TURKEY'S LAST STAND

Evening Star, Issue 15139, 22 March 1913, Page 5

TURKEY'S LAST STAND

HEAVY FIGHTING AT CHATALJA. ROUT-OF THE TURKS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. CONSTANTINOPLE. March 20. Tt is officially announced that there was a desperate infantry battle at Chatalja, the Turks engaging the Bulgarians. The whole line a.dv;uHe<l five kilometres to tho north of Dcrkos, and occupied manv strategical ' points. SOFIA. March 20. live divisions of Turks at Chatalja. with artillery and cavalry, attempted to 'advance supported by warships, but thev were routed, with heavy loss. Two battalions were isolated and' driven to the seashore, where portion of them escaped to the ships. Another message states that tho attack on the Bulgarian centre at Chatalja w.is Tepulsed, 500 Turks being killed or wounded. NURSES KILLED AT SCUTAR I, ™ „. , VIENNA, March 20. the ■ l.cichs Post" reports that Italian nuns, who were acting as nurses. were killed, while several were wounded! during the bombardment of Scutari. SERVIA HELPS MONTENEGRO. SALONICA. March 20. _ Sixteen transports with 13.000 Servianinfantry on board have sailed for San Gio vanni. NEXT CENTRE OF UNREST. CONSTANTINOPLE. March 20. The Government, are expelling eight Albanians who have been conducting a propaganda, to secure a European prince to rule Albania. • The Committee of Union and-Progress desire a Moslem ruler. c [Albania is divided between Mussulmans and Christians; hence the conflicting reports from that centre of unrest,] AUSTRIAN' DEMANDS. VIENNA, March 21. (Received March 22. at 9 a.m.) The Austrian Minister at Cettinje has been instructed to insist on a. discontinuance of the fo.-cible conversions of Catholic Albanians in the Diakova district."to orthodoxy and on full satisfaction for the detention of the steamer Skodra at Bangiosanni. The Austrian fleet has left Pola with a view to removing civilians from Skutari if their departure is arranged for. FURTHER GREEK SUCCESS. NO ANSWER TO~THE TOWERS' NOTE. A DOUBTFUL~CUSTOMER. ATHENS, March 21. (Received March 22, at 11.20 a.m.) The Greeks have occupied Tepelinix, making prisoners of a cavalry regiment and capturing a number of gu.ns. VIENNA, March 21. The Allies' replv is not expected for tome days, inasmuch as they arc exchanging communications with" each other. Meanwhile, informal advice in favor of moderation is tendered in the Balkan capitals.

Skodras, the captain of the Blasisch, was not allowed to discharge his cargo at San Giovanni. He refined The Montenegrin orders to assist in landing .Servian troops and war material, and also declined, after the cruiser Hamidieh's visit, to assist >'n rescuing the .Servians who wore thrown m the water, alleging that he was in danger, as the. Montenegrins were threatening to fire. The Blasiseh finally steamed off unpursued.