LATEST FROM THE FRONT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 39, 9 October 1912, Page 6

LATEST FROM THE FRONT.

SEVERE FRONTIER FIGHTING. SERVIANS REPULSED. (Received 8.25 a.mD London, October S. The Chronicle’s Constantinople correspondent says that the Council of Ministers has received news of severe •fighting, in which the Servians. were repulsed all along the frontier. Paris, October 8. M. Sazanoff lias gone to Berlin. HOSPITALS FOR WOUNDED. . J Constantinople, October 8.

The Rod Crescent is establishing; nine hospitals ■ with two hundred beds • apiece in the various districts.

(A STATE OF SIEGE.. The Government has proclaimed a state of siege for three days. Ten thousand demonstrated at Beyrout, demanding war. Sofia, October 8. Lohrange has accepted the offer of the salaries of certain deputies for the purchase of aeroplanes. , THE REFORM PROPOSALS. NOBODY TO BE SATISFIED. Bulgarians state that Turkey’s scheme will satisfy nobody and will not provide Macedonian autonomy. It does not stipulate for European surveillance. Athens, October 8. The Turkish reform proposals are ridiculed, and it as i pointed- out that the Turks everywhere* ■ hold it . majority, upon the'provincial councils..

SERVIA’S SOLDIERS. WITHOUT "OU. BLANKETS. Belgrade, October 8. The grrny is inadequately supplied with clothing.. The third line of reserves duly . received their caps. They are to provide the rest of the uniforms themselves. The troops are suffering severely,' being camped in the open without tents or blankets. Servian women are arranging for Ited Cross cases, especially near the mountain frontier of Sandjak, where guerillas are operating on the railway two days’ distant in a threatening manner. The agonies of the wounded are intensified through being transported in Tough carts.

THE SEAT OF TROUBLE, Cettinge, October 8.Nine Turkish battalions arrived at Tuzi on Monday. The Malissories attacking fought all day. The conflict continues. SENSATION IN LONDON. j (Received 9.5 a.m.) London, October 8. Montenegro’s action has caused a sensation in Balkan circles in London. It is feared the precipitation will jeopardise the success of diplomacy. Paris, October 8.

After further consideration Britain has agreed to collective steps being taken at Constantinople. Belgrade, October 8. The Skuptschina.(the Assembly) has voted an extra credit of £1,780,000. RUSSIAN RED CROSS HELP. The Russian Red' Cross is sending three hundred beds, seven doctors and forty-five nurses. MONTENEGRINS AGGRESSIVE. It is reported that Montenegrin troops have crossed the frontier. , i Sofia, October 8.

POWERS’ PEACE PROPOSALS. Austrian and Russian Ministers have delivered at Athens, Belgrade, and Sofia .the Powers’ representations in favour of peace. Cettihge, October 8. The Government have handed the Ottoman representatives their passports and instructed the charge de Affairs at Constantinople to break off relations. GRECIANS TO THE FRONT. Cairo, October 8. Many Greek reservists are leaving Egypt daily for Piraens, on the Gulf of Aegina. AUSTRIA ANT) HER GUNS. Vienna, October 8. The Government is asking the delegations for a supplementary credit of twelve million sterling to purchase •howitzers, mountain guns and aeroplanes