BALKAN SITUATION.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 8, 20 December 1912, Page 5

BALKAN SITUATION.

PROGRESS OF PEACE POURPARLERS. SERVIA'S UNSELFISH SPIRIT. REPORTED SETTLEMENT OF ALBANIAN DIFFICULTY. [PRESS ASSOCIATION C'U’YIUCBT ) (Rec<-ived 20. 8.0 a.m.) London. Dei-. 19. The "Daily Mail's” Belgrade correspondent says the Austro-Servian difficulty has been settled. Servin will recognise an autonomous Albania, receiving the use of a commercial port on the Albanian coast connected with a neutral railway. (Received 20, 8.0 a.m.) London. Dee. 19. Tiie "Morning Post’’ says that as the result of the Ambassadors’ Conference the Adriatic and Albanians' aut.momy questions are well towards settlement, the Servians sho«ing a spirt of unselfishness and a desire not to endanger European peace. (Received 20. S.t' a.m.) London, Dee. 19. The “Daily Mail” says the Turks have been instructed to negotiate with the Greeks. KING GEORGE RECEIVES DELEGATES. (Received 20, 1 1.40 a.m.) London, Dee. 19. The.- King will receive the Peace delegates at Buckingham Palace on Saturday. The Conference is adjourned till Saturday awaiting the courier bringing instructions from Constantinople. SIGNIFICANT. AUSTRIAN BOATS ORDERED OFF THE DANUBE. Bucharest, Dec. 19. The Austrian Navigation Agency at Galatz has been ordered to withdraw all vessels on the Danube between Belgrade and Ttirnu Severin, Rumania. The prohibition is over that portion of the Danube which forms the boundary 7 of Servia.

OPPOSITION TO MILITARY LAW. Herr Frcsl, a Czech, made a sixteen hour speech, stonewalling the ne winilitary law. The sitting continues. [There are many races and creeds represented in the Austrian Reichsrath, ami of recent years the conflict between the Germans and the Czechs has been very bitter. It is significant to note that the military law is supported by the German Austrians and opposed by the Czechs. | TIIE POWERS Rome, Dec. 19 The Marquis San Giuliano, in the Chamber of Deputies, said that the Tripliee for thirty years had guaranteed European peace and made easier friendships with other Powers. The Tripliee had been renewed without the allies asking- for any modifications. RUSSIAN MINISTER’S STATEMENT. St. Pctersbui-g, Dee. 19. M. Kokovtxoff. addressing Ihe Duma, said that Russia was unable; to remain indifferent as to whether the Allies obtained conditions in consonance with th< ir achievements and bloodshed. It. was premat unto discuss the means whereby any purtieular question v.ould be settled. The Powers bud the po’.rorfiflksi reasons to prevail complications and welcomed the British initiative in holding a preliminary discussion, which hr- believed would ftii-iliiaie a solutic.n c.-f tiie crisis.

EEiID'NAhD VISITS SALONIKA. Sofia, Dee. 19. King Ferdinand had an enthusiastic reception on route for Salonika. FIGHTING IN JANINA. Constantinople. Dee. H>. It is officially ri porir .l that, in a six hours’ battle on the Souliedagh hills,/near Janina, the Turks and Albanian auxiliaries defeated the Greeks. The latter had killed, and abandoned three t|uickfir< rs and many rifles. RELIEF CF NON-COMBATANTS London. Dec. 19. The Mansion House fund for noncombatants ?ias reached £IU,SW.’.