WAR INDEMNITY AN ESSENTIAL FACTOR

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 46, 24 February 1913, Page 7

WAR INDEMNITY AN ESSENTIAL FACTOR

BULGARIAN STATEMENT RESULT OF RESUMPTION OP HOSTILITIES. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright, (Received February 24, 9.30 a.m.) SOFIA, 23rd February. The Ministry of Finance has issued a statement to the effect that an indent nity will be an essential factor in the conclusion of peace. This has been rendered necessary as a veßult of the resumption of war. The annexed provinces have been so devastated and de* populated that Bulgaria cannot afford sufficient of her reiwurcos to meet het? financial burdens. The statement also guys that the allies' hatiottnl economy has been sork. ously affected by the resumption of" war. TURKS CLAIM SUCCESSES. MONTENEGRINS UNABLE TO CONTINUE THE WAR.' (Received February 24, 9.35 a.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE," 23rd Feb. The Turks claim to have twice re« pulsed the Bulgarians in the vicinity of Kadekem, It is also reported that the Montenegrins are no longer able to continue the war. BULGARIAN AIRSHIP CAPTURED,. (Received February 24, 9.40 a.m.) VIENNA, 23rd February. A Bulgarian aeroplane, piloted by a Russian lieutenant, fell in Adrianople. The aviator has been imprisoned, TN DEFERENCE TO THE POWERS. RUMANIA WILITIcCKPT MEDIATION. BUCHAKKST, ggad Feb. Cabinet has decided, ij deference to the Powers, that Rumania will accept Sir Edward Grey's proposal for media* tion, in the hope of an early decision. •HAKKI PASHA INTERVIEWED. NOT ON AN OFFICIAL MISSION. DEMANDS REGARDING SKUTARI, • LONDON. 22nd February. The Turkish Minister, Hakki Pasha, interviewed, denied that he was on a peace or official mission. Turkey hoped that the Ambassadors' Conference might arrange <t satisfactory peace formula, safeguarding Constantinople, the Sea of Marmora, the Dardanelles, and Asia Minor. Turkey had no interest in continuing the war, at her lost territory could not be recovered. The Servian delegate has informed the Ambassadors' Conference that Servk has associated herself with th© Mon* tenegran demands in regard to Skutari, also the exclusion ol Dibra from Albania. TURKISH ARMY. SAID TO BiThOPELESSLY DEMORALISED. CONSTANTINOPLE, 22nd Feb. Refugees at Gallipoli state that the Turkish army is hopelessly demoralised., The men arc half starving, and threatening to pillage, while number* of officera and men have left, seeking food and shelter elsewhere. Vessels passing the Dardanelles report that the Turks at tlalUpoH are huddled over the camp fire*. Bitter northerly winds are blowing down from the snowclad heights. maintenance of equilibrium, asiatkTturkey. (Received February 24, 8.80 a.m.) ROME, 23vd February. In a speech in the Chamber of Deputies, the Marquis di San Ouiliano, Minister for Foreign Affairs, said thai all the Powers recognised that tho integrity of Asiatic Turkey was essential to the maintenance of the equili- ! brhtm of peace.