THE BALKANS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 17 June 1913, Page 5

THE BALKANS.

SMALL JEALOUSIES STILL AT WORK.

PREMIERS INVITED TO ST PETERSBURG.

1 T OABIiM—PREBB ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. ST.. PETERSBURG, June 15. Th© four Balkan Premiers have been invited to St. Petersburg at the earliest opportunity..

LONDON, June 16. The Nordeutsche welcomes the Czar's initiative in arbitration, which is strengthened by the Powers' collective demobilisation counsels to the Porte and the Balkan Allies.

VIENNA, June 16. With reference to Russia's invitation to the Balkan Premiers, the independent and -Opposition newspapers sharply attack Count Berchtold for permitting what they describe as the establishment of a Russian protectorate. Fears are expressed that the new map of the Balkans has been dratted in St. Petersburg without consulting Austria-Hungary.