BULGARIA AND SERVIA.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 2 July 1913, Page 5

BULGARIA AND SERVIA.

A BULGARIAN PROTEST. (Received thLj morning 12.25 o'clock, i SOFIA, July 1. Bulgaria has protested to Servu. mkl Greece against tho aggression oi iihose coinii.ries on tho eve of a. peaceful settlement. NEUTRAL ZONE VIOLATED. (Received this morning 12.50 o'ol'wlc.) SALONIKA, July 1. The Bulgarians, after dislodging the Greeks from Panghason, violated the neutral zone in order to septixato the Greeks and Servians. The Greek troopg have been ordered to advance.

FIGHTING CONTINUES

SERVIA'S ATTITUDE.

(Received this morning 12.50 o'clock.) BELGRADE, July 1.

The Bulgarians a/re fighting the Servians and Greeks along a front extending 140 miles. The latest reports state that th? Bulgarians are attempting to sei?." the Uskub-Salonika railway near Valandova. M. Pasics, in a speech in the Skupstina, said Servia adhered to the attitude defined at the end of May. PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT. ANTICIPATED BY AUSTRIA. Received This Moraine;, 12.50 o'clock. VIENNA, July 1. Both Austria and Roumania still anticipate a peaceful settlement of the Balkan crisis.

ORDERS TO BULGARIANS. TO CEASE OPERATIONS. Received This Mornimct, 12.50 o'clock. SOFIA, July 1. The Bulgarian troops have been strictly enjoined to cease operations, unless attacked. Bulgarian official circles accuse the Servian Military League of. ordering the recent aggressive attacks in order to prevent L Parliament endorsing M. Pasic's policy. SURRENDER OF ARMS. ORDERED BY GREECE. Received' This Morning, 12.50 o'clock. ATHENS, July 1.. Owing to the Bulgarians attacking the whole Greek line, without a declaration of war, the Government has ordered the Bulgaria.™ troops at Salonika to surrender their arms within an hour. Meanwhile both Greece and Bulgaria aTe . reciprocally protesting against aggression. A later message states that the 'Bulgarians' at Salonika, refused to surrender their arms, and the Greeks opened fire, and surrender followed. Complete order in town has been maintained.

FIGHTING PROCEEDS AT All, POINTS. , EXCITEMENT IX BELGRADE. . t (Received July 1, 9.55 rum.) BELGRADE, June 30. . Jhere is great excitement here. owing t» the Bulgarians attacking the Servians at Ishtib, Retka, Zletovo, and Yalaudova.. Fighting is proceedings at all lhase noints. The Servians doeJa-re tKn* hmf-ili-ties were begun without a declaration of war. M. Pasics, the Premier, speaking in the Skupstina, stated that the Govenraent'g standpoint was, that with the acceptance of arbitration, Servia's interests would be safeguarded. The sitting was abruptly suspended owing to new« of the Bulgarian attacks. The King presides at a Council today to deal with the situation.

GREEKS DRIVEN OUT OF LEFTERA. TOWN BURNED. (Received July 1, 9 a.m.) ■.... SOFIA, June 30. ! Fighting has been renewed at Leftera>. The Bulgarians drove out the Greeks, and burnt Leftera before leaving.