Horrors of War

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10718, 23 October 1912, Page 5

Horrors of War

WILD RUMOURS. I REPORTED CAPTURE OF PRINCE OF MONTENEGRO. OTHER SENSATIONAL REPORTS. (Received Last Night, 10.10 o'clock.) t LONDON, October 22. i A number of wild, though uneon- r firmed rumours, have reached here r from Sofia and elsewhere. t One of these rumours is to the effect i that the Crown Prince of Montenegro d has been captured. c Another reports the capture of 20.- t 000 Turks, in a sudden raid upon Kir- 1 kilessi, together with army corps supplies. It is stated in Sofia that the Turks j in the Adrianople district, have be- t come terror-stricken, and, abandoning o their rifles and howit/.ers, are Hying c in disorder. i t A FORTRESS ATTACKED. c THE DEFENDERS BA YO NETTED. J PRESS CENSORSHIP. (Received Last Night, 10.10 o'clock.) q SOFIA, October 22. Mr Beaumont, the war correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph, states that 10,000 Bulgarians attacked a fortress at Cherin, ten miles ■ ) south of Mustafa. They stormed the t outworks and bayonotted the defend- s ers. The Bulgarians have announced t tha't journalists evading censorship f will be court-marshalled. \ Bulgarian officers and soldiers have a been forbidden to refer to tho opera- t tions. The private letters of sixty correspondents have gone to Stara-Zagooa. TURKISH ATROCITIES. , MASSACRE OF VILLAGERS. A A TERRIBLE SIGHT. * (Received Last Night, 10.10 o'clock.) VIENNA, October 22. The newspaper Reiohspost states that retiring Turks massacred the occupants of several villages. One hundred and fifty bodies were .found at Bacevo, 100 at Railosko, and 150 at Jaconda. Mutilated corpses were discovered 1 amid burning ruins at Mickub, where i .a particularly terrible sight was pre- 1 sented. 1 1 ADRIAWOPLF: IN DANCER. j THE INHABITANTS WARNED. (Received Last Night, 10.10 o'clock.) | CONSTANTINOPLE, October 22. ' The Governor of Adrianople has is- 1 sued a proclamation, warning the inhabitants to be careful of their supplies, as it is possible that tho town ( will lie invested. Ho recommends that those who are able should leave. | the town. ] I FIGHTING AT PLAVA. NINE HUNDRED KILLED. (Received Last Night, 10.10 o'clock.) CETTINJE, October 22. The fighting at Plava was very solvere. Tho Albanians only left when the town was in flames. Nine hundred were killed, including women and children, who were , found dead with weapons still in their hands. BULGARIANS TRAPPED. A FEIGNED RETREAT. ' REPORTED HEAVY LOSS OF i GREEKS. (Received Last Night, 10.45 o'clock.) I CONSTANTINOPLE, October 22. \ The fighting continues at Elassona, where fifteen hundred Greeks have been killed. It is officially stated that the Turks induced the Bulgarians who aro concentrated in the Hanlar district of Doipad to advance, by means of a feigned retreat. The Turks suddenly attacked the left wing of tho enemy, capturing two guns. The Turks are pursuing tho 'Bulgarians. THE GRECIAN NAVY. OCCUPIES AN ISLAND. FIGHTING ON LAND. (Received Last Night, 10.45 o'clock.) ATHENS, October 22. '■ The battleships Averoff, Hydra, I Spetsai and Psaia, with tho destroyer ; flotilla, has occupied the island of Lemi nos. I Tho Greek destroyer Smyrna capi tnred a Turkish transport containing officers and men. . Fourteen Turkish spies havo been arrested at Piraeui. f Two Greek battalions drove out the } Turks from Dissikata, to tho northwest of Elassona. CREEK TORPEDO BOATS. s AT THE NETHERLANDS. f (Received Last Night, 10.45 o'elook.) 0 THE HAGUE, October 22. Uliere are two Greek torpedo-boats 3 lying at Flushing, a Tho Government has permitted tliera to remain for a longer period [. than twenty-four Sours, owing to the sfreafc o| treatKer.

