CABLE NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 193, 28 August 1903, Page 3

CABLE NEWS

B? aLKOT:<IC TS*W=UPFi~o,.}<*..T>F>i. BALKAN CRISIS. APPEAL FOR iNT&RVfIN'I lON. PEB PBEBB ASSOCIATION. Constantinople, August 27. _ The Ottoman troops in the 55 on»stir district have been unpaid for months, and many of the Dewly summoned Kedifs refused to serve. It is reported that twelve Servian officers have j iced the Macedonians. A great mass mee ing at S .fid cil!«;d upon the Govari mmt to intervene on behalf of the ineurgen's, and »pppaled to the Powers to appoint a Christian Governor. They urged the Bulgarians to help their struggling brethren, It is reported thit the revolutionaries at Ki»chevo have sis quick fleets,

DIFFICULTY WITH TROOPS, HOPE OF REFORMS, PREBSING TDiiKEV TO ACT. Received 2«, 1.10 a.m. Constant! ople, August 27. Diplomatic ci c!es here attribute the devastation in the Monastir Vilayets to the want of discipline, rapacity, and fanaticism of the troops. The commanders are powerless to control the troops. The Czar's visit to Vienna is expected to mark a new stage in reforms and transfer the latter to European hands, precautions biing taken to secure the safety of Constan ioople. London, August 27. The Times' Vienna correspondent states the Porte is about to notify the Powers that Turkey will prove Bulgaria is supporting the Adrianople rieing, and that the Porte must dc cliae the re pontibility for theconsfquerces. Tel-grams published by the Times and Daily A'tws hint that King Peteiof Set via wi 1 p?ssib!y yield to a military declaration and kad a warlike movement, believing the raid on Macedonia would erst little. The 6th regiment is eager for war. Berlin, August 27. The National Zeitung, in an apparently inspired statement, says Austria and Ku'sia, the other Powers firmly supporting, have addressed Turkey making urgent demands to suppress the insuirection at tbe soonest possible time.