THE BALKANS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 112, 27 September 1912, Page 5

THE BALKANS.

ANXIETY IN AUSTRIA. By Cable —Press Association- '"'onvrig'ht, Vienna, S>pti ;;'ber 25.

The Emperor Francis Joseph's speech from the throne indicated that the situation in the Near Fast was unsatisfactory. The speech expressed the hope that the Triple Alliance would be able to secure peace, and added that the monarchy must guard its own interests. Count Berehtold, addressing the Hungarian delegation, said that the unsatisfactory situation in Turkey could not exist without grave reaction on neighboring countries. The present position was by no means reassuring. He foreshadowed that heavy increases in the army and navy estimates would be brought down before the December delegations.

ALLEGED AUSTRIAN SPIES. Belgrade, September 25. Lieutenant Szekeresy, of the Austrian Army, and six armed soldiers were arrested on Servian territory by frontier guards and conveyed to Belgrade. They are charged with espionage. AUSTRIAN NAVAL REQUIREMENTS. Vienna, September 25. Admiral Montecuccoli, addressing the Defence Committee of the' Delegations, declared that the increase of the normal estimates in nowise corresponded with the country's needs. THE ADRIANOPLE MANOEUVRES. Received 27, 1.15 a.m. Constantinople, September 20. The Porte explains that the manoeuiwea af Adrianople 'were intended to show that Turkey was fully prepared, and thus cause the Bulgarian war ardour to abate. Diplomatists are apprehensive that it will serve as a pretext for Bulgaria to mobilise.