THE BALKANS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13730, 21 October 1908, Page 5

THE BALKANS.

AUSTRIAN SIKH'S DAMAGED. BULGARIAN TROOPS TO BE DIM BANDED. Press Association-Bv Telegraph-Copyrigb' Belgrade. Oct. 19. All Italian ni'.l> at Belgrade attacked tli: 1 Austrian Til- u- iulnrin.u <1 id not -interfere. The authorities at Belgrade have sriit officios to ill? dimiag.- ;o Austrian shops. M. Papiikoff. ilij. Bulgarian Minister for Foreign Affair*. litate.s• that'the reserves aheady summoned to the- colours will be disbanded on November 4th unle>s Turkey engages in ro.-ust-ing movements. GERMANY AM) TURKEY. DEMONSTRATION' OP FRIENDSHIP. BERLIN. Oct. 19. The Kaioc-r effusively welcomed the new Turkish. Ambassador, declaring that hie friendship for Turkey hadjneVvt- wavered. SITUATION STILL SERIOUS. LONDON. Oct. 19. The Turns'" states that the situation in the Balkans is st ill vc-ry tf-rious, though Bulgaria's countermanding' the summoning of additional r:i-.;rvists has-favourably impr.ssed Tui key. AUSTRIA AND THE 'CONFERENCE. PRESS COMMENT IN VIENNA. VIENNA. October 19. The semi-official newspaper the "Frcmdenblait." owtes that the conference of tiic l'ow-iii will 1) • approved by all Powers desiring a peaceful settlement of Nr-ar Eastern difficulties. The chief object of the conference must be to satisfy Turkey. Other Viennese journals are le.=s favourable to the conference. ITALY SUPPORTS BRITAIN. ROME, Oct. 19. Italy adheres to the Anglo-Rustsian draft programme of the conference of the Powers. WAR MATERIAL HELD UP. VIENNA. Oct. 19. Aivurians at Neusatz,- on the Danub?. stopped a German steamer with Servian munitions of war. " Similarly three batteries of quicktirers were stopped at Subotitsa.