BALKAN CRISIS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13092, 4 June 1913, Page 3

BALKAN CRISIS.

PREMIERS IN CONFERENCE. BRIGHTER OUTLOOK. (Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.) BELGRADE, June 3. M. Pasics, Premier of Servia, and M. Gueschoff, Premier of Bulgaria, held a cordial conference. Servia is willing to demobilise if Bulgaria will do likewise. M. Gueschoff did not commit himself to the acceptance of a revision of the treaty. . , M. Panics* suggested an l economic convention, strengthened by a military convention later on. The general belief is that the danger of a conflict lias been removed. VIENNA, June. 3. The meeting of the Balkan Premiers is welcomed m Austria, though it is doubted whether they have their respective military parties sufficiently m hand to arrange a tolerable modus vivendi. Military feeling m Servia bitterly resents^ the treatment Servia received at tfoa fall of Adrianople. (Australian Press Specials.) LONDON, May 28. The streets of Sofia are crowded with soldiery. There are 45,CG0 m the town itself, and 35,000 m the villages that mark strategic positions on the Servian frontier, where every precaution is being taken to prevent a surprise night attack. The Porte states that there is reason to believe that Germany favors Greece's claim for the majority of the Turkish Aegean Islands. The news has created a painful impression m official circles, where German support was counted upon. The Bulgarian batteries fired on the Greek fleet while it was passing Kavala, and though no damage was aone, , the incident has caused a, profound sensation. • Greece, 'Servia, and Montenegro are asking Sir Edward 'Grey; the British Foreign Minister, to convene a peace conference. This move is believed to be due to the recognition by these three countries that the intervention of the Powers is necessary, owing to the general procrastination that lias been shown. In a leading article, the Times says: "It was high time that -the Allies did something to recover the good opinion of Europe. It is over a fortnight since they signed the note agreeing to suspend hostilities. It is a week since the diplomatists assembled m London. In the interval they have done nothing but engage m futile squabbles and intrigues against each other while the troops of Greece and Servia have actually been fightiiYT with their Bulgarian allies."