Balkan War

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 164, 28 November 1912, Page 5

Balkan War

THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. By GablP—Press Association—Copyright. Received 28, 1 a.m. Constantinople, November 27. The peace negotiations are being conducted in a saloon carriage, to suit Abdul Hamid. The delegates'luive ordered their respective stall's to delimit a neutral zone between the armies daring the negotiations. THE BULGARIAN INVESTMENT. HEMMING IN ADRIANOPLE. IDEAL MILITARY METHODS. . Recaied 27, 10 p.m. London, November 27. The Daily Telegraph reports that Mr. Bennett Burleigh, its celebrated war correspondent, inspected the investments of Adrianople. The floods are causing dela.y. The Bulgarians gained'much ground south-east of Arada and Martiza, and are now tackling the inner lines. The Turkish forts at Adrianople will soon be hemmed in by a circle of fire less than three miles distant.

He says that the Bulgarian military methods would have rejoiced the heart of Lord Kitchener. Roads and bridges have been made to facilitate transport, and sign-posts erected everywhere. Foodis abundant, and soup, meat and vegetables are distributed twice daily. The camps are clean and well-placed, and the troops snug under canvas. Dugouts are provided ro secure quarters for the gunners and men on the firing lines. There are an enormous number of trenches. The Bulgarians, with fine daring, pushed skirmishers within five hundred yards of the Turkish position, in many instances crawling forward and employing earthwork shelters as rifle pits, similar to the Japanese in Manchuria. Here and there Turkish shells made holes eight feet deep and fifteen feet wide. There are millions of empty cartridges strewn about, but otherwise no signs of fighting. Even dead horses are interred immediately.

RUSSIA'S MILITARY DIGNITY.

INDIGNATION GROWING.

Received 27, 10.25 p.m. St. Petersburg, November 27. Indignation is growing at the alleged lack of virility in upholding Russia's military dignity. Constant denials of military precautions have given the impression of pusillanimity. The police are stopping demonstrations in favor of the Balkan Allies.

THE DEATH ROLL.

Received 27, 11.35 p.m.

Receied 27, 11.35 p.m. Belgrade, November 27,

Ten thousand men were captured at Monastir. Detachments of Turks are surrendering daily. The Servian casualties, including those at Monastir, aggregate twenty thousand.

William Le Queux, the novelist, states that lin found Turkish wooden bullets on the Macedonian battlefield. The war correspondents at Kumanovo report that they discovered cases of wooden cartridges, which were really intended for manoeuvres.

WAR IN THE AIR. Received 28, 1 a.m. Constantinople, November 27. Two Turkish aeroplanees are reconnoitring at Chataldja. THE CHOLERA. Received 28, 1 a.m. Constantinople, November 27. Buovellar, a German war correspondent, is the first European to die of cholera. Adam Block, at Constantinople, appeals for funds for the Turkish refugees. He gives a pitiable account. Two hundred thousand, including barefooted women carrying infants, are tramping the country. Three doctors of the British Red Cross Society are working at San Stefano camp. The mortality is decreasing, and the cholera is not in the most malignant form.

YOUNG TURKS EXILED. London, November 26. Four hundred Young Turks have been exiled. The Konish police are searching for a member of the Committee of Union and Progress who undertook to assassinate the Sultan and other prominent private individuals.

A CHOLERA HOSPITAL.

Constantinople, November 20,

Mr. Philip, who was one of Roosevelt's Roughriders, failing to get a foreign Red Crescent Society to undertake the work of dealing with cholera at San Stcfano. formed a small body of volunteers to assist Miss Alt, who began her work without waiting for others. The Rev. Mr. Frew, a Scottish clergyman, joined the band. Several Turkish Red Crescent doctors are now organising cholera camps. Vast shelters are being erected, and the majority of the dead have already been buried in shallow trenches, and covered with quicklime.

ADRTAXOPLE THE STUMBLING BLOCK. Constantinople, November 26. Adrianople is regarded as the stumbling block in the negotiations. The Bulgarians insist on its capitulation, but the Turks determinedly oppose it. MORE HOPEFUL SITUATION. London, December 20. The embassies in London deprecate pessimism. Although the situation is difficult, the Powers are working together for peace, and consider war criminal and insane. Nobody wants it. England has done much to unite the Powers, who endorse her attitude.

THE KAISER'S ACTION. Berlin, November 20. Prince Henry of Prussia will visit England next week. A more hopeful feeling is prevalent. The Kaiser has induced Austria to consent to a conference on the Adriatic and Albanian questions.

FEELING IN SERVIA,

Belgrade, November 20.

In official circles, while the position is regarded as critical, it is declared that the responsibility for the situation lias been shifted to St. Petersburg and Vienna.

The semi-official paper Sammonprava discusses the Prochaska case in conciliatory language towards Austria.

RUSSIA'S INTENTIONS. St, Petersburg, November 20. The Minister for Foreign Affairs states that the reports published in the

Neueste Nachrichten and the Frankfurter Zeitung, in reference to Kussia's alleged hostile intentions towards neighboring states and her military preparations are entirely untrue.

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CHOLERA.

Sofia, November 26. As «, precaution against cholera, no more, wounded are being brought into tke city.

THE PROCHASKA CASE. Vienna, November 26. The Foreign Office has been advised that M. Prochaska has arrived at Uskub, and conferred with M. Eol. WAR CORRESPONDENTS IN HOSPITAL. Constantinople, November 26. Three German war correspondents have been sent to hospital, suffering from cholera.

CAPTURE OF CHIOS,

Athens, November 20.

Official information states, that the island of Chios was occupied on Sunday. After a brief skirmish, the Turks retired.