THE WAR CLOUD

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10712, 3 October 1912, Page 5

THE WAR CLOUD

j PANIC ON THE BOURSES. i (Received OcK.bor 2, Ip.m.) LONDON,' October 1. Tho Continental Bourses arc in a state cf panic.

POSITION JN J.'CLGARIA. •RESERVES FLOCK:NO TO COMPANIES. A SEMI-OFFICIAL STATEMENT. (Received Last Night, 11.15 o'clock.) SOFIA, October 2. The Government has ordered. the suspension of goods traffic, and is commandeering tho trucks. Reserves are flocking from all quarters to join their companies. The mobilisation has caused many binks to close. Several newspapers have stopped publication. The semi-official organ of tho Mht- \ istry says that tho Powers, by an effective intervention, can secure the integrity of Turkey and create a real autonomy. Otherwise. the consequences will be serious for the general European peace.

APPEAL TO THE POWERS. TURKEY MOBILISING. CONFERENCES BETWEEN MINISTERS. LONDON. October 2. The Daily Mail's Constantinople correspondent nays that unless tlr.? Powers apply overwhelming pressure upon the Balkan States, the slightest incident will cause an eyp'osion. An irade (decree of the Sultan) lm.> been issued, ordering a general mr bilisation. Renter states tli.it the. Government is circularising the Powers, repudiating the responsibility for the provocative attitude of the Balkan States. The British .Minister hold n lengthy conference with the Foreign Minister. interest centres in Rnumania's aititude. The Roumanian Minister had a tw<> hours' conference with the Turki-d; Foreign Mmister. THET UUK ISH CA BIN ET. AN ALL-DAY SITTNG. (Received October 2, 1.10 p.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, October ]. There has been an ail-day mooting of the. Cabinet. It is reported thai a decree (or general mobilisation has been submitted to tho Suitan. CR KTE JOT NS GRK K( 'E. THE MILITIA CALLED OUT. (Received This Morning. (2.."Ml o'clock) CANEA, October 2. The Government has informed the. Consuls that it is its intention to •nin forces with Greece against Turkey. Dip Cabinet has c-n<vl oi'<- live more classes of the militia, while bodies of itnvu fractionary volunteers are forming. NEWSPAPER COMMENT. A GERMAN' THREAT. (Received This Morning, 12..50 o'clock) BERLIN, October 2. The newspaper Lokal Anziogor con. <ider* that the chief danger of t!i~ Pan-Slav machinations'' lies outside the Balkan Peninsula/ The paper concludes with a thinly veiled admonition to Russia not to join the Shv States of the Balkans at, the risk < f an inevitable European war. ATTITUDE OF GREECE: A POLICY OF DELAY. (Received This Morning, 12.50 o'clock) ATHENS, October 2. Advices have been received from New York that eight hundred Greeks have sailed from the United States to join the colours.

Cabinet has decided on a policy of delay. The armv is expected to total 130.000. The Government has eommanderod the railway rolling-stock, and is concentrating steamers at Piraeus for tbe movement of troops. AMMUNITION STOPPED. SERVIANS .TOTNING THE COLOURS. (Received This Morning, 1!2.50 o'clock) BELGRADE, October 2. ■ The Government has stopped ammunition en route from Germany to Turkey. ' Ninety-eight per cent of the officers and men joined the colours within twenty-four hours. ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. CORD! A L BELA.TTON S. (Received This Morning, \2.20 o'clock) LONDON. October 2. Reuters states that Count. Sazonolf's conversations at Balmoral have consolidated Anglo-Russian relations. As regards the Balkans both countries continue t<> act in concert with the other powers. All are anxious not to make (he Porte's task more difficult by pressure. Count Sa'/.onoff will visit Paris-, and Berlin, but not on any special mission.