NO INTERFERENCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144150, 21 July 1913, Page 3

NO INTERFERENCE.

- WITH -THE BALKAN STATES, - POWERS CANNOT TAKE ACTION.,, - BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. LONDON, July 20. Mr. Noel Buxton, speaking in tho House of Commons, said the British Government should urgo the Powers to consider the establishment of an autonomous State in Macedonia on tho lines of. Albania. Sir Edward Grey, Minister for Foreign Affairs, replied that at present this was an impracticable solution. Asked what steps should be taken to re-settle the Balkan population with security of life aiid liberty and moans to re-stock their farms, ho replied that that was occupying the attention of tho Powers. It was doubtful if ho could interfere between tho Bulgarians, ■ Greeks, and Servians. ATHENS, July 20. King Constantine has challenged King Ferdinand to hold an inquiry into tho Bulgarian atrocities. He considers that people permitting such acts Cannot bo regarded as civilised, and demands that Bulgaria bo struck off tho list of civilised nations signing the Hague Convention. BUCHAREST, July 20. Tho Queen of Bulgaria appealed to tho Queen, of Eoumania to stop the Roumanian advance. The Queen replied; “Tho advance will continue, but frith consideration.” King Charles has replied to King Ferdinand that Roumauia’s conditions are known tp-tbo whole of Europe. BELGRADE, July 20. The main Bulgarian army has been concentrated, entrenching between ICustendil and Duhnitza, along a front of twenty-five miles. Tho Servians are preparing for a fresh advance. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 20. ■ Turkish cavalry have arrived before Adrianople.

BRITAIN ON THE WATCH. (Received July 21, 9.15 a.m.) ATHENS,^ July 20. Three British cruisers have arrived at Piraeus, and four destroyers aro expected. RUMOUR CONFIRMED. OF BULGARIAN ATROCITIES. (Received July 21, 8.20 a.m.) LONDON, July 20. The King of Greece has telegraphed that the mutilated bodies of the four notables at Seres have been found at Detrich. Most of the foreign war corrospendeuts confirm tho rumour that hundreds of mutilated corpses of influential people were seen at Demirhissar.

[King Constantino directed that a protest Ite sent to tho civilisedl Powers against tho atrocities of the Bulgarians, who were described as monsters in’ human form. It was stated they massacred a metropolitan, two priests, and a hundred notables at Domirhissar, and violated young girls, one who resisted being cut to pieces. They were also said to have massacred sixteen Mussnlmen. Numerous other women and children were found murdered and burned beyond recognition in their homes.] SOFIA, July 19. The Bulgarian general reports that tho Greeks shelled tho Red Cross flag .at Domirhissar, killing, attendants and patients in the hospital. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 19. Tho Turks occupied Rodosto and killed twenty-five disreputables who acted as Bulgarian spies. / CLOSING ON SOFIA. LONDON, July 20. The Allies are gradually closing in upon the Bulgarians. A Roumanian flying column within forty miles of Sofia encouhtered a brigade with twenty guns at Lorapalanka. After a brief fight the Bulgarians, and twelve guns, surrendered. Tho Greeks are pushing through the Central Mountains towards th'o capital, firing the villages in retaliation for the Bulgarian atrocities. 1 The Servians at Ilskub closed the Bulgarian churches, which under Turkish rule enjoyed freedom. What-is happening in Sofia is unknown. Many Roumanians say that .King Ferdinand and tho Queen have fled to Austria.