The Balkans

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 16, 19 June 1913, Page 5

The Balkans

THE SERBO-BULGARIAN DELAY. STRAINED RELATIONS. AUSTRIA RESTLESS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. St. Petersburg, June 17. Pan-Slavist newspapers are irritated at the Serbo-Bulgarian delay in accepting the Czar's intervention and reproach the Allies with ingratitude, pointing out that Russia spent £50,000,000 to ensure the; defeat of Tuncey without Austrian interference. London, June 17. The Daily Mail correspondent at Sofia , says that Bulgaria refuses to attend the St. Petersburg conference unless Servia is pledged to abide by the decisions of the 1 The Times' Sofia correspondent says that M. Gueshoff's resignation is due to Russia's change of attitude towards the Serbo-Bulgarian treaty. Russia per- - suaded Bulgaria to desist from. the attack on Chataldja by promising to induce Servia to respect the treaty, but after the signature of peace urged Bulgaria to modify the treaty. M. Gueshoff resigned to enable a coalition Cabinet under M. Daneff to deal with the crisis. The situation is still dangerous. Although Bulgaria and Servia have acv cepted the Czar's arbitration the attitude of neither towards the treaty was changy ;ed. The two armies, are so inflamed that: a conflict inay occur before the St. Pet-' ■".'. "ersburg conference assembles; : ' .'('./ : ' 'Vienna, June i 7. The Czar's telegram to King Ferdin- ,: and and Iving Peter has created divergence among the Powers regarding the utility of the representations in favor of collective demobilisation. According to the Neue Freie Presse, Austria does not intend to proceed in the matter, although Germany and Italy adhere to original resolution. SERVIA SIGNS THE TREATY. . , Received 18, 5.5 p.m.. London, June 18. Servia is the first of the Balkan States to ratify the Treaty of Peace. BULGARIA'S REPLY. A SUGGESTED COMPROMISE. Received 18, 11.55 p.m. Sofia, June 18. Bulgaria's reply to Servia's proposal ~ for partial demobilisation complains of the concentration of the whole of the • Servian army on the Bulgarian frontier, in greater proportions than against Turkey on the outbreak of war; also the simultaneous concentration of the Greeks on the Bulgarian frontier. It emphasises that the despatch of Bulgarian forces to the Servian frontier was intended to reassure the border population. The reply adds that Bulgaria's appeal for the Czar's arbitration in April did not meet with , a sympathetic response from Servia, who proposed a postponement of Servian demobilisation until the differences with Bulgaria were settled. Nevertheless, Bulgaria was still animated with, sentiments of fraternity and friendship 1 , which ;'■■ were the basis of the treaty between the, two countries. She now consents to a Simultaneous reduction of effectives from two to one-fourth, while retaining the 1 right to a Serbo-Bulgarian condominium in the disputed zone, by virtue of secret annexes by treaty, and proposes that the respective troops shall, in equal numbers, remain until the arbitral award is made. The Note concludes by suggesting that both parties forthwith beg the Czar to exercise his right of arbitration on the basis of the treaty, and annexes also a memoranda to which both must submit within a week.