BALKAN DISPUTE

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 26 October 1925, Page 5

BALKAN DISPUTE

GREEKS STILL ADVANCE.

BULGARIAN CASUALTIES.

REPORTS TO LEAGUE,

ar CABCE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEHIGT. GENEVA, Oct. 25. The first communication received by the League secretariat from Greece complains of Bulgarian troops occupying a blockhouse in Greek territory. Sofia reports further Greek artillery firing yesterday and the advance of Greek; units. The Bulgarians have up to the present evacuated ten villages, of which seven have been occupied by Greeks. Thoufcancfc ’of refugees are camping al fresco. A further telegram addressed to the League of Nations from the Bulgarian Government states that the Greeks combined in operations which penetrated Bulgarian territory on a thirtytwo kilometre front to a depth of ten kilometres, and adds that the Bulgari. an losses so far are three killed, six officers and one soldier wounded, and seven missing, while even residents of the undefended town of Petritch were wounded as the result of an artillery bombardment. . Greece informed, the League secretariat that the Minister at Paris, assisted by three military representatives from Greece, would attend the council’s deliberations on the GraecoBulgarian conflict. SOFIA, Oct. 24. A report from Athens that the Bulgars have occupied Greek territory is officially denied. The statement adds that not a single Bulgar has crossed the frontier. VIENNA, Oct. 24. Bulgaria has appealed to the Allied Military Control Commission to visit the frontier and inspect the damage heavy artillery has inflicted on Petritch.