The Dogs of War

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 123, 11 October 1912, Page 5

The Dogs of War

£ THE BALKAN BROIL.

f TURBULENT TURKEY,

INTERVENTION OP THE POWERS.

' DESULTORY FIGHTING

GREAT BATTLE EXPECTED.

TURKEY'S DELIGHT. » 1 ■■' A DAY OF FESTIVAL. i AMBASSADORS DELIBERATING

Received 11, 12.50 a.m. *■ Constantinople, October 10. ' The Turkish papers hailed the declaration of war as a day of festival, and are delighted that the suspense is ended. ffhe Ikdam newspaper writes: "Forward Ottomans! Embrace your firearms v and forget your differences." Five ambassadors are deliberating on the text to be addressed to the Porte. The Ministers of Bulgaria, Greece and Servia are without instructions, but their luggage is packed, and they have secured places on a steamer leaving toBay.

The Sultan went to Topkau Palace and prayed for the success of the Ottoman arms.

SPIES ARRESTED.

Adrianople, October 10. Four Bulgarian spies have been arrested at Adrianople.

• | GREAT BATTLE EXPECTED. *' —-

j' London, October 10. ' Bennett Burleigh, cabling from Sofia, states that it is expected that there will be a great battle at Adrianople. The trains are full of regulars and irregulars Constantly passing frontwards.

MONTENEGRO'S PROCLAMATION.

A HOLY WAR. \ Cettinje, October 10. ' King Nicholas, in a proclamation to ibhe army at Podgoritza, calls on the Montenegrins to help their brethren in told Servia, where men, women and children are being massacred. Peaceful enQeavors to protect these martyrs having failed, Montenegro is setting out on a holy undertaking to prevent the extermination of their brethren. She is assured of the sympathy of the civilised world, and will also be loyally assisted by the kings of Servia, Bulgaria and Greece, whose people have ranged themselves with Montenegro in this affair like brothers.

< • WAR LOSSES. i / London, October 10. k It is estimated that Manchester is losing £20,000 daily owing to the stoppage tof trade with the Near East. There have been heavy falls on the foreign market and the Stock Exchange. Consols are quoted at 73y 8 .

Paris, October 10. The slump on the Bourse is the worst for thirty years.

AUSTRIA'S POSITION. Vienna, October 10. The Turkish Ambassador states that Bulgaria desires Macedonia, Montenegro, Scutari, Servia, the Plain of Kossana, Crete, and possibly Epirus to Tespond to Austria's solicitations. The Porte has already promised far-reaching concessions.

The Malissori have despatched a special commission to Albania.

FIGHTING ON THE FRONTIER. ' ' ' Constantinople, October 9. An, engagement is proceeding between the Turks and the Bulgars in the Djumaibala district. The Greeks have concentrated four battalions and a battery of mitrailleuses opposite Metzov. They threaten to attack.

Shevket Pasha has joined the Council of War. The martial law proclaimed includes the forbidding of the publication of news. The mobilisation committee are holding conferences. There ■was a distribution of fly sheets and the utterance of cries in the street; consequently there was no demonstration swhen the news of war was received. Btrong detachments are patrolling the city.

THE POWERS PROTEST. Constantinople, October 9. The Powers have protested against the detention of the Greek steamer. They reserve the right to claim an indemnity. MONTENEGRO A CATSPAW. Constantinople, October 9. Political circles are of the opinion that the allies used Montenegro as a catspaw in order to confront the Powers ■with an accomplished fact to avoid negotiations concerning reform. A committee, purporting to represent 30,000 Albanians, recently begged the •Porte for arms against the Balkan League. The request was ignored, the Porte being dubious of the committee's good faith. The Albanians now promise to unassistedly restrain Montenegro. The Porte is selecting the Greek steamers most suitable for transports, and releasing the remainder. . Noradunghian, the Foreign Minister, interviewed, said that Montenegro had infringed the Hague Convention, in not seeking the good offices of a third party in avoiding a conflict. The Turks annihilated a Montenegrin detachment at Berana.

Constantinople, October 8. Troops are being rushed to the lines thrown up five miles south of the Bulgarian frontier to protect the Adrianople railway. The Bulgarians outnumber the Turk* foy two to one at present, and the latter will be obliged to act

on the defensive for a week until the second line is mobilised.

