AWFUL THREAT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 11 February 1913, Page 6

AWFUL THREAT

RY THE DEFENDER OF ADRIANOPLE GENERAL MASSACRE OF BULGARIANS. (Press Association. — Corrniaßx.f VIENNA, Feb. 10. The "Neue Freie Presse's" Constantinople correspondent reports that Chukri Pasha sent the following wireless message when he heard it was contemplated to neutralise Adrianople : "I would sooner sacrifice my last man than surrender one of the strongest fortresses in the world. If further resistance proves useless I shall take care to put 40,000 Bulgarians living here out of the way. I will confide the women and children to the foreign consuls, turn the guns on all Bulgarians, and then convert Adrianople into a gigantic rubbish heap." ANOTHER TURKISH REVERSE. SOFIA, February 10. A sharp engagement occurred at Bulair, where the Bulgarians drove the Turks back to the forts. The Turks attempted to descend to Charkeni, near the neck of the Gallipoli Peninsula, where the Bulgarians frustrated the landing of twenty shiploads of Turkish troops. The Turks last fifty killed in attempting to land at Podima, north-east of Istrandja. The inhabitants of Adrianople are fleeing from one quarter to another, seeking shelter from the shells. DESPERATE ENGAGEMENTS AT SCUTARI. CETTTNJE, Feb. 10. The fighting continued outside Scutari on Friday night and Saturday. General Martinovitch reached the wire entanglements from the Turkish entrenchments at Tarabosch. Fighting was resumed along the whole front on Sunday. The Montenegrins made three assaults on Bardangloi, there being considerable' losses. Both sides maintained their positions. The wounded relate terrible stories, and pay a tribute to the heroic courage of the Turks. ALLIES CONCENTRATING. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 10. A Turkish aeroplane reconnoitred at Chataldja. The Bulgarians deceived the Turks by means of clay dummies wearing military caps, and retired to Chorlu, strengthening the belief that the Allies are concentrating against/ the Dardanelles and Constantinople. The Greek fleet has appeared in the Gulf of Garos. It is rumoured that Servian troops have landed somewhere in the gulf in order to join the Bulgarians advancing on Bulair. "UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS." CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 10. A committee of prominent Turkish ladies and a section of the Red Crescent have *he European sovereigns ,asking them to recall the law of Christ for men's lives and women's honour to - the shameless hordes disguised under the shadow of the Cross who are committing the ghastliest' outrages and assassinations witnessed in Europe in modern times.

THE HAMIDIEH'S VOYAGE

PORT SAID, February 10

The Turkish warship Hamidieh is passing through the Suez Canal, going in the direction of the Levant..

FALL OF SCUTJjTcI IMMINENT.

6500 CASUALTIES REPORTED.,

CETTIJNJE, Feb. 10. It is officially stated that Bardanjoli, dominating Scutari, has been captured. The Montenegrin casualties were 2500 and the Turkish 4000.