Balkan War

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 167, 2 December 1912, Page 5

Balkan War

AN ARMISTICE DECLARED. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Received 2, 1 a.m. Constantinople, December 1. >r- A protocol declaring an armistice will ot be signed to-day. al ■ PRESIDENT OF ALBANIA. Received 1, 5.5 p.m. qo Durrazzo, November 30. Ismail Ketnal Bey, formerly in the 0 I Turkish Parliament, has been proclaimed 1( j President of Albania. Jg THE PEACE ENVOYS. PROPOSED ARMISTICE. ee Received 1,, 5.5 p.m. r . Constantinople, November 30. , n Nazim Pasha conferred with the delejo gates and returned to the capital. He u _ | afterwards officially announced that the 3) . pourparlers were proceeding satisfactorlc ily. He hoped for an armistice of one a or two days. ly PROGRESS OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS n! SUGGESTIONS TO* THE POWERS. v ~ Berlin, November 29. The Vossische Zeitung's Paris correspondent says that the conference of the Powers will be asked to guarantee )r the independence of Albania and pro'd visionally to internationalise the Albana ian coast line. It will also be asked not to pursue a policy of territorial aggrandisement in the Aegean Sea, and to agree to the revision of the status of the Dardanelles, on the principal of equal rights to all nations. h V SIR EDWARD GREY'S POLICY. h London, November 29. It is understood that Sir Edward Grey favors Ambassadors of the Powers ie meeting at a European capital, to exs change views on the situation, in order d to save time. Servia's claims in eon't nection with the Adriatic will be ext" eluded from the discussion. Sir Edward Grey merely sounded the Powers as to whether a conference would be acceptable. The principal difficulty was Austria's preliminary demands for Albanian autonomy, and the exclusion of Servia from the Adriatic. RUNS ON GERMAN BANKS. ;. Berlin, November 29. Runs on the Post Office banks at Ko- , nigsberg and Posen necessitated Herr von Bethman Hollweg telegraphing to .. the authorities that there was nothing , to justify excitement in Germany. No . special military measures had been j taken. ] SUGGESTED NEW BOUNDARIES. j London, November 29. 1 The Daily Chronicle's Constantinople correspondent says that each side oi the conference at Bagshekeu entertained the other at dinner. Bulgaria is conciliatory, and 'ess firm about Adrianople. The Turks suggest a new frontier from Kirk Kilissia to near Salonika. The Bulgarians desire the frontier to run from Mustafa Pasha to Dedegatch along the river Maritza, Port Kavala becoming Bulgarian. The delegates are discussing Turkey entering the Bulgarian Customs union. j ADRIANOPLE IN DIFFICULTIES. t - Sofia, November 29. The Bulgarians are 1100 yards from 5 Adrianople. The Consuls have hoisted * a flag to protect the consulates. The ( garrison, from various causes, has been ) reduced by half. MESSAGE FROM ALBANIANS. l ' " 3 Rome, November 29. ; The Albanian Provisional Government t sent a message to Italy that the Albanir ans aim to live at peace with the Balkan 1 States and to become an element of , stability among them. They are con- . vinced that civilised nations will extend . to them a friendly welcome and protcc- . tion. i THE SIEGE OF JANINA. Athens, November 29. General Sapountzaki is attacking the , Janina forts. The three chief forts have ;■ 33 9-centimetre Krupps, and there is a long line of smaller fort l !. The Turkish garrison consists of 20,000 men, under Essad Pasha, and it has been heavily reinforced by Albanians. MACEDONIA LOST TO TURKEY. SURRENDER OF TWO REGIMENTS. Belgrade, November 29. With the capture of Dibra, where the Monastir troops rallied, the whole of e Macedonia is now subdued. Two Turke ish regiments have surrendered to the e Servians. e A TURKISH DEFEAT. TWO DIVISIONS SURRENDER. Sofia, November 29. After a desperate resistance, two Turkish divisions surrendered to the Bulgarians between Dedegatch and Dimotika. The prisoners include two Pashas, 252 officers, and 1000 horses. GERMANY READY FOR WAR. Berlin, November 29. General von Heeringen, in the Rciche > stag, in reply to questions, said that i- Germany was fully prepared in the event l t of war.