THE WAR IN THE BELAKNAS.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 134, 26 December 1885, Page 6

THE WAR IN THE BELAKNAS.

ffhilfc tßttlgariw^ tiTheJ" Journal ideaSt.'iPe^Bburg^'^^intfi|^S bhafc.|ng].»nd;^ the Balkan confsrence, w 'responsible?' f ov>®mjkm SbKe^om^e'ak of Mi^l«j%&tf *S«WO»i^P Vienna newspapers here express the hopS%'|^ »Mat the Servo-Bulganan"%ar >^ill j ,ibe!V?v, | localized, but 1 they 'admit 'that^lßuasianr ? interests, are opposed .to, f those .ojF/I^Btri^ /-/'t, JAustria, tfcey fi say, n is pound ,, io ■ supgop^ -^ Sterna, is.^i^clinedv^M^^ '<4 fßulgaria,> as ,is eviclent from^tha fact| jbhat/^ ? || iBhe,, has permitted <Jf the ,- exportWtum/^ of " ™ 1^,000,000 cartridges from Jpala tj£gg)garia, : '-£ having hitherto prohibited t the shipment.'.,, ; .

Bulgarian .Forties. - >■/. A t■r i . London, Nov. 19.-— Bulgaria; is denuding tbeTurkish frontier of trdojfa arid'is sendy ing all her available force's to the trdnt ifa. combat the Servians; Th s e' public ar*e allowed' to go to the depots en route on the' -• .' way to see their/relatives and > 'friends; . , Many of villagers tramp long distances: and wait at the depots ~ several ' h'ofcrs^ and, in some eaeeß, 1 whole, days ''fltaii' . ! nights; r in order to see 'their 'friends and ,give them flowers and -presents. ' Erince,. . , Alexander's success before u SHvnitza' 'has revived the courage of those going to the " front, and they undergo extreme hardship's ' with remarkable fortitude. In many cases they are compelled' to march long distances in bad weather and at night camp in open spaces wh9re they are shelterless, not having an -ordinary tent to protect them from the severity of the weather, •

Tactical Mistakes., , ' Belgrade, Nov. 20.— A Servian official - dispatch f rom Tsaribrod says : The Servian repulse at Slivnitza is attributed to the action of General Govanoviteh, commander of the Danube division,- who made several tactical mistakes and failed to execute certain strategic movements. Four divisions of the Servians have now been . concentrated just beyond< Dragoman, an;d will renew the attack on the Bulgarians defending Slivnitza to-morrow. General Topolovitch, commanding the right wing of -- the Servian army, is entrenched i within a few hours' march of Sofia,

A Battle Going on- Sufferings of the Wounded. Despatches from Slivnitza of November 21st, states that only a few shots were exchanged between the Servians arid the Bulgarians at the front yesterday. Both sides are constantly hurrying reinforcements to the front. The battlefield is still strewn with unattended dying and dead Boldiers. The medical and ambulance corps of both armies are wholly inadequate to meet their present wants, and many of the wonded, who are unable to assist' themselves, are left to perish where they fell. Servians Driven out of Dragoman Pass After a stiff battle- on November 22nd the Servians were driven out of Dragoman Pass by the Bulgarians, who then occupied tht Pass. Advices from Tsaribrod state that the weather there is terribly severe. Drago man Pass is blocked up with snow, and :bi 3 roads across the mountains are impassable There are now 272,000 Turkish troopscii the Balkan peninsula, A despatch from Tsaribrod says that the Bulgarians have massacred a Servian lieutenant named Kotitch, who was found on the field of battle wounded, and also the Servian lieutenants Schivkoand ßatkovich, who were prisoners of war.

Action of the Powers., New: York, November 22— [Special]. — A cablegram says : Intervention to prevent the further carrying on ot the war in the Balkans is almost assured. All advices received to-day tend to confirm the report that England, as well as the rest of Europe, is sickening at the details of bloodshed in Bulgaria. Everybody knows it is useless, because, barring an unfortunate and unexpected war, the central powers have already arranged a plan for the settlement of the Balkan question. Keen observers profess to see danger growing out of the sympathy for Bulgaria expressed by the German army and people. The Slivitzna victories are due to Prince Alexander, his brother, Prince Francis Joseph, and other exGerman army officers serving in the Bulgarian army. Several popular crack German army corps and hundreds of ' Other officers have professed their readiness to follow the example of Prince Francis Joseph, and their brother officers, by joining Prince Alexander at Slivitzna. It is said that Austria has < drawn Bismarck's attention to the fact that German officers are resigning for the purpose of entering the Bulgarian army, and has urged the issuance of an order by the German War Office prohibiting volunteers" from leaving Germany for service in Bulgaria. The Germans are giving large sums of money, quantities of clothing and other necessary articles to the Bulgarians. In Hungary the people are doing the same thing for the Servians. The Servian envoy at PeBth is enlisting surgeons and making contracts for army and medical supplies as if the war would last until spring. A correspondent at Sofia to-day bM an interview with a Servian officer, who is a prisoner in that city. He Baid that the majority of the Servian Army officers were ashamed of King Milan's cowardly policy in declaring war against Bulgaria, and he added that the bulk of the Servian people, including the rank and file of the army, were friendly to the Bulgarians. A Vienna cablegram says: The Bulgarian victories have worked a sudden change in Austrian opinion. King Milan s Bars would tingle if hecould hear all the hard things that are said about him* while Prince Alexander, whom the Viennese^ scribes were abusing" last -week, has groytf rory popular in ministerial circles,^!* ia aow an edifying conviction that tb^ratniid&l war between the Serviaa/Snd Bulgarian brothers ought to cew*,' an& pressure will probably be brou^into bear upon :he combatants before^ount? Kalnoky's woteges are quitespashed and scattered.