THE BALKAN CRISIS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 257, 23 October 1908, Page 3

THE BALKAN CRISIS.

THE DAItDA3KU.ES. London, October 21. bi r Edward Grey, Minister, for Foreign Affairs, speaking in the House of Commons, declined to discuss the question of tlie Dardanelles beyond sayj{,<r that, 'f ll ' e question oi opening the Straits was raised, the Government would see that British interests were not injuriously affected. AUSTRIA APOLOGISES TO MONTENEGRO. * Received 22, 0.4 sp.m. Vienna, October 22. . Austria lias apologised to Montenegro for the regrettable detention of Vukoliteh, Montenegrin Envoy to Servw. RESERVES FOR BULGARIAN FRONTIER. FEELING' IN TURKEY. Received 22, !).4o pan. Constantinople, October 22. Twenty thousand Asiatic reserves are expected at Constantinople. They will be placed on the Bulgaria-a frontier for training. High officials at Stanvboul are confident of reaching an amicable arrangement with Bulgaria, but Austria refuses to agree to the principles of the conference unless the Porte agrees not to raise the question of the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

SERVIA AND AUSTRIA. AN IRREVOCABLE DECISION. Received 22, 9.45 pjm. London, October 22. The Times' Belgrade correspondent teams authoritatively that Servia's de«i»ion to demand territorial compensatio» from Austria is irrevocable. MTOTAR-WAIRUNA COLLISION. Received 22, 11.25 p.m. Sydney, October 22. The Court found the Miatar-Waimna collision was caused by the Mmtart master thinking the Wairuna had anchored, and that tlie mistake was discovered too late to prevent the collision. There was nothing to justify the certificates of eitlher master being dealt with.