THE BALKAN SITUATION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 3 May 1913, Page 5

THE BALKAN SITUATION.

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SiTTtNC OF AMBASSADORS' CONFERENCE. ADJOURNED TILL MONDAY. (Received Last Night, <5.5 o'clock.) LONDON, May 1. The Ambassadors' Conference sat for two and a-half hours, and then adjourned till Monday, in the hop--of obtaining fuller guiding formula. APPOINTMENT OF PEACE DELEGATES. ; i AND DEMOBILISATION. i (Received May 2, 11.10 a.m.) r '\ CONSTANTINOPLE, May 1. Tho Powers have invited the Porte to appoint peace delegates, to ihdi-' cate a meeting-place, and to begin demobilisation. J AUSTRIA'S INTENTONS. WILL TAKE INDEPENDENT action: MONTENEGRO ASKS FOR FRIENDLY SETTLEMENT. (Received Last Night, 10.30 o'clock.) LONDON, May 2. Although Count Mensdorff, Austrian Ambassador in London, conveyed to the Ambassadors' Conference Austria's intention of holding herself at liberty to take independent action, it is hoped in many quarters that, owing to Montenegro's more conciliatory disposition, Austria will stay her ba.nd if only for a- few days. M. Popov itch, Montenegrin Plenipotentiary in London, lias made overtures for a friendly settlement. Montenegro's reply to the Powers' denies the intention to defy them and trusts that the Scutari question will be discussed between the Allies and Powers as part of the whole question <\ the, Albanian frontier. Montenegro > yesterday offered to -urrender Scutari for territorial compensation, but Austria will nrot agree co any compensation at Albania's' expense. The Powers hope that a few days' patience will facilitate a peaceable settlement. Petice negotiations between Turkey and the Allies will open in London in a few days- , when the Powers will draft a preliminary agreement, which will be submitted for their signature®.

IMM KDI ATE EVACUATION. DEMANDED BY RUSSIA. GREAT BITTERNESS CREATED. (Received Last Night. 11.25 o'clock.) CETTINJE, May 2. Russia, on Wednesday, renewed •he demand for tho immediate evacuation of Scutari in the bluntest terms, intimating that 'Montenegro wa/s courting ruin. The communication has created the ;xreafest bitterness, and is interpreted as a veiled hint of Austrian intervention.