THE BALKAN CRISIS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3017, 13 October 1908, Page 5

THE BALKAN CRISIS.

SEftVIA DOBS HOT WANT WAS, A FIERY CROWN'PitfNCE. Received October 12, k :■*:■! a.m. BELGRADE, Oi&ber 11. A huge crowd held >.-; ..u.'irionstration before the (V,yp Prince's palace at Belgrade. The Prince, addressiw 'l;c multitude, said: **l share your filings, I hope that a few days !i:!/..:e we willbe able to give our liv->. ior King and Fatherland" This- utterance was n>e;>ived with frantic cheers. Professor Johanovkk .i leading agitator in> favour ci walr, was elected president of th» j , SKuptscbina, . which held a secret sitting, and, by 93 to 66 votes, decide'': against war, , AN EXPLANATION. Received October 12, 8.5(3 a.m.. CETTINJE, October 11, Servis has- despatched- a pacific reply to Austria's dumanu ior an explanation as to the calling out of the reserves. the reply is to the effect that Ser-vians-action was due to .international' ; necessities, and tiie great «.'ii mental , shortage in the Servian Army. • DEPRESSION ON STOCK EXCHANGE. THE CAUSE. Received October 12, 8J.56 a.m. LONDON, October 11. lbs deep depression on the Stoek Exchange is due to speculators rushing to realise. The greater portion of recent advances has been lost. The collapse would have been greater but that, big South African houses supported the market. \ Consols are now quoted at £B4 7s 6d. AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS. Received October 12, 11.3 p.m. LONDON, October 12. It is officially stated regarding the two hours conference between M. lavolsky and Sir Edwarf on Saturday last, that this exchange of views affords a reasonable ground for hoping that a satisfactory solotion will be found for a settlement of the pending question. His Majesty King Edward gave an audience to Sir E. Grey for an hour yesterday morning, and to M. Isvolsky for nearly an hour in the afternoon. King Edward gave a dinner in honour of M. lsvolsky. A STORMY MEETING. BELGRADE, October 12. The meeting at Skuptschina was a stormy one. M. M'lovanovitcb, Minister of Foreign Affairs, declared that one reason why hostilities were impossible was the scarcity of ammunition for the new field artillery from Greusot,* the ammunition being detained in Austrian territory. The leaders of all parties criticised the terms of'the Government's notes to the Powers concerning the annexation. The grounds of the terms were unsatisfactory to Servia's patriotic aspirations. M. Milovanovitch succeeded in convincing the House of the correctness of the Cabinet's attitude. , VIENNA, October 12. Baron Aerenthal, addressing the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Austrian* Delegation, emphasised Austria's benevolent feelings towards Servia. CONSTANTINOPLE, October 12. A meeting of 20,000 persons at Adrianople resolved to telegraph to all the great Powers except Austria, protesting against the.declaration of the independence of Bulgaria and the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. A Igreat meeting at Salonika charged Bulgaria with attempting to disturb the tranquility of Macedonia and revive the fractricidal struggles of the" past. Cheers were raised outside the Consulates of Britain and Greece. The Servian and Bulgarian Agencies were hoofed. . 0 • ' Servia's reply to Austria relating to the calling out of the reservists explained that the summoning of the men was connected' with the maintenance of order in the interior. Herr Bibersten hasi written to the Porte, on behalf of the Kaiser, stating that the events in the Balkans occurred without Germany's opinion having previously been obtained. LONDON, October 12. Sir E. Grey, in reply to Montenegro's protest, declared that the annexation was a violation of the Treaty of Berlin. CETTINJE, October 12. A great meeting thanking Britain for the action she had taken in the present trouble was held at Cettinje.