WORSE THAN WAR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 79, 10 April 1913, Page 5

WORSE THAN WAR.

AN APPALLING HECATOMB EPIDEMICS AMONG PRISONERS. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] London, April 9. King Ferdinand's entry into Adrianople has been delayed owing to epidemics among the Turkish prisoners. The destruction of the Arda bridge prevents the forwarding of a sufficiency of supplies. Cholera, dysentery and hunger are converting the concentration camp on an islet of the river Tundja into an appalling hecatomb. The prisoners have scooped hollows out of the earth in order to secure shelter. Hundreds of corpses litter the ground. Two hundred die daily. THE GREEKS AND BULGARS. Salonika, April 9. A Greco-Bulgarian commission has been appointed to delimit the frontier of the newlv-acquired possessions. The Bulgarians are fortifying the western approaches to Seres, whilst the Greeks > are strengthening their position at Ni- / griba. There are strong Bulgarian garrisons at Drama and Karalar. The latter is closed to shipping, lest the Greeks attempt a lauding. The Greeks are strongly defending the strategic points around Salonika. There is a growing rapprochement between the Servians and the Greeks. LAYING SIEGE TO SCUTARI. (Received 9.30 a.m.) Vienna, April 9. It is reported that a fresh Servian contingent for Scutari disembarked at Salonika. The attack on Scutari has been delayed owing to difficulties in placing the siege guns in position. THE NAVAL DEMONSTRATION.

St. Petersburg, Aprjl 9

The national press continue their outburst against the naval demonstration. The Conservative and Liberal papers counsel moderation, and bid the Slars to remain content with present achievements.

SERVIA'S REPLY

CANNOT CEASE HOSTILITIES

Belgrade, April 9.

The Servians' reply to the Powers runs: "As we are still at war with Turkey we cannot cease hostilities, but will withdraw troops when peace is signed or Scutari falls." There is a reference to the demand for guarantees of protection to Catholics and Mohammedans and Servia declares that she cannot satisfy the demand, ;wlach is contrary to the rights of a sovereign State. ,Th* Servian Constitution amply guarantees religious freedom.

HOME ON FURLOUGH

Sofia, April 9

Two classes of Territorials numbering 20,000 have been sent to their homes on unlimited furlough.

"THE LAST POST."

Constantinople, April 9,

Belligerents at the west of Chataldja spent yesterday burying their dead. The Turks buried 400 Bulgarians.

CONSPIRACY TO BECOME SULTAN

The Porte has ordered detectives to .surround Prince Wahid Eddin's palace, and has forbidden the Prince to leave, alleging that he is conspiring to become Sultan. Two hundred and fifty officers and people implicated in the conspiracy have been arrested. The ferment in the army is growing, and Enver Bey's life has been threatened. ENVER BEY OF TURKEY. "The most romantic figure of contemporary history comes from the land of Aladdin, Sindbad, and Ali Baba," says the New York Nation. "The career of Enver Bey is romantic, not after the modern habit we have of speaking of the romance of science, of bridge-building, and of the glucose products. It is romance of the old-fashioned, heart-thrilling kind, in which youth slays monsters and is rewarded with the hands of beautiful princesses, and dons secret disguises and rides into the face of death on a white charger, and wins the cheering adoration of the multitude.

"To lead a handful of mutineer* against the palace of the Ministers, and, pistol in band, to secure the resignation of a Cabinet and the possible reversal of a policy that may affect the welfare of two continents—for a parallel to this scene one must almost go back to Paris and the early days of one Bounaparte."