THE BALKANS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 47, 24 February 1913, Page 5

THE BALKANS.

SERVIA AND MONTENEGRO. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (United Press Association.) London, February 22. Haki Pasha, interviewed, denied that he was on a peace or official mission for Turkey. He hoped tluu the Ambassadors’ Conference might arrange a satisfactory formula, safeguarding Constantinople, the Sea ot Marmora, the Dardenelles and Asia Minor. Turkey had no interest in continuing the war, as tho lost territory cannot be recovered. The Servian delegate informed the Ambasadors’ Conference that Servia had associated herself with the Montenegrin demands for Scutari and also tho exclusion of Dibra from Alban-

TURKS DEMORALISED. Constantinople, February 23. Gallopoli refugees state .that the Tuikish army is hopelessly demoralised, half starving and threatening pillage. Numbers of officers and men have left, seeking food and sheltei elsewhere. Vessels passing the Dardanelles report that the Turks at Gallipoli an huddled around their camp fires. Bit ter northerly winds are blowing from the snowclad heights. ROUMANIA ACCEPTS MEDIATION Bucharest, February 23. The Cabinet has decided in defer enco to the Powers, that Roumania will accept Sir E. Gray’s proposals for mediation. They hope that a deci sicn will bo expeditious. AN INDEMNITY ESSENTIAL TO BULGARIA. (Received 8.20 a.m.) Sofia, February 23. The Minister of Finance has issued a statement that indemnity would be an essential factor at the conclusion of peace. This is rendered necessary as tho result of the resumption of the war, and because the annexed provinces had been so devastated ant! depopulated as not to afford sufficient resources to meet financial burdens, and also because the Allies’ national economy had been seriously affected. MONTENEGRO CALLS “ENOUGH” Constantinople, February 23. The Turks claim that they have repulsed the Bulgarians in the vicinity of Hademkin. It is also reported that the Montenegrins are no longer able to continue the war.