DECLARATIONS OF WAR.

Vienna, October 8. Political circles expect Bulgaria and Servia will declare war to-day.

THE MONTENEGRIN ARMY.

Cettinje, October 9. King Nicholas lias arrived at the headquarters at Podgoritza. The inhabitants of Scutari have proclaimed Nicholas king, and have begged him to occupy the town. The Montenegrins surrounded Berane, and a brisk engagement has been going on since Monday night. The Montenegrins number 40,000, composed entirely of militia and highland infantry. There is a lack of the transport necessary for a successful invasion of Turkey. The Turkish representative received his passports ninety minutes before tie Austro-Russian representations were made.

The Montenegrin army has been divided into four divisions, commanded by Generals Martinovics, Vukovics, Boschkovics and Gyurovics.

CREATING A DIVERSION,

St. Petersburg, October 9. There is no surprise at Montenegro's

step. It is surmised that the Montenegrins intend to divert a certain portion of the Ottoman forces before the general advance, and coalition of the armies.

The newspapers fulminate against M. Sazanoff deceiving them by vain hopes.

SERVIAN PATRIOTISM. Belgrade. October 9. Instead of the required 300,000, 400,000 men have responded to the notice of mobilisation. Old peasants are guarding the railway lines.

A GREEK PROTEST.

Athens, October 9.

Greece has sent a protest to the Powers describing as an act of piracy Turkey's sending of warships into the Black Sea and seizing Greek merchantmen on the high sea. Apart from the joint representations, the Russian Minister warned Greece that hostilities in the Balkans would be imprudent, as they would never obtain for Macedonia more than the Powers were determined to get from the Porte.

ROUMANIAN ACTIVITY. Bucharest, October 9. Aeroplanes were used at the manoeuvres for the first time. They were a great success, and have aroused much enthusiasm. The airmen have given precise information of the positions of the troops. Roumania has ordered fifteen mountain guns from the Creuzot works, and they will be delivered during the week.

BULGARIAN MOBILISATION. Sofia, October 0. The Bulgarian, mobilisation has been completed and the concentration continues. ' The infantry is sturdy, ami march discipline is good, but some of the men are too old for a winter campaign. The staff estimates that the infantry can maintain a daily marcli of twenty miles. The transport carts are the weakest element, as their pace is only two miles per hour.

The Emir officially estimates the strength of the allies .at 600,000 men.

The Cabinet finds the communication from the Poweri lacking in the expected details of reforms, with guarantees of their realisation. Before coming to a decision it will consult the Cabinets at Belgrade and Athens.

REPORTED INVASION OF TURKEY. London, October 9. The Bulgarian Legation denies the report of the massacre at Turtukai. Information from Bulgarian sources indicates that the action of Montenegro was the outcome of the frontier situation. Montenegro did not consult the other Balkan States, and it was unlikely that Bulgaria, Servist and Greece would declare

war until they had replied to the Powers. Unconfirmed reports from other sources state that Bulgaria and Servia have invaded Turkev.

SERVIAN MINISTER'S REPLY. Belgrade, October 0. M. Passicis, when receiving the AustroRussian Note, replied that the Cabinet would consider it, but feared that intervention was too late.

A general conflagration is imminent. The authorities arc feverishly completing the transport of troops and war material.

Berlin, October 9. The Lokal Zeiger states that a Belgrade telegram asserts that the Government's reply to the Note was tantamount to rejection.

ALBANIANS INVADE MONTENEGRO. Constantinople. October 0. Newspapers assert that the Albanian leader, Riza Bey, with 4000 men, broke the Montenegrin lines at Berane and penetrated Montenegrin territory for six miles.

A GREEK PATRIOT. Sydney, October 10. Andronifo. a Greek restaurant keeper at Lismore, is selling his business and arming with rifles and paying the fares of twenty other Greeks, who are proceeding to the front to fight the Turks.

RUSSIA HELPS SERVIA.

Received 10, 5.5 p.m. St. Petersburg. October 10. At a mass meeting at Moscow three thousand volunteers were enrolled to assist Scrvia.