The Balkan War

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10719, 12 October 1912, Page 5

The Balkan W a r

THE FIRST SHOT. (Received October 11. 8.10 a.m.) CETTINJE, October 10. All men between tho ages of IS and 50 years have joined the army. Prince Peter, youngest son of King Nicholas, opened the campaign by ! firing a shot against 'the Tuzi fortifiI cations. Before tho battle, the general commanding at Podgoritza committed suicide, fearing that the King's presence meant that he had been superseded. Ten battalions of Turkish infantry and five thousand R.i,shi Ha zonks are advancing through theSaltchi delile to Skutari's relief. A Salonika message states that Essad Pasha, commanding the Sicilian column, passed the river Bosnia unopposed. POSITION STORMED. (Received Last Night, 11.10 o'clock.) LONDON, October 11. Advices have boon received from Podgorifcza that the Montenegrins silenced the fortified mountain position at Detchitch. ■ The Turkish garrisen surrendered, with four guns. Them were heavy losses on both * sides. _. i THE HUMANE KAISER. ; (Received Last. Night. 11.10 I BERLIN, October il. i The Kaiser has ordered the Gcr- j man Embassy to place several floors j in the Embassy building at the Tispos- 1i al of Turkey for the accommodation p of wounded soldiers. j i Turkey has accepted the offer, and j expressed its gratification. j THE POWERS' NOTE. j COUCHED TN. EXER •} FT 1(' j TERMS. . (Received Last Night-. 11.10 c'cle'k. i | CONSTANTINOPLE. October 11. ( The five Embassies have presented a collective Note, couched in energetic terms, declaring 'dtcir ml em ion to. discuss the realisation of reionns in . Asia, the Treaty of Berlin, ond the declarations of the International Com- | mission, 1880. | EXCITED STUDENTS. j "DOWN WITH THE BERLIN t TREATY!" | "WE WANT WAR!" j ' .. i i (Received Last N;<iht, 11. #1 o'clock.) i CONSTANTINOPLE. <V:o!>~r 11. Five thousand studevts. ail armed with revolvers, despite the :nt,ervention of tro°ns. forced their way into j the Grand Hall of the Porte. I The Minister of Marine lrfr the \ Council and addressed the students. explaining that tho application of I Article XIII. did not moan the giantj ing of autonomies. The students hissed excitedly. The Minister continued ihat, the longer war was, delayed the better for Turkey. The students replied. "Down with the Berlin Treaty! want .war! The Grand Vixer also spoke. DETAILS OF FIGHTING. SCUTARI THE OBJECTIVE. AUSTRIA .MAY BE OFFENDED. (Received This Morning. 12.20 o'clock) I PODOOHITZA. October 11. ' The war was has begun. ; King Nicholas, with princes and a > ' rllliant staff, attended a. little church ! to witness the Bishop bless the standa I'd. The first shots were fired ar\iid the singin" of Montenegrin hymns, and the tolling of church bells. Podgoritza, is the centre, of a splendid svstem ef macadamised roads. Early on Thursdav tho Montenecrinv resumed the bombardment of TVtehiteh—a detached hill which was str"nglv fortified. Recovering an entrance to I urmii Turkish battery was silenced at 11 o'clock. Meanwhile heavy fighting was taking place at Tuzi. where there was a gp'-'-ison of ab'-ur. two thousand. The result of the battle is unknown. Tn/i fOHimands the road to Scutari, There the garrison is reported to be 12,500 strong; in addition to Essad Pasha's force of 5000. r|l uzi offers the only opportunity for «erious Turkish resistance. There are fifty miles of natural ob- . ■ tacles to the Montenegrins in tho r hape of small rivers running into Lake Scutari. Otherwise, the road runs on a plain three miles wide. King Nicholas has long coveted the [ Scutari district. Tf he annexes it, [ however, he is likely to offend Aus- . j tria, owing to the hitter's Protectorate , over the Catholic Albanians. AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA. [ TAKING DISINTERESTED ACTION (Received This Morning, J. 2.45 o'clock) ' VIENNA. October 11. . Negotiations are ]>ending between Austria and Russia, aiming at a policy of disinterested action based on " I the understanding that Xovibazar remains Turkish. Count Berc.htoid. at the Austrian delegation. stated +lmt tho exercise of 1 the Emperor's Protectorate over 1 Catholics in Albania was difficult, owing to the prevailing excitement. 1 FOR MACEDONIA. s l ' COMPLETE AUTONOMY URGED. (Received October 11, &47 a.m.)" CONSTANTINOPLE, October 10. 3 There are rumours that tho Powers £ are increasing their steps to restrain the Balkan .Pottcts and stop Monte-

