THE BALKAN WAR

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 89, 10 December 1912, Page 5

THE BALKAN WAR

CONCLUDING THE ARM IST ICE. (By Electric Telegraph.-—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, December 9. The ‘Daily Telegraph’s’ correspondent, telegraphing -from Ciiataldja, narrates the closing scenes of the armistice conference. Alter the (Leek Minister withdrew, the negotiations were left in train. The final problem was whether Turkey would allow tho Bulgarians to pass through Adrianople. After a long silence Nazim Pasim said: “Let it be so, but wait ten Jays, till tlic negotiations begin in London.” General Daneff' rose and extended his band, saying: “It is finfished; we are in agreement.” Iho negotiators, in the intensity of the reaction, forgot to struggle with the irresistible impulse to exchange embraces, including General Save,ft and Nazim Pasha. Later, champagne was opened, and Nazim Pasha drank the health of the valiant Bulgarian army. The Bulgarian delegates replied to the health of the valiant Ottoman army.

THE PEACE DELEGATES. London, December 9. General Daneff, General Madgavoil (Minister in Loudon), and General Paprikoff (ex-Foreign Minister) will represent Bulgaria in the peace negotiations. General Novakitch (a former Premier), M. Nikolitch (Pres dent of tho Skuptchina) and M. Yemajoli (Parisian Minister) will represent Servia. M. Venizelos and M. Skoloudis (former Foreign Ministers), will represent Greece. M. Mijuskovitch ( xPremier) and M. Popovitch (ex-Min-ister at Constantinople) will represent Montenegro. Nazim Pasha will bo the principal Turkish delegate. COMPENSATION FOR ROUMANIA Sofia, December 9. General Daneff is visiting Bucharest to discuss Roumania’s desire for economic territorial compensation. IGNORING THE ARMISTICE. Cettinje, December 9. General Xizabey, at Scutari, refused to receive a Montenegrin messenger with Nazim Pasha’s, letters announcing the armistice, declaring that the letters were forged, and opened lire all along the line.

AN AVIATOR’S FATE. Vienna, December 9. Dr. Constantin, who joined ths Bulgarian aviators, left camp to drop jombs into Ciiataldja. He did not return. A search party was organised, and found him dead, with his hands still on the helm of tho biplane, ihe wings were bored with shot. A biograpJi showed that he was 1220 metres above the Turkish fort, photographed a train, and was then shot. He had just strength left-to turn the aeroplane towards the Bulgarian camp.

(Received 10, 8.0 a.m.) Rome, December 9. The Marquis di San Guiliani has announced that Italy and Austria have informed Greece that they would never consent to Avalona belonging to Greece. Belgrade, December 9. Some merchants are discussing the boycott of Austrian goods. (Received 10, 10.45 a.m.) Constantinople, December 10. At Salonika there are forty thousand refugees, most of them being with out shelter. Dozens are dying daily from starvation and smallpox. In many respects the fighting at Kirk Kilisse recalls the pages of Flaubert's “Salarnbo” (says a despatch tc the Daily Telegraph). Above the human avalanche the scaling ladders ol the Bulgarians swayed and tottered, while the men swarming np them useo hand grenades freely. The Turkish artillery from the forts, although unassisted by searchlights, did tremendous execution, the shells ploughing their way through the ranks of tht oncoming masses of men. But the gaps were rapidly filled, and in spite of the rain and the fearful gunfire the victors pressed onwards.

A remarkable instance is recorded of the use of the aeroplane in actual warfare. A Bulgarian aviator succeeded in locating a body of Turkish reinforcements, a thousand strong. O. his report being received, a rapid movement was made, and ambuscade formed, and the detachment was practically annihilated. The guns captured were brand new, and the Bulgarian;carried them on, and used them against their original owners in the main attack.