THE BALKANS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8, 14 May 1913, Page 5

THE BALKANS.

THE TRANSFER OF SCUTARI. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] Rome, May 13. International detachments have landed at San Giovanni. The formal transfer of Scutari is fixed for Thursday. THE PRELIMINARY TREATY. London, May 13, The newspapers declare that now that the reservations have been reduced to a pious wish, there is nothing to prevent the signature of a preliminary peace treaty immediately. A DIPLOMATIC COMPROMISE. London, May 13. The Allies’ reply takes note of the exclusion of reservations relating to Albania and the Aegean Islands. Nevertheless it cannot believe that they will not be allowed to discuss questions affecting their vital interests and arising out of a victorious war of liberation. But the allies agree that the difference of the two standpoints ought not to interrupt the peace negotiations. Constantinople, May 13. Turkish transports will embark Essad Pasha’s troops at Durazzo, and Djavid Pasha’s at Valo.na, totalling thirty thousand. The majority are destined for Asia Minor.

THE BULGARIAN FRONTIER. Sofia, May 13. M. Seravoff, formerly Minister at Constantinople, is proceeding to Athens to negotiate in conjunction with the Bulgarian Mniister an ’agreement for delimiting the frontier. The recent encounters were due to the Greeks attempting to occupy strategic points. Remonstrances on the subject have been addressed to Greece. GREECE AND BULGARIA. (Received 9 a.m.) Athens, May 13. It is semi-officially stated that though Greece had intimated in April that she intended strengthening her occupation of Leftera and elsewhere, and that Bulgaria had promised to withdraw, the latter attacked the Greek artillery when attempting to carry out the plan.