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negro from further lighting. KING OF GREECE. RECEIVES AN OVATION. (Received October 11, 8.50 a.m.) ATHENS, October 10. King George of Greece was accorded an ovation on his return from Copenhagen, where he liad been on a visit. (Received October 11, 9.25 a.m.) ATHENS, October 10. King George .ind the Premier M. Venezelos delivered pacific, restraining speeches'. SIR E. GREY AND THE PORTE. (Received October 11, 8.29 a.m.) LONDON, October 10. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has tele- . graphed to the Porte, pointing out that detention of Greok vessels ennu"t. be justified by international law, and inasmuch is Brifcish interests are alti-'cte;!. she must strictly preserve her rights similarly with other Powers. ONLY SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT. i <' ; s.{«r.:'«ived October 11. 8.40 :;.rn.) LONDON, October 10. i Hi'- Liberal Parliamentary Party's l F)."cign Affai-s (.'roup, including Sir J W:l!ia;n Bylcs and Mr Arthur PonsonI by, resolved that no settlement of the i Balkans trouble would be satisfactory | unless definite guarantees of effective j reform in Macedonia were forthcom- | ing from Turkey. | MOBILISATION CONTINUES. j SHOTS EXCHANGED ON BULj G A 111 AN FRONTIER. | (Received October 11. 8.22 a.m.) , CONSTANTINOPLE, October 10. Army mobilisation in the Balkans continues steadily nptwithstanding mutual exchange of vews concern ; :i<: the Powers' representations. ! Shots have been exchanged be- ' r.veeu outposts .:t Kil.-ura, south-west ; f "'"saribrod. Bulgaria. Five thousand Rayahs in Turkey have paid the Trea.su.ry a tax of £4O each to escape military service. (A Rayah is a person not : i Mohamwho navs the capitation tax.) LONDON. October 10. | j The Daily Chronicle'", Constantinople correspondent says lie wtnessed' j at- Cettinje a month ago active ipob--1 ilisation preparations under a Russian general and four assistants lent by Russia. RUSSrA CRITICISED. • IJec ived October 11. 8.25 a.m.) •BERLIN, October 10. Several newspapers criticise Russia, believing that she is behind Montenegro. They accuse Russia or j mobilising in Poland under the pretext that 't is only a test mobilis:i'cion. This Russia, denies. DILATORY POWERS. (Received October 11, 8.15 a.m.) j ■ ' LONDON, October 10. Correspondents at Sofia, Belgrade and Athens state that the general impression is that tho Powers are three weeks too late with their Note. Hud they acted sooner they might have averted mobilisation, of the Balkan States armies. The only possibility of peace being secured is for the Powers to insist on European Governors and giving the. Balkan allies re- • presentation on a European board to , supervise reforms. ' ' GEORGE OF SERVIA. ALBANIAN BOAST. ; (Received October 11, 8-20 a.m.) BELGRADE, October 10. ' Prince George of Servia hns asked . : his .father to give him command of a regiment. A boycott has been declared' against Austrian goods, as a. protest against Austria's attitude towards Turkey. At Salonika the army is angry at 1 tin- Cabuet's acceptance of the ro--1 forms of 1890. Meetings of protest 1 ar«> being held. | Immense enthusiasm regarding the t war is. being shown in Albania. \1 ■ ' J j Albanian leaders state that they have 1 one hundred thousand men, and are 1 , able alone to defeat the Servians and I .Montenegrins. > ! RESTFUL ROUMANIA R ASSURANCES OF NEUTRALITY.(Received October 11. 0 25 a.m.) LONDON. Ortobor 10. The Bucharest of tho ) 'Times states that Roumania has tendered Bulgaria explicit assurances rent gardinK her neutrality in the e our. of •- wir with Turkey. He adds that n Bulgaria endeavoured, without s;iccess, in September last, to seem e the co-operation of Roumania, rein Ming 'J the consideration shown by .1 nigaria in November. 1010. " \ AUSTRO-HONGARY TROOPS. | (Received October 11. 9.10 a.m.) I PARIS, October 10. ■ Tt is reported that Austria Hungary has concentrated 125.000 troops in Bosnia-Herzegovina. ■s Thirty French aeroplanes havo gone n to tho Balkan States within the tast - fortnight.