The Balkan War

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 271, 8 April 1913, Page 5

The Balkan War

THE RECENT CHATALDJA FIGHT. 1200 TURKS KILLED. By Cable Press Association—Copyright. Received 7. 11.10 p.m. Sofia, April 7. Official reports of the fighting at Chataldja on March 30 and 31 claim that the Turks were repulsed at various •points, losing 1200 killed. Constantinople, April 7. ■Except for a little artillery fire and occasional skirmishing, there has been a quiet week at Chataldja. GREEK REINFORCEMENTS. Salonika, April 7. •The Greeks' fourth division has arrived on board twelve transports. MONTENEGRO'S POSITION. A WARNING AND REPLY. Received 7, 5.5 p.m. Cettinje, April 6. Rear-Admiral Troubridge has addressed a warning to Montenegro to! carry out the wishes of the Powers immediately. Replying to Rear-Admiral Troubridge, the Government states that as the Powers have violated the neutrality of Montenegro, it is unable to meet his wishes. The Government also draws the attention of the Austrian Minister to the gjoximity of the Austrian manoeuvres to the Montenegrin frontier. EUROPEAN SYMPATHY. Received 7, 9.50 p.m. Paris, April 7. I

King Nicholas has telegraphed to the Temps, stating that, despite European coercion, Montenegro will only yield to violence. Europe has only to add to injustice the ridicule of a "coup de force." The Temps, declares that King Nicholas possesses the sympathy of European public opinion..

SCUTARI VIRTUALLY TAKEN. DOMINATED BY MONTENEGRINS. Received 7, 11.10 p.m. Rome, April 7. Telegrams from Durazzo and San Giovanni state that Scutari is virtually taken, as the Montenegrin cannons domi* 'Bate the town. A RUSSIAN DEMONSTRATION. "DOWN WITH AUSTRIA!" Received 7, 11.10 p.m. ! St. Petersburg, April 7. .A great Slav demonstration took place at Wersky Prospect. Tens of thousands of people, shouting "Down with Austria!" carried banners inscribed "Scutari for Montenegro" and "The Cross over St. Sophia." The Novoe Vremya newspaper is leading the agitation against the Government. It demands that the Powers shall reconsider their decision to rob Montenegro of Scutari. AUSTRIAN ANXIETY. Received 7, 11.10 p.m. Vienna, April 7. It 'is reported that Austria will assist the naval blockade by closing the frontier against goods entering Montenegro. Anxiety exists over Russia's attitude. A St. Petersburg official telegraph agency declares that M. Sazanoff's speech, as circulated, has been wrongly rendered, and is mostly pure invention. BRITAIN' SYMPATHISES. BUT BACKS AUSTRIA AGAINST MONTENEGRO. Received 7, 11.10 p.m. London, April 7. The Daily Telegraph declares that, •while it is not without sympathy for King Nicholas, it supports the demonstration by the Concert of Powers, which is preferable to Austria, acting singleTiande'd. ' THE WAR INDEMNITY. TURKISH CABINET'S DECISION. Received 8, 12.40 a.m. Constantinople, April 7. It is understood that the Cabinet, while refusing a war indemnity, has agreed to pay the Allies liberally for the maintenance of Turkish prisoners. THE POWERS AND THE ALLIES. TERMS MUST BE ACCEPTED. Sofia, April fi. The Powers have further notified M. Gueshoff, Premier of Bulgaria, that the Allies must accept the.Enos-Midia line and the reservation of financial questions to a technical commission at Paris, on which the belligerents will be repre- ' sented. The official journals welcome M. Sazo•noff's speech. Bucharest, April 6. There is jubilation over a Viennese Teport that the Powers have conceded Silistria to Roumania. THE NAVAL CAMPAIGN.

Port Raid, April 6. The Turkish battleship Hamidieh has arrived. Athens, April 6. The Greeks have refloated two Turkish destroyers which were stranded at Goumitza early in the war. GREEKS RESCUED BY MOB. Constantinople, April G. "Wliile four Ottoman Greeks, who had been sentenced to death for subversive practices at Mytilene, were proceeding to the scaffold at Smyrna, an armed mob rescued them, after wounding several soldiers. ..