TURKISH TACTICS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 48, 25 February 1913, Page 5

TURKISH TACTICS.

EXHAUSTION BY DELAY.

PORTE STUX HOFECTJIi. ALLIES INACTIVE. (By Cable.—Press- association.— Copyright.) LOXDOX. February 24. A message from Constantinople states that the Turkish Government is confident that it can hold the Chataldja lines indefinitely. The Porte is still hopeful of European complications or the exhaustion of the Allies by delay. It is believed that Adrianople will tie able to withstand a continuance of the siege until the end of March. Other accounts state that Scutari has telegraphed to the effect that it will be difficult to prolong the resistance of that town beyond seven days. The main body of Turks is compelled to remain in the entrenchments at Chataldja owing to the floods. An artillery duel is in progress to the east and in front of Adrianople. The "Daily Telegraph's war correspondent states that the inactivity of the Allies is difficult to explain. Possibly, he remarks, the failure of the Greeks to cooperate (which is due to the misunder- ( standing with Bulgaria regarding Salonika I has led to an alteration of the plans. It is rumoured in Belgrade that the Allies and the Turks are secretly negotiating for peace. The Powers have not received any notification of Turkey's acceptance of the collective Xote. M. Ciueshoff (Bulgarian Prime Minister) states that the Government has declined to consent to a neutral zone at Karagatch at Adrianople, but will adhere to the parties' first proposition, authorising foreigners to leave the Turkish lines.