THE BALKAN WAR

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 95, 17 December 1912, Page 5

THE BALKAN WAR

A GREEK VICTORY. ''By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) Athens, December 16. The Greeks occupied ideal i 1 av.ramythicl, an important point in the Janina district, after a desperate all-day fight. Sixty 'lurks wore captured. Details of Thursday’s battle near Janina state that the 'Turks field a strongly entrenched position, supported by thirty guns. 'The Greeks advanced on the Turkish left flank up a. steep slope in the face of a heavy fire. Two hundred fell in a few minutes. The advance continued to the trenches. which were charged with fixed bayonets. Fierce hand-to-hand conflicts occurred with the flank, whereupon the whole Turkish line retired. The Greeks captured seven guns.

AUSTRIA’S PREPARATIONS. Berlin, December 10. The ‘Vossiche Zeitung’ says that Austria’s preparations will be completed by next 1* riday. The Adriatic incident is an insufficient explanation of her preparations, which probably arise from a determination to show Scrvia who is master. There is a strong assumption that the Archduke Francis Ferdinand is the moving spirit. PROVISIONS FOR BULGARIA. Sofia, December 16. Several train loads of provisions for the Bulgarians at Chataldja have passed through Adrianoplc. A TRIBUTE TO THE ARMIES. Sofia, December 16. The King’s speech at the opening of the Sobranje, paid a tribute to the armies’ fearlessness and self-sacrifice. He hoped that the peace conference would result in a treaty satisfactory to the allies and commensurate with the costly sacrifices already made. A NEWSPAPER’S CRITICISM. Sofia, December 16. The newspaper ‘Mir’ states that a bellicose spirit impregnates the Sohranje, and declares that the chances of peace are insignificant, and that instead of plenipotentiaries it will lie guns that will again speak. It adds that all the territories occupied and the places besieged ought to become the victors’ property. THE PEACE PROSPECTS. Paris, December 16. M. Daneff, interviewed by ‘Le Temps,’ stated that the chief points for settlement by the allies were the new frontiers in Turkey and questions relating to the future cf Adrianople, the Adriatic and the Aegean Isles. Bulgaria insists on the posession of Adrianople. If Turkey refuses, war will begin again. If the Powers’ ;daas on the Adriatic and the Aegean Isles are communicated to the conference, they will be deferentially discussed. If there is no communication, then Turkey'will be asked to satisfy the desiderata of the allies, who will also claim indemnity.