag, -the bulk of the vessels represent Briti h (ap.u.l. The Porto proposes to purchase the. cargoes. SERVIA DEMANDS REFORMS. Belgrade, October 14. The Servian reply is practically identical with that of the,allies. It regrets inability to comply with tho Pmvers wishes, owing to an insufficient guarantee for t lie'execution of j reforms. Sorvia has simultaneously, .forwarded to the Porto a memorandum demanding reforms in Macedonia, iii-conson-ance Avith Article 23 of tho Berlin Treaty, under control cf the PoAvers and the Balkan States ; also an immediate Turkish 'demobilisation. The SkuptsJchlna has adopted a three months’ moratorium. DUNSOaW oil LAk;E |spUTARi. Malta, October 14. Tho second battalion cf tho Northampton Regiment lias been ordered to be in readiness to proceed to Crete. Cettinjo, October 14. •Two Turkish gunboats on Lake Scutari bombarded General Martinovie’s right wing. The barracks at Cettinje have been transformed into a hospital with ;i thousand beds. "General Vukovics is operating with a view to junctioning with tne Servians. u. i-!', V-* i'lr jmT AUSTRIA’S AMBITIONS. Vienna, October it. Tho ‘None Wiener Tageblatc’ denies that Bosnian volunteers are joining Servia. M. Berchtold has initiated negotiations with a view to averting the Aus-tro-Russian conflict during or after tne Balkan War. Ho asks Russia to approve of tiie non-annexation of Novioazar by Servia or Montenegro. Nevertheless, Austria is apparently indisposed to give a pledge to refrain from new conquests in the Balkans. Persistent rumours of mobilisation of four Austrian army corps are causing much comment. THE DEMANDS OF BULGARIA. London, October 14. Tho ‘Daily Mail’s’ Sofia correspondent says that Bulgaria demands tho decentralisation of tho Governments of European Turkey, an elecavo Council, eacn Government to have proportional representation. Sofia, October 14. The Bulgarian demands include Belgian and Saviss Governors avicu gendarmerie and militia under Belgian and Swiss officers, and reforms to be entrusted to a superior council controlled by the PoAvers in the Balkans, to be carried out within six months.

The public have acclaimed iho declaration to make Servian and Bulgarian money interchangeable. Many Christian deserters from the furkisn army have entered Bulgaria. DANCER OF A WORLD’S WAR. Berlin, October 14. The ‘Xeuo Freie Presse’ says that if the other Powers interfere, Russia will do liken use, and then there will be aj danger of a world’s war. The remark is interpreted as ilussia’s ansa or to M. Bercbtold concerning the maintenance of Austrian interests in the Balkans. THE LITTLE GERMAN PRESS. Berlin, October 14. The Foreign Office, through the ‘Cologne Gazette,’ rebukes the tactics of the little Pan-Gorman newspapers, accusing Britain of fomenting a European conflagration by inciting the Balkans to attack Turkey. IN FINANCIAL CIRCLES. London, October 14. Consols are quoted at 72 10-lGths. The slump on the Paris Bourse is unparalleled since 1870. The estimated loss since last settlement represents sixteen million sterling. Leading banks vainly attempted to stem the panic on the R ussian Bourse. Loading banks also endeavoured to stimulate the Berlin Bourse. AUSTRIA NOT TO INTERFERE. (Received lb, 8.55 a.m.) Vienna, October 14. It is stated that no action by oititter Montenegro or Sorvia in Xovibazar will induce Austria to interfere. The rumours of mobilisaGon in Bosnia are unfounded, and only after tlie termination of hostilities will Austria act.

DEMANDS EXACTLY SIMILAR.

Athens, October M. Greece’s demands to Turkey :iro exactly similar to Sorvia’s and Bulgaria’s. THE PORTE’S REPLY. Constantinople, October 11. The Turkish reply to the Bowers .Note has been communicated to the Austrian Ambassador, 'the reply states that Turkey is determined to carry out reforms, but cannot tolerate foreign interference. WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. Greece has demanded release of, and indemnity for, seized n erchantslnps within twenty-four hours. THE DETGH ITCH FORT. (Received 15, 11.5 a.m.) Bodgorit/.a, October 14. Commander Settadine Bey, captured at Detchitch, states that the fort was only loose stones, and that there were only four hundred defenders, of whom a quarter were non-Turkish, and they deserted during the tight. When the -Montenegrins attacked, ho did not know the war had broken out, and, with old artillery, he was unable to reply to the Montenegrins’ firing at the thousand incuts. The defenders were finally overwhelmed by numbers in a nand-to-hand struggle. PROFITING BY THE WAR. Athens, October 14. Cretan deputies, profiting by the war, defied the Bowers and entered the Greek Chamber. THE TURKS AND SERVIANS. (Received 9.50 a.m.) Belgrade, October 11. It is officially announced that the Turkish troops crossed the frontier at Ristovac and attacked the Servians. MONTENEGRO CAPTURES GUNS. Podgoritza, October 14. The Montengerins occupied Visitor Hill and two other positions commanding Gusinje, and took four machine guns, rifles and ammunition. THE LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES. The Turkish losses were heavy. The Montenegrin casualties since the outbreak arc 250 killed and 800 wounded.