INTERNAL DISSENSIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 158, 21 November 1912, Page 5

INTERNAL DISSENSIONS.

Salonika, November 20. There is friction between the Greeks ?nd Bulgarians. When the Bulgarians, after disposing of the Turks at Aivali, marched into Salonika, the found the Greeks already in possession. The latter refused to allow the Bulgarians to enter. The Bulgarians sent an ultimatum that they would enter by force, and then the Greeks abandoned their opposition. 111-feeling is being displayed in many directions. THE HORRORS OF WAR. ALONG THB TURKISH FRONT. THE RAVAGES OF CHOLERA. j

Vienna, November 10. The war correspondent of the Neue Freie Presse, who on Sunday rode along the positions in the Turkish centre at Hadcmkeui, pictures misery such as was never previously witnessed. For miles before Hadenikeui he saw dozens,of dead horses in puddles and marshy streams, from which soldiers, tortured by burning thirst, drank deadly draught's. The battalions of the Fourth Armv Corps, who landed at San Stefano on Saturday, going to the front, are already carrying dozens of cholerastricken men, and others cholera-stricken from the front are coming to Gakrikein. poisoning evary place passed. The nearer one gets to Hademkeui, the more frequent are the heaps of corpses on the roadside. There are dead and dying in every wayside ditch. In the forts, where at first there were only fifteen deaths, an attempt was made to localise the epidemic, but the waggons with chloride of lime arrived late, and now, the wells being dry. the men are drinking from a puddle." Outside the camp thousands are writhing and groaning, and piteous cries rend the air. Sufferers with distorted features grovel in the streets, squares, gardens and fields. The correspondent adds: Outside Chataldja, going for horses which we left at Chataldja ten days ago, wo saw dying men drag themselves to the stables, but they were brutally driven oil', while screaming appealingly'to Allah and their mothers. Many cursed like madmen as we found our horses and forced our way through. The correspondent pays a high tribute to Turkish honesty. Except his handluggage he lost nothing during the retreat. The officers disinfect themselves, 'and advise the men to do so, but the soldiers, either through thirst or fatalism, continue drinking pestilential water in which corpses lie. The population is fleeiHg. The Chataldja lines form an iron girdle with 1200 guns.

FIGHTTNG NEAR MONASTIR. SERVIANS CAPTURE 20,000 TRUKS. DESPERATE FIGHTING. Belgrade, November 19. There has been three days' desperate fighting at Monastir. the Turkish casualties numbered 10,000. Booty worth several million francs was taken. The Servians before Monastir numbered 40,000. They captured 20,000 Turks and 17 guns. At Oblagova and Xoshista they maintained a galling fire; nevertheless, Morava and his division attacked with great daring the right wing under Colonel Nediton, and cut a retreat to Ochrida. A further 20,000 men attempted to break through General Nidotch's lines to reach the Albanian hills, but were repulsed, killing and wounding 2000. Morava's division was finally captured on the heights, with the bayonet. RUSSIAN MOBILISATION! MEN IN READINESS. London. November 10. The Daily Mail's Odessa correspondent reports that Russia is actively mobilising 400,000 men. Time-expired troops will be retained with the colors for a further six months. There is also a general movement westward by troops of air arms.

AUSTRIA'S ATTITUDE. Vienna, November 10. A Prague newspaper states that the Austrian Empeior, in conversation, remarked: "We favor peace, but not at any price. We cannot stand everything." GENERAL ITEMS. Paris, November 19. The French market has consented to a Bulgarian Kan of £1,500,000. The German Chancellor opposed a similar application, and asked M. Poincarc to do likewise, but M. Poincarc replied that he was powerless to do so. Vienna, November 10. The Zeit states that the Government has received a post-card from Prochaska with regard to the missing AnstroHungarian Consul at Prizrend, stating that he is perfectly well. Sofia, November 10. Bulgaria has informed the Porte that, after consulting with her allies, Bulgaria has appointed a Plenipotentiaries Commission to arrange the terms of an armistice and subsequently to conclude peace. Vienna, November 10. Ismail Kemal Pasha has gone to Durazzo to proclaim Albanian independence before the arrival of the Servians. London, November 10. Reuter's Sofia correspondent states that the peace conditions sent to the Porte permit Turkey to retain Constantinople and a strip of the coast. New York, November 10. Albanians in America have cabled to the Pope, asking him to intervene to secure Albanian autonomy.