THE BALKAN WAR

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 17 December 1912, Page 5

THE BALKAN WAR

DESPERATE FIGHTING PROCEEDS, GREEKS CAPTURE STRONG POSITIONS. (Received Last Niglit. 9.5 o'clock.) I ATHENS, December Ifi. The Greeks occupied Sealapa. RamI ythed, an important, point in the JanI ina district, after a desperate, all-clay fight. Sixty Turks were captured. Details of Thursday's battle near Janina state that the Turks held a strongly entrenched position, and were supported by thirty puns. The Greek Ezvones advanced on the Turkish left Hank up a steep slope, in the face of a heavy fire. • Two hundred foil in a few minutes. j ,The advance continued to the tren- | c.hcs, which were charged with fixed [ bayonets. A fierce hand-to-hand conflict occur-' j red wiih the flank, whereupon the whole. Turkish b'ne retired. The Greeks captured seven guns. PEACE CONFERENCE. ALLIES UNANIMOUS ON ALL QUESTIONS. AN ENTENTE THAT WILL BE ACCEPTABLE. (Received December 16. 8.10 a.m.) LONDON. December 15. The- {lathering of the peace delegates has settled the procedure and the terms of peace, which it will offer Thi-Vov. Then, ni*fi peace is secured, it will settle the Balkan boundaries. It is believed the conference pos-sos-scj fuU knowledge of what entente the Triplice will be willing to rat if v. M. Daueff, President of the Bulgarian Sobrstn.ie, interviewed, reaffirmed the unanimity of the Allies on all Questions. His Government demanded reparation for Eckford's murder. WHO WILL PRESIDE? (Received December 16, 10 a.m.) LONDON, December 15. M. iNovakoviteh. a former Servian Premier, presides at the conference unless the Turks object; then the chief of each mission will preside alternately. All accounts agree tli" 4 - Turkish self-confidence is increasing as Turkey now holds a formidable position with, fresh troops.- These circumstances will stiffen the Turkish delegates not to accept all the terms proposed. THE ALLIES' DEMANDS. (Received Xieht. 9.55 o'clock.) PARIS. December Ifi. M. Daneff. Bulgarian President, interviewed, stated that the chief points of a settlement are the Allies' new frontiers in. Turkey, questions Vdat- ' ing to Adrianople. and the Adriatic and Aegean Sea. Bulgaria insists on the possession of AdrmnonK and, if Turkey refuses war will begin again. Tf the ideas of the Powers on questions relating to the Adriatic and Aegean Sea are communicated to tho Conference, they will be doforontiallv discussed. Tf no communication is , made, then Turkey will be asked to sa.ti.ofv the demands of the Allies, who will also claim an indemnity. BELLICOSE SPIRIT. TN BULGARIAN SOBRANJE. (Received Las* N'Vht. 9.55 o'clock.) SOFTA. Deo-mbe- 1. Several train loads of nT n vi<-inns for tho Buhrarinn.s at Chataldeja ppecod through Adrianople. Kin<r Ferdinand, in a a f +l " > ononine- of the n l 1'" '1 tribute, to the fearlessr""-" and «°lfRjvrif'ep of tlm armies. He i>->«vi fb" J -' the Peace Conference would' result in a treaty satisfactorv to +h'o Allies, and commensurate with the costly sacrifices of tho war.

The newspaper Mir states that n. bellicose «oirit impregnate': th n Sobranje. and declares that f»hanee<3 of peace being arrived at .° rn insignificant, and that instead of th» Ple-"f-potentiaries, it will be sum- that "'ill a<rain snenk. The paper adds that all to'Torities occupied, and places besoisred. should become the property of the victors.