THE BALKANS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10711, 1 October 1912, Page 5

THE BALKANS

AN ULTIMATUM ISSUED j , BY BULGARIA ANI) BERYJA. ! J (.Received Last Night, 10.0 o'clock.) BELGRADE. September 30. It 'ie rumoured iri well-informed circles that a joint Bulgarian and Ser- ; vian Note has !>cen sent to Turkey., ' . demanding autonomy for Macedonia, ; . otherwise war will follow, i' With a view to avoiding an undue j I sensation, tlie Servian reserves Lave ; been called up in small numbers, and | have rejoined their regiments on the ; Tiirco-Servian frontier. | Bulgaria is reported to have usk--1 <ed Servia for fifty thousand men. i The Servian Premier, in an interview, said that the whole of Turkey's tentative reforms had been refegated to oblivion. The Servian jCabinet, .he. said, .was inspired by I the sineerct desire for peace. . Thi" could only be obtained by the granting of autonomy t-o Macedonia. BULGARIAN TROOPS. ENTRAINING FOR THE FRONTIER. *(Receivud Last Night. 10.5 o'clock.) SOFIA, September 30. Regiments of cavalry are entraining for Jamboli, on the frontier. ATTITUDE OF TURKEY. MANOEUVRES IN MACEDONIA. i (Received Last Night, 10.5 o'clock.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 30. Instead of concentrating tJie force p at Adrianople, the Porte has resolved that divisional manoeuvres he he!c 7 at various Macedonian centres. The Mussulman reservists at Beral. in Albania, and all classes of Redifx at Adrianople have been called out. Two bombs have been exploded in different centres of Salonika. They damaged buildings, but resulted, in no fatalities, .A third was thrown H near a. mosque, but did not, explode. ; " The continued" . assassinations Bulgarians .in Macedonia, together jvitJi Macedonian refuges' stories of Turkish creulties, have increased the tension in Bulgaria. ! COUNT BEROHTOLD OPTIMISTIC BELLICOSE BELGRADE. (Received September 30. 0.30 a.m.) yiENNA. Ppntembor i-0. C-'-nnt Berc.M-old, Austrian 'Foreign Minister, delivei'ed an optimistic speech to the Austrian Delegation concerning the outlook in the H.'dknnr. On tin 1 other hand, newsnaper advices f'-oni the Balkans show that Tnv Vev's modified nlap of manoenv- ( res luk not satisfied Bulgarian feeling, which in Belgrade is bellicose, IXSVHRKCTK'K „ A'S GRECIAN ISLAND. (Received Last Night, 10.-j <.' cluck.) CONST A N'J'f N ORL K, Sept. 30. The .British and French naval commanders have arranged with the : ".- surgents at the island of Sainos for ail armistice of five days, to enablethe situation to be discussed.