Is It War?

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 117, 3 October 1912, Page 5

Is It War?

THE PORTE AGGRESSIVE,

SERVIA'S DEMAND REJECTED.

By Cable—Press Association—Copyright, Received 2, 5.10 p.m.

London, October 2.

The Porte has rejected the Servian demand for delivery of the detained ammunition. It has also decided to detain Greek vessels and utilise them as transports.

SPEEDY REFORM URGED,

London, October 1. M. Sazanoff, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has made most urgent representations to Sofia (Bulgaria) and Belgrade {Servia) that the Powers are in completa accord in urging Turkey to make speedy reforms.

EXCITEMENT. IN BELGRADE.

Belgrade, October 1. Crowds of students sang national hymns right before the palace. Military trains are leaving for Nish, and the garrison towns on the Turkish frontier throughout the night. Many businesses are suspending work. The withdrawal of the reservists necessitates stopping the trains. Owners have been notified that they must surrender motor cars to the War Office.

STOCK EXCHANGE PANIC-STRICKEN. London, October 1. The Continental bourses are panicstricken.

GENERAL MOBILISATION. Constantinople, October 1. The Cabinet held a meeting lasting all day, and reported that a decree for a general mobilisation would be submitted to the Sultan.

PREPARATIONS IN MONTENEGRO. Cettinje, October 1. King Nicholas has ordered a general mobilisation. The Government has prohibited the exportation of horses, cattle and fodder.

THE EDGE OF A VOLCANO. ROUMANIAN ATTITUDE. EUROPEAN PEACE THREATENED. Received 2, 11.25 p.m. London, October 2. -The Daily Mail's Constantinople correspondent says that unless the Powers apply overwhelming pressure on the Balkan States the slightest incident will cause an explosion. An irade has been issued ordering a general mobilisation.

Reuter states that the Government is circularising the powers, repudiating responsibility for the provocative attitude of the Balkan States.

The British Minister held a lengthy con ference with the Foreign Minister.

Interest centres in Roumania's attitude. The Roumanian Minister had a two hours' conference with the Turkish Foreign Minister. Sofia. October 2. The Government has ordered the suspension of goods traffic, and is commanteering the trucks. Reserves are flocking Irom all quarters to join their com-

panics. The mobilisation has caused many banks to close, and several newspapers have stopped publication. The semi-official organ, the Meir, says that the Powers, by effective intervention, can secure the integrity of Turkey and create real autonomy. Otherwise the consequences will be serious for general European peace.

ANGLO-RUSSIAN RELATIONS.

Received 3, 12.25 a.m. London, October 2.

Reuter states that M. Sazanoff's conversations at Balmoral consolidated the Anglo-Russian relations. As regards the Balkans, both will continue to act in concert with the other Powers. All are anxious not to make the Porte's task more difficult by pressure.

M. Sazanoff will visit Paris and Berlin, but on no special mission.

JOINING THE COLORS. EAILWAY STOCK COMMANDEERED. PAN-SLAV MACHINATIONS. Received 3, 12.50 a.m. Belgrade, October 2. The Government has stopped ammunition en route from Germany to Turkey. Ninety-eight per cent of the officers end men have joined the colors within twenty-four hours. Athens advises New York that eight hundred Greeks have sailed to join the colors. Cabinet has decided on a moratorium.

The army is expected to total 130,000.

The Government has commandeered the railway rolling stock, and is concentrating steamers at Piraeus for the movements of the troops to Canea.

The Government has informed the Consuls of its intention to join Greece •gainst Turkey.

The Cabinet has called out five more classes of militia, while bodies of insurrectionary volunteers are forming. Berlin, October 2.

The Local Naziger considers that the chief danger is Pan-Slav machinations outside the Balkan Peninsula. It concludes with a thinly-veiled admonition to Russia not to join the Slav States in the Balkans, at the risk of an inevitable European war.