THE BALKAN WAR

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 26 November 1912, Page 5

THE BALKAN WAR

CABLE NEWS

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THE CHOLERA SCOURGE. ENGLISH LADY STRICKEN. PITIFUL SPECTACLES AT STAMBOUL.

(Received Last Night, 10.40 o'clock.)

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 25

Miss Alt, an old English lady, and formerly one of Lady Dufferin's nurses, who has been working alone at the San Stefano camp, and using her own "funds for nursing, has been stricken with cholera.

. Mr Rockhill, tho United State* Ambassador, has offered American Red Gross funds to organise a camp. The cholera at Chataldeja is rapidly increasing. Pitiful spectacles are . being witnessed at the Mosques in. Stanaboul, where deserters crowd the railways like caged creatures cordons of bayonets prevent their breaking out.

AUSTRIA'S PLEDGE. I WILL FIGHT RATHER THAN GIVE WAY. (Received Last Night, 10.40 o'clock.) ROME, November 25. Austria has ififormed Italy that she will adhere to the agreement of 1897, pledging her not to attempt to expand Albania by supporting the status quo or Albanian autonomy. Austria is resolved> to fight rather than give way. A SERVIAN CAPTURE. ESCAPEES FROM MON ASTIR. (Received Last Night, 10.45 o'clock.) BELGRADE,. November 25. ' | The Serv-iansS have-- ca.pturect- Ocji.r. v ricla!!V .. '";■' '"''' : ' p / ..■•'•„.• .■■;■ ■■■'' ; Officiai accounts from Monastic .state that Zekki'Pasha and I)i.vavid ; -Pasha escaped disguised as privates. Fethy Pasha ordered a Turkish officer ftf shoot him';." The officer after: ( wards suicided. i

RECRUITS FOR MACEDONIA

(Received Last Night, 10.45 o'clock.)

SOFIA, November 25. "yAfter twenty-one days' training, '1912 recruits are going to the Macedonia garrison to do duty.

GREEKS AND BULGARIANS

RELATIONS MOST STRAINED

(Received Last Night, 9.55 o'clock.)

SALONIKA, November 25

1 he "Bulgarians en route, mercilessly ravaged Turkish villages, and directly they entered Salonika pillaged systematically, regardless of Greek protests. Protests by the Consuls were also resultles*.

The relations between tho Greek and Bulgarian troops are most strained.

The Bulgarians state that they have resolved to make their occupation permanent.

SANGUINARY ENCOUNTER

SOCIALISTS AND POLICE

(Received Last Night. 9.55 o'clock.)

BUDAPKSTH, November 25.

Anti-war Socialist processions resulted in a sanguinary encounter between the police and the demonstrators.

- Mmiy-were "wounded, fourteen not being expected to recover. Thirty arrests were made.

AX OTTOMAN REPORT.

POSITION AT CHATALDEJA

FATE OF THE CAPITAL SEALED

("Received Last Nicrht. 11.25 o'clock.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. ..25. Skirmishing continues at , Cliatnldeja. . . Tho Turks have lost.' seven hundred during the week, mostly through shrapnel wounds. The torpedoing of the. Hamidioh proved a severe handicap. The fire of the other warships was ineffective in stopping Bulgarian advance. The Messudieh is replacing the Haniidieh. . Ten thousand reservists are preparing to occupy n position between Chataldeja. and Stamboul. The Turks have been reinforced at Nallipoli, anticipating an attack on the Dardanelles. Correspondents report large arrivals of troops at Chataldeja from Syria. Many heavy fortress guns have been sent from the Dardanelles. The respite since the Lule Burgas fight has enabled the troops to recover their morale. Faiul Pasha lias presented a pessimistic report to the Government upon the state of the army at Chataldeja. Tho resistance is likely to bo short--1 i ved. If the Bulgarians force the Hues, the fate of the capital is sealed. TURKISH WAS SHIP CAUGHT NAPPTNG. NARROWLY ESCAPES BEING SUNK. ARRANGING TEEMS FOR PEACE. (Received This Morning, 12.25 o'clock.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 25. Four Bulgarian torpedoers eluded tho Turkish destroyers blockading the Burgas, and caught the H&midieh napping fifteen miles off Tarna-, Her

forward bulkheads alone prevented the Hamidieh from sinking. Nazim Pasha has had a preliminary meeting with General Savolf near Chataldeja. The other Ottoman delegates are Ezzett Osmani Pasha, HadiPasha, lleshid Pasha, and Xazami, Pasha. The last-named is the Turkish Ambassador at Berlin. TERMS OF PEACE. SERVIA'S DEMANDS. (Received This Morning, 12.25 o'clock.) SOFIA, November 25. The Greek Minister and Military -Attache will represent Greece in the negotiation for, peace',' while Bulgaria" represents Servia and Montenegro. . BELGRADE, November 25. M. Pasics states that it is essential that Servia, shall have a free, passage to the Adriatic. She also claims the territory between a line from Durnzzo to Ochrkla Lake in the South and Aliessio and Bjakovo in the north. AUSTRIA'AND GERMANY. THE ARCHDUKE'S VISIT. CLOSE RELATIONS. (Received This Morning, 12.25 o'clock.) VIENNA, November '25. The Archduke Ferdinand has returned to Reichspost. He announces that as a. result of hi« visit to Germany the Triplice is closer than ever. A communique contains indications that Heir von Bothnia nn-Hollweg's restraining influence has weakened in favour of a strong support of Ausbut yiuu unreservedly support Austria if she is attacked.