THE BALKAN TROUBLE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 179, 16 December 1912, Page 5

THE BALKAN TROUBLE.

AUSTRIA AND SERVIA. AX ADRIATIC PORT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 15, 5.5 p.m. Vienna, December 14. The Neue Freie Presse says that Austria is willing to concede Servia a commercial port on the Adriatic, provided it is approached by a neutral railway. HORRIBLE ATROCITIES. Received 15, 5.5 p.m. Athens, December 14. Servian official telegrams from Salonika accuse the Bulgarian soldiers of pillaging many towns, attacking the Austrians, and unspeakable outrages in a series of other towns. They massacred sixty rich Turks who had previously paid enormous ransoms. SERVIA'S DEMANDS. Received 15, 5.5 p.m. Paris, December 15. M. Danefl', interviewed, said that tlx: Bulgarians' possession of Adrianople was a sine qua non. Otherwise the war would be renewed. The real interest of Turkey is a solid peace and establishing closer relations with Bulgaria, lie does not believe that Turkey will refuse Greece's admission to the conference. If she persists, the Balkan Allies will unite to obtain Greece's admission. CONGESTION AT SALONIKA. CHOLERA FEARED. Received 15, 5.5 p.m. Salonika, December 14. There is great concern on account of thirty thousand Bulgarians returning from Dedeagatch. There is no accommodation for them, and an outbreak of cholera is feared in the over-crowded city. There is continual friction between the Bulgarians and the Greeks. THE PEACE CONFERENCE. London, December 13. The Bulgarian delegates have arrived, and the Turkish delegates will arrive to-night. THE JANINA ENGAGEMENT. GREEK VERSION. Athens, December 13. The Greek version of the Janina affair is that it was merely a skirmish. Two battalions were sent from Santa Quaranti to create a diversion northward, while the main army advanced. The latter occupied the enemy's ad- , vanced posts towards Bianzi "at the bayonet's point. The Santa Quaranti expedition retreated, leaving five killed and nineteen wounded. THE ATTACK ON CIIATALDJA. Constantinople, December 13. Fresh troops are constantly pouring in from Anatolia, and are massed at Chataldja. The batteries and Govern- | ment workshops are working day and night. The military party is determined that j Turkey's new frontier shrill include the | Adrianople fortress. I The Turkish delegates have been' inl strueted not to meet the Greeks until the armistice is signed.

COMPENSATION OFFERED. Belgrade, December 13. The Servian Government is ready to grant any satisfaction Austria is entitled to on account of the outrage on M. Prochaska.