THE WAR TANGLE.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1803, 20 December 1912, Page 5

THE WAR TANGLE.

AUSTRIA AND SER VIA

Press Aesn—By Telegraph—Copyright Vienna, Dec. 18. Gostincar, a Czech, spoke for eight hundred minutes, stonewalling the new military law. The press and public are indignant at the delay of the report written by M. Edl,who was sent to enquire into the treatment of M. Prochaska by the Servians at Prizrend. The Neve Freie Presse declares the Government knew the truth three weeks ago, yet were silent when aware that the complaints against Servia were trifling. The Government's failure to tell the truth nearly brought unspeakable ruin upon the country. Die Zeit states that Servia asks Britain temporarily to occupy Durazzo and Alessio pending the settlement of the Austro-Servian dispute. GREEKS ATTACK TURKS. Athens, Dec. 18. The Greeks attacked the Turkish stronghold and fort at Bizani, commanding the Janina road. There was a desperate all-day fight, and the Turkish battteries silenced the Greeks. A shell exploded the magazine. The Greek right wing is now advancing on Bizani.

GREEK V. BULGAR. Salonika, Dec. 18.

The Greeks attempted to suppress two Bulgarian journals publishing articles embittering Greco-Bulgarian relations. Cretan gendarmes found the offices guarded by Bulgarian sentries. The population was panicstriken, fearing that a quarrel was imminent. The Bulgarian authorities ultimately withdrew the sentries.

AMERICA NOT MEDDLING. Washington, Dec. 18,

The State Department is against the proposal for American mediation in the Balkans, holding that the complex question involved could be better settled by the parties closely concerned. KING VISITS SALONIKA.

Received 7.0 p.m. Sofia, Yesterday.

King Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, had an enthusiastic reception on leaving en route to Salonika. TURKS BEAT GREEKS. Received 8.550 p.m. Constantinople, Dec. 19.

Official reports state that a sixhours' battle occurred at the Souliedagh hills, near Janina.

The Turks' Albanian auxiliaries defeated the Greeks. The Greeks had four hundred killed and abandoned three quickfirers and many rifles.

RUSSIA'S POSITION,

CANNOT BE INDIFFERENT,

Received 1.50 a.m.

St. Petersburg, Yesterday.

M. Kokovtzoff, addressing the Duma, said Russia was unable to remain indifferent to whether the Allies obtained conditions in consonance with their achievements and bloodshed.