WILD RUMOURS AFLOAT REPORTED CAPTURE OF A PRICE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS

KING OF SERVSA'S MANIFESTO. "GRAVE AND SIGNIFICANT.'' (Received October 22, 9.-10 a.m.) VIENNA, October 21. Tho newspaper Die Zeit says that the manifesto of King Peter of Scrvia is grave and significant, and indicts not merely Turkish misrule, but Europe, whose diplomacy is blainea.ble for the war —firstly, for want of timely intervention, and, secondly, for indolence in dealing with Turkey. Every - effort in list, says the paper. be made to coerce Turkey into treating 'nonTurkish races as 1 mman beings. CONSTANTINOPLE, October 21. < Turkish opinion deprecates King Ferdinand and TCitig Peter's proclamations, emphasising that the struggle is one of Cross against Crescent, and contrasts the Sultan's proclamation, in which he states that the motive of tho war is political, not religious, and oxhnrts tho Ottoman soldiers to rememhor that their opponents are men deluded by vain-glorious ambitions. SERVIAN ARMY. TRANSFER OF HEADQUARTERS. (Received October. 22. 8.50 a.m.) BELGRADE, October 21. The Servians are transferring their headquarters from Nish to Vranji, on the left hank of the Morava. thirtyseven miles east by south of Prishtina. \ Tho Arnants (Albanians), while retreating on Prepolatz, hoisted a white flag and then killed Captain Popoviteh and twelve men. The Servian artillery reopened their (ire, killing two hundred of the Am ants. (Received October 22, 9 a.m.) BELGRADE, October 21. Servian headquarters advanced from Vranjato Zibeftcho. eight miles southwest of Yrania. The Servians, under General Ja:novie.s. captured the Turkish Trenches at Podugovo. near Mitrovitza. Seven Servians Avere killed and 120 wounded. LONDON CRITICS' OPINIONS. ' ."WAR NEWS TO MCEIYE THIS ENEMY. (Received October 22, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, October 21. Military critics in London point out that none of the correspondents have yet been allowed at tho front, and that much of the war news being received is evidently intended to sustain enthusiasm in Belgrade and Sofia and deceive tho enemy. The Morning Post estimates that there are 160,000 Turks with 412 guns at Adrianople and Kirk Kilisse, and that the Bulgarians have 270,000 men in the field, including thoso guarding s tho communications, and 788 guns. ) VIENNA, October 21. I Tho critics arc of opinion that tho Turks have made a mistake in concentrating at Adrianople. Tlio Allies' real objective is Salonika, which the Servians, Montenegrins, and Greeks will capture, while the Bulgarians will keep in check tlie Turks at Adrianople. BRITAIN'S NEUTRALITY. MR MASTERMAN'S RECENT SPEECH. (Received October 22, 9 a.m.) LONDON, October 21. The proclamation of Britain's neutrality has been gazetted. Dr Mark Gardner, of Melbourne, has joined the British Red Cross unit which sails for Turkey on Friday next. Mr' George Floyd, M.P., says that in view of Britain's neutrality, ho must protest against the speech at Bothnal Green by Mr C. F. Masterton, Financial Secretary of tho Treasury, who said if Britain had another oppontuInity she must not, as in 1878, put her money on tho ivrong horse. TURKISH OFFICERS CAPTURED. (Received October 22, 10 a.m.) ATHENS, October 21. Several vessels were searched and fifteen Turkish officers captured en route to tho war. TORPEDOER SUNK. GREEKS OCCUPY LEMNOS. ' J (Received October 22, 1.-15 p.m.) I ' CONSTANTINOPLE, October 21. I The Turks sank one of tho Bulgarian torpedoers. The other took refuge under the Varna forts, -which tho Turks havo silenced. ATHENS, October 21. 1 Tho Greeks have occupied the Island of Lemnos, in the north of the Aegean 1 Sea. TOWN BOMBARDED. (Received October 22, 9.50 a.m.) f SOFIA, October 21. Turkish warships bombarded Mavar- , na. The Custom House was destroyed. , CONSTANTINOPLE, October 21. Turkish commanders havo been appointed as follow: —Ali Riza Pasha, generalissimo of the western army at Salonika'; Faik Pasha, commander of the cavalry division at Uskub, and Fethi Pasha commander at Kossovo. ) BULCARS ON THE MOVE. s CAPTURE OF TIRNOVO. 3 (Received October 22, 9.10 a.m.) d SOFT A, Octobor 21. 0 On Friday evening, General TvanofF, Irith the Bulgarian First Army

Corps, occupied the banks of the Maritza .River. They found tho bridge, tho station, and the telegraph at Mustafa Pasha practically intact. On Saturday they drove the Turks from tho .forts forming tho outer defences of Adrianople. Tho Second Army Corps, under Genoral Rndkodimitrieff, .is -advancing along tho valley of tho Tunja. River, which joins the Maritza River oil tho left bank at Adrianople, along the Tunja Valley, and has captured Tirnovo, in the .sanjak of Kirk Tvilisse. The Third Army Corps is under General Kutinehoff. ' The Turks in tho Razlog district are arresting Bulgarian notables and demanding ransoms, asking .£3OO from each village. They have also beaten [hundreds of villagers.