THE BALKANS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 35, 4 October 1912, Page 5

THE BALKANS.

SHY OF WAR RISKS

SAMOS ARMISTICE FRUITLESS. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)

(United Press Association.) London, October 3. A number of Servians in London, notified of the mobilisation, have left to join the army. xiie underwriters at Lloyds are shy of war risks, i hey state that the public do not know what to think of the

situation. Bulgaria lias engaged a prominent English aviator, and other engagements are contemplated. Reports state that Bulgaria and Servia have stopped all railway traffic with Turkey. ! Constantinople, October 2. The Samos armistice has proved fruitless. Hostilities are being resumed. The Anglo-French blue jackets are preserving order at Vathy. j MARCHING TO GLORY. Berlin, October 3. Herr von Kilderlen-WuecJitcr, German Chancellor, states that it is impossible for the Powers to permit change's of territorial status in the Balkans. The fact that the only reward of victory will be glory should have a tranquilising effect. The first result of war will be the conclusion of peace between Italy and Turkey. St. Petersburg, October 3. The Rod Cross is mobilising and preparing detachments for Servia andBulgaria. Vienna, October 3. The Emperor Josef has visited the King of Greece. Constantinople, October 3. Greek steamers in Turkish waters are hurriedly transferring to foreign ownership to avoid detention and use as Turkish transports. Abdullah Pasha lias been appointed Comma ndor-in-Chiof. | TURKISH COURAGE. UNITY AND SELF-SACRIFICE. ROUMANIA WITH THE BALKANS Constantinople, October 3. A wave of patriotism is sweeping over Turkey, evoking national courage, unity and self-sacrifice. The Committee of Union and Progress has,issued a proclamation wholeheartedly supporting the Government. Wealthy families are curtailing their expenses with a view to contributions to the war funds. *

Hakki Hey,' in a letter to the press, says that the Balkan States seeking aggrandisement moans the diminution of the power of Austria and llouinania. Tlie former will be closed to the new circle, winch is not suited to either Germanism or the Magyers. His statement is regarded as significant, in conjunction with the Roumanian Minister’s interview and the recent appointment of the King of Ronmani i as a Russian Field Marshal, which is interpreted to mean that Ronmania will side with the Balkan States. j-. An fall-night outpost fusillade occufrcd near Mnstapha. j A number were wounded on both sides. R PEACE PROPOSALS. Vienna, October 3. . The Emperor Fninz Joseph remarked to the King of Greece that ho hoped and believed that, despite the difficult situation, it would bo possible 10 avoid war. . 1 The newspapers indicate that the. Powers are seeking to secure a cessation of mobilisation in the Balkans, the Powers guaranteeing that Turkey will likewise disarm and abstain from attack. Then the Porte will he induced to grant reforms in the shape, 1 of compromise. i Rome, October 3. 1 It is semiofficially announced that the Italian representatives at Athens,Belgrade, Gettinje and Sofia have been instructed to counsel peace and moderation. I SERVIA SAFEGUARDING HER j INTEGRITY. Belgrade, October 3. ; The Powers have requested Servia not to concentrate near the frontier,! lest the situation ho made worse. The Premier replied that the Commandev-in-Chief had ordered the concentration. It was his duty to safeguard die country’s integrity. Precautions had been taken to avoid a challenge on the part of Servia, who would glad!y accept the Powers’ good offices. | It has been decided not to recall. Nenadovitoch, the Servian Minister, 1 from Constantinople. j The Government lias authorised the banks to issue a larger note issue, thereby assisting the banks and merchants to avoid the declaration of a. moratorium. ! A PROVOCATIVE ACT. Athens, October 3. j It is scmi-ofßcially announced that j (he Turkish garrison at Samos on 21th September sacked the Greek factories! and shops at Vathy. | Crete is mobilising six thousand; :nen. _ / { A deep impression lias been _ma.de | in Greece by the Porte’s detention of, a Greek steamer armed with a fir-' nan, authorising the passage of the i Dardanelles. The Porte contends that the steamer was authorised to enter, hut not to leave the straits. The act, is regarded as deliberately provocative. PROPOSALS FOR EUROPEAN CONFERENCE. London. October 3. The “Daily Chronicle’s” Constanti-l uople correspondent says that the Turkish forts on the Bosphorus attacked two Greek steamers. The Hellenic j Minister protested. It is rumoured that the Porto has! received proposals for a formal Euro-! poan conference, with the object of, avoiding war. The same correspondent asserts that the Turko-Roumaniani agreement was arranged when Turkey learned that the Balkan States were arranging a military alliance.