THE BALKAN WAR.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1889, 7 April 1913, Page 5

THE BALKAN WAR.

MONTENEGRO AND THE POWERS.

THE BLOCKADE. SINISTER AUSTRIAN HINT. Preea Aun—By Telegraph—Copyright Yienna, April 4. The Montenegrin attack on Scutari failed. They require time to bury the dead and tend the wounded, and the attack will be renewed at the week-eud, when fresh Servian siege guns will be in position. It is stated that two thousand Servians and Montenegrins were killed and two thousand wounded in the recent fighting at Scutari. The Reich post advocates utilising a hundred thousand Austrian troops against Montenegro, whether or not the Powers participate. Berlin, April 4.

It is announced that the demonstration is restricted to a peaceful blockade, with a view to starving Montenegro into compliance with the Powers' demands.

RUSSIA WARNS SERVIADANGER AHEAD. AND COMPLICATIONS. Received 6.20 p.m. London, Saturday. M. Sazonoff, Russian Foreign Minister, in a speech warned Servia against pushing further south than the' Treaty Alliance permitted. He added that the settlement of the frontier was likely to lead to grave complications for Bulgaria.

BOLD NICHOLAS.

HIS ALBANIAN DREAM. SCUTARI HIS CAPITAL. Received 6.20 p. m. Cettinje, Saturday. King Nicholas, interviewed, said he meant to have kept the territory he had captured, and make Scutari his capital.

A BLOCKADE RACE. SERVIA FIRST HOME. PRICE FOR SCUTARI. Received 5.5 p.m. London, April 5. Pear-Admiral Troubridge commands the blockading fleet, which arrived too late to prevent the Servians landing to assist in the capture of Scutari.

Cettinje. April 5.

Three Austrian, two Italian, and one each of British, German, and French warships have arrived at Antivari.

Berlin, Saturday. The Frankfurter Zeitung foresnadows monetary compensation to Montenegro or the loss of Scutari. Vienna, Saturday.

A demonstration at Spulato in favour of the Balkan States was suppressed, and numerous arrests were made.

Servian howitzers have been posted around Scutari, and the Servian General Boyevitzch and Colonel Pavlovitch have revised the plan for a general attack. St. Petersburg, Saturday.

The Powers have agreed on a basis of settlement of the RoumanianBulgarian dispute.

A RUSSIAN ANNOUNCEMENT.

St. Petersburg, Saturday.

M. Sazonoff, Russian Foreign Minister, receiving a deputation in the Duma, declared that Russia did not fear war complications.

The Allies' demands would be more or less satisfied, but Montenegro would receive less than the others. She would not possess Scutari. After referring to the ServianBulgarian frontier difficulty as cabled he added that hitherto Servia and Bulgaria had attached little importance to the frontier anticipating that the Tsar would act as supreme arbiter. But recently the Servians seemed to avoid such a settlement.

He added that the question of the Dardanelles was not yet ripe. The attitude of Russia and the Allies in the European Concert must first be defined

Telegrams received here state t hat Russia categorically warned King Ferdinand against entering Constantinople.

THE PRICE OF PEACE.

WHAT THE ALLIES WANT. TO END THE WAR. Received 5.5 p.m. Sofia, April 5. The Allies replied to the Powers that they accept the conditions subject to reservations in respect to the suggested frontier of Thrace and other points. The Aegean Islands should be ceded to the Allies. They consider that the proposed Albanian frontiers should be known beforehand and hope they will be in conformity with those they proposed at the London conference.

A war indemnity must be accepted on principle, the amount to be fixed by a commission whereon the Allien would be represented.

If these conditions were admitted the Allies promise that war will cease directly.