THE BALKAN WAR

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 1736, 24 January 1913, Page 5

THE BALKAN WAR

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TdE WARENDE ) TNRKEY CAPITULATES. ACCEPTS THE POWERS' ADVICE. (Received January 23, 3 p.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, January 22. The Grand Council almost unanimous I v assented to the Government's proposal to frankly accept the Powders' advice. I Accordingly Turkey places herself (in the hands of the Powers, and agrees to their proposals regarding Adrianople and the Islands. BERLIN, January 22. The majority of the newspapers attribute the Porte's decision to Russia's threats to invade the Asiatic Dominions-. I The Tagliche Randseha.u states, I that the entente of the Powers stifj fenod the backs of the Balkan States, and the Triple. Alliance'weak- ' lv allowd itself to be taken into port, j It consider*. Germany and Austria are crushed to the wall by the triple entente Powers.

SULT.VX MEETS THE GRAND COUNGTL. THE SITUATION DISCUSSED. (Received Last Xijrlit. 7.15 o'clock.) CONSTANTINOPLE, January 23." The Sultan received tire Grand Council collectively.' The members of Council included the Grand Vizier. Sheik Hul, Islam Pasha-and Kiamil Pasha, the latter presiding. The members were grouped in order according to their profession as soldier.- civil officials and senators. After the Note from the Powers had been read. Nazim Pasha detailed the military situation, the Minister of Finance'the financial, and the Minuter of Foreign Affairs, the foreign. It is officially announced tlja-t the Grand Council'approved of the attitude of the Government, and expressed confidence in. the Powers' sentiments of equity. . The Council' exiiressed a desire to see th«'ow~v c es n»d nroposed ass'stanco effectively realised.

AN OPPORTUNITY TOST. (Received Last Night., r l ' '' BERLIN, Jamur The newspaper Tageblatt asks whether the.concert of Europe. wu\ have dissolved had Germany deer to follow a policy which would' bo bound to attach Bulgaria with a FrancRussian Alliance, in compatible with German interests, and advocated simultaneous negotiations with Co) tinople, Sofia, and Paris for a compromise. It asws, would Britain face such a resolve and declare for ltussoFrench tactics which were hostile to her interests, too? Germany's opportunity of bringing about a really interesting political situation has now been lost.

" DICUS-SION AT THK COUNCIL. AXJEMPTY TREASURY. . SULTAN WILL TSSUE A MANIFESTO. •lleceived 'f.:v*t Night. 11.10 o'clock.)' CXLXSTAXTINOPLE. .January 23. Eighty ui-embor.-; of the Grand oiiw-il were- at the. interview with. :ho Sultan. Sheik Pasha and. Hakld Pasha were i;he only persons among the ir.vit'.>d vho were absent. Nazim Pallia declared that the irmy fh.s willing., ah!-?., and eager to •ontinuo, even with the possible hope if a n:ensure cf success, although L .!i»r-o was little chance of recovering -'•dnnika. cr Mona-stir, or of relieving \drianoplo. \ member el' the Council asked whether the army was ready to riv ai'iie. fighting. . Nnzim Pasha, referred the question to tin* Minute- of Finance, who said that Turkey ha*l no money, and was denondent on foreign .markets. ■ The Minister of Foreign Affairs explained that there was little hope of any advantage Ijei-ng derived from European complications. He added that Russia had twice warned the Porte that a, continuance of hostilities might compel her to depart from neutrality. Sheik HuJ Islam energetically favoured the acceptance of the Powers' Xote, particularly a-s there was no discontent in the Grand Council. He asked the -Government to exert its utmost endeavours to ensure the future safety of the country and the development of its economic interests.

Kaimil Pasha states that the Sultan will issue a manifesto to the. nation. ! The Porte is concerned lost the Ghataldeja troops, believing; they axeinvincible under Enver, Ali aJid Fenti. Beys, will inarch on Stamlxml. RELIEF IN ENGLAND. QUESTIONS OF INDEMNITY AND * ■ DEBT. ( Revived La-st. Nifiht, 11.10 o'clock.) LONDON, January 23. The English newspapers express relief at Turkey' 3 decision. The Balkan delegates point out that the question* of indemnity and the Ottoman debt will require to be settled before an agreement for peace 's signed. EX-SULTAVS MEMOIRS. STRONGLY ANTI-ENGLISH. (Received Last Night 11.10 o'clock.) BERLIN, January 23. The newspaper Nord Nnd Slid publishes an extr-ttt from the memoirs [of Abdul Hamid, the ex-Sultan of I Turkey, which is strongly anti-Eng-lish, and in which regrets are expressfed that Prince Bismarck did not include Turkey in the Trnlice.