THE BALKANS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 4, 5 June 1913, Page 5

THE BALKANS

AN EXPERT OPINION.

By Cable —Press Association —Copyright, Received 5, 12.15 a.m.

London, June 4,

Dr. Rolienbach, an. authority on Near Eastern questions, asserts that Hakki Pasha recently concluded an agreement with Britain, securing Britain's support of the peace negotiations respecting the Aegean Islands and Albanian suzerainty, by which Turkey gets Britain's wishes carried out regarding the Bagdad railway, Persian Gulf and Koweit-Persian grants special privileges in Southern Arabia.

SERVIA AND GREECE,

THE TROOPS FRATERNISE.

WARY BULGARIA. Received 4, 11.30 p.m. London, June 4.

The Telegraph's Salonika correspondent states that four hours' ride from Salonika the Greek fleet merges into the Servian right. The soldiers of both armies are cordially fraternising, while a few hundred yards away the Bulgarians keep a wary watch, and occasionally shout taunts.

. -Sofia, June' 4. It is semi-officially stated that the Cabinet tendered its resignation on Saturday. It is expected that M. Daneff will reconstruct it.

A BULGARIAN ATTACK.

Belgrade, June 4,

The Bulgarians attacked the Servian position near Istib. The Servians withdrew. A considerable Bulgarian force occupied the position.

A NEUTRAL ZONE. • . Salonika, June 4. The Greek and Bulgarian Governments have signed an agreement establishing a -neutral zone between the respective armies, pending the delimitation of the frontiers.

THE MALISSORI. Vienna, June 4. The Malissori chiefs interviewed Adnjjral Burney and thanked the Powers for their liberating of Scutari. They hoped that the Powers would entirely free the Malissori from the Montenegrin yoke; otherwise frontier fighting might occur.

THE SERBO-BULGARIAN TREATY.

Vienna, June 4. M. Daneff, in an interview in the Neue Preie Presse on the Serbo-Bulgarian treaty said that it contained the final conditions of both countries. If Servia presented her territorial claims earlier, Bulgaria would have dispensed with her assistance, preferring to abandon Adrianople than Macedonia.