WAR IN NEAR EAST.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11806, 16 December 1912, Page 4

WAR IN NEAR EAST.

; .' i- CRUEI/ BULGARIANS. . : TBt • ELECiffio" T&E«n'^PH--4CoETniaHT.] .'■.:■ . Received December-15, at 5.5 .p.m. Vienna, December M-.---Tfie"-"Neuc Freie'Piesse says Austria:; is willing to concede Servia a commer.cial port on the Adriatic,, to be approached l>y a neutralrailway". ' - • • 1 . Athens, December 14. Semi-official telegrams from Salonika iiccuie the Bulgarian, soldiers, of .-piliagin<* many towns and attacking Aus,trians. Unspeakable outrages occurred at Seres and other towns,-! includingthe i massacring -of sixty rich:-. Turks, who had previously paid enormous ransoms. : ■ Paris, .December 14. M.Daneff, interviewed, said the Bui- , garians must be placed' in -possession- of: Adriauople as ■&■ sine quo rion, other-* wise'the war would be renewed. The: Powers' ieal interest in Turkey- was: solid- peace and'th> estalishmcnt or closer relations with Bulgaria. -M. Daneff does not" believe Turkey will refuse Greece's admisioit into' the" conference. If she persists the Balkan allies will unite-to obtain Greece's admission. Salonika, he said, was the great concern, i '••■•■■ Thirty thousand Bulgarians are returning from Dede Agach, as there is no accommodation, ana cholera is feared j owing to the crowded condition of tho, city- ■ ■ • . ■ ;| There is continual -Iriction between' the Bulgarians and Greeks.

PEACE SEEMINGLY ASSURED. ; Received December IG, at 8.35 a.m. ' ; London, December 15: { At a preliminary gathering the dele- ; gates settled the procedure and the ; terms of i>eaee would-they would offer; Turkey. It was 'decided that' after' peace had been 'secured they would settle* the Balkan boundaries; It is believed-that the conference-pos' sesses a. full knowledge of 'what'tho, Entente and.tlie Triple; Alliance are willing to ratify. ' ' ' T ' M. Dnneff (interviewed) reaffirmed the unanimity tif-the allies on all questions'. M. Novakoviclr will, preside' at the peace conference, unless the Turks ob-: ject, in which, case the chief of each: mission will- preside alternately. * " All-accounts agree that Turkish selfconfidence is increasing. . They 'now hbld a formidable position a,rid freshtroops juid ■ eirtcumsta'iices stiffen the; Turkish delegates, who will not accept the terras named.

, GREEK DESTROYERS BUSY. .:, Received December 16. at 9 a.m. ! ,'• '..Athens, December 15. Two Greek destroyers are at tho en- : trance; to the Dardanelles. One shelled, the forts, and another attacked a Turkish' destroyer. "The latter took refuge iii the. straits.' 1 " The cruiser "Med jidieh.' emerged "arid tired upon the destroyers; biit six others apjieared and-the 'Me'dji-; dich returned to the shelter of the'forts after a lively cannonade"." ••-,. , -. The Turks haying evacuated the : lfhcs', have taken shelter in the fortifications, surrounding Ja'niin'a.; ( AUSTRIA AND SERVIA.,... ]\ Received December IG, at %5 p.ril.. - •:, .'•■ London, December Renter's"-'"Paris' correspondent states; that in corisi'Citienc-e.'of the 1 military measures Servia has od "to 'Austria 1 of a'liti-Serviair djemott-: strations, particularly'.- opposite. Bel-, grade. ' . ;. -.. J. "" ■".' '.V'- ■,' "".'. / --/.' "'- ,