Fighting in Balkan.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 81, 22 August 1912, Page 5

Fighting in Balkan.

KDRKISH BATTALIONS HURRIED TO THE FRONT. U ' BLOCKHOUSES SEIZED. ALBANIANS JOINING MONTENEGRINS. TURKEY MAY DECLARE WAR. By Cable—Preiw Association—Copyright. Received 21, 9.20 p.m. Constantinople, August 21. Army corps have been concentrated at Kuprili. Rebels arriving at Kuprili will be disarmed and returned to their homes. The army may attack them if they resist.| The Mussulmans at Kuprili broached the magazines and seized arms to repel U*e entry of the Albanians. There has been further fighting at Berana. The entire Christian population revolted and joined the Montenegrins, who silenced a Turkish blockhouse. Four Turks were killed. Four blockhouses at Mukra are beseiged. The Montenegrins captured 54 aoldiera. The unsatisfactory frontier delimitation is a frequent cause of conflict. Four battalions from Ipek have been tespatched. The Reservists division at Mitrovisa has been mobilised. The Montenegrin Government desires the Montenegrins who participated in the Berana attack to withdraw their troops from Berana. The Powers have made similar representations. THE ALBANIAN SETTLEMENT. Receiver 1 -> p.m. Cettinje, August 20. The nature of the Uskub settlement has not been revealed. It is believed that the Albanians, recognising the Government s firmness, have considered it prudent to accept it. GERMAN OPINION. ENTERPRISING MONTENEGRO. Received 21, 9.20 p.m. Berlin, August 20. The Cologne Gazette blames Montenegro for the friction with Turkey. The latter may possibly declare war on Montenegro as a way out of the difficulty of the internal situation. It urges the Powers not to permit Montenegro to create trouble. °

ALBANIANS PACIFIED. Constantinople. August 20. An agreement has been reached at Lskul), and the Albanians are returning to their homes. EXCITEMENT AT MONTENEGRO. Cettinge, August 20. The war fever is increasing. A large meeting passed a protest against what were described as the Turkish atrocities at Berana, and urged the Government to declare war. THE REVOLT AGAINST THE TURKS. The Vinng Turk party (which is represented by the Committee of Union ■nd Progress) has during its period of power taken every possible step to repress freedom in Albania and Macedonia. Education, newspapers, political clubs! have all been put down either openly or by the insidious opposition of the Government. At the last elections electorates were cut up in such a way that the Bulgarian and Greek vote would not count. Non-Moslem electors were moved from one electoral area to another. The Government gendarmerie '•influenced' voters—it has been stated by using the bastinado—and non-Moslem 'candidates found themselves unable to get to their constituencies owing to the breakdown of railway arrangements and posting arrangements through the machinations of the Government. The Albanian revolt arose out of the failure of the Committee of L nion and Progress to redeem its promises to the non-Turkish population of Turkey. The Albanian Malisori, a Christian tribe, who revolted last year, made a mast heroic defence against the Turks, and were never actually subdued. They took refuge in Montenegro, where King Nicholas sheltered them, and interceded with the Porte. The term* granted were so generous as to be almost a surrender to the revolted tribesmen. The Albanians are far from satisfied with the performance of these promises, and the Merdites and other tribes have revolted in order to secure the same terms as the Malissorl. with safeguards to ensure the promises being carried out.