The Balkan Trouble

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 219, 4 February 1913, Page 5

The Balkan Trouble

. ♦ OUTSIDE CIIATALD.IA. KEEPiNC THE T;i,;ol'< 1!T. By (.'aide -!'n~- A >ciatioi;-Copyright. Knriv.'.: :!. H. 3.") p.m. Paris, February •'!. A Bulgarian olliccr at ( hataldj.; lias mitten to a comrade al St. Ayr. and stales that they are im.yiobilisi'd indclinitely. but ordered to keep in training and occupy themselves manoeuvring and target-shooting. The generals are setting an example by organising matches. The men's entire leisure is devoted to rille-tiring. gun practice and marching. The chief business is to avoid «r«• 11iiijr the men bored by compulsory inaction. AWAITINIi DEVELOPMENTS Received :(. 11.3-) p.m. Constantinople. February ± The delegates have been ordered to remain in London until the r. sumption of hostilities Similarly the troop- have been ordered not to fire until the Bulgarians adopt the offensive. READY TO »:») <>N. Received 3, 11.35 p.m. Sofia. February :',. During the armistice the Bulgarianand Servians have sown their winter wheat southwards of the lialkan-. the adult- will now be able to continue the war. inasmuch a- the women, children and elderly men will -'.if'iee to gamer the harvest. MAREINO TIME. iU-ceived 3. ll.:!"i p.m. Solia. February X The Orman MinL-ter is urging the (iovernmcit not to participate in the hostilities with Turkey.

IMPROVED RELATIONS. Rc.civcd .".. ! i.:;-. p.m. Vienna. February 3. Tli-.' Emperor Franz .10-ef having sent Prince Cottfricd lloheuhloe with an autograph letter to the Czar is interpreted as a -vtuptdin of improved relations. THE CIIATAI.UIA ARMY. Received 3. 11.35 p.m. Constantinople. February :!. Izzet Pasha eoinmanded Kenera! Yemen, who n,is the reputation of being the !>•-♦ stralcgi r and * .i■ -1". -' 'i in the Turhi-h any; . no.v ,:t ilab. mkctii, to finally instruct I-2ii.imii eii'eetivcs at Chataidia. SHORT OF MONEY.

Reeeived :i, ll.oj p.m. Constantinople, February •'!. The Porte's ell'orU to secure i two and a half million loan from the Deutsche Bank and a million elsewhere have failed. The Oovernmcnt will rely on internal subscription-. Shevkct Pasha, though poor, sent ClttOO. ADRIAN* Pl.i: IN .-TRAITS Received .'!. 1 !.:)•"> p.m. Constantinople. February '■). The Committee of National Defence and members of the last Cabinet state that Adrianojle will fall in a few days unless the garrison cats horses and dogs. THE CHATALD-IA INCIDENT. CONTRADICTORY RITuRT.v Constantinople. February 2. Shevket Pa-ha den:.- the incidentat Chataldja. He a-serts tb.n the army was never animated in .-a. Ii -.didai -\\\ '■ and devotion. <..•:... Febrinry 2. Captain Hadji.di ha- .i.-.v.e.i a' C, ■ Bulgarian he.ulijii.ir.:-!--. lie tied -_o e-eape per-eeiitioii by Ihe Young Turkof Nazim Pa-lia's parti-m-. Twenty Turki-h -,!dier- v. ho ha-.v arrived at Tchorl'i eoiiiinn the report of sanguinary e..n:!ict- !."t,-,c. n ...f.iecr- and soldiers at Chataldja. THE SIEOE of si I TARE Cettiiijc. February 2. The termination of the aimi-ti-e was riceived with -ati-faclio'i i I.; oii_dio>n Montenegro. The people ai,- .1 -iro'is of foicing the r>iiri~«'ii<ii-r '.: -c-i;::ii i..-f , i<-.-piai'e is concluded. The King ha- hi':, for •-, n; ari. ALLF.CEI) ATROCITIES Salonika. February 2. Indignation i- "Xpr.-—ed .)■_-.<in~t Pie, re Loti for stating in a boo', that i.thicrot the cruiser I'.ruix -a". <■: ok and Servian soldier- gouge ~M ; ibi- eve- ~f Turkish pri-oner-. MACEDONIA"- THANKS Received :;. ."..."i |j.m. Athens, February 2. It is -cnii-oliicially slated that the Macedonian Committees are sending a cordial address, thanking the OovemllK nt for their treat ineiii. and for the fact that their hind had not been ( ticated.