THE ARMISTICE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVI, Issue 14912, 3 December 1912, Page 7

THE ARMISTICE.

NOT YET SIGNED

WHAT IT MEAN'S

PROPOSED EIGHT DAYS REST,

TO PROVISION THE TOWNS,

Press Association—By Tel.—Copyright. Received 9.15 p.m., Dec. 2nd. LONDON, Dec. 2. The signing of the protocol has been postponed for forty-eight hours to enable the Greek delegates to sign. It provides for' an eight-days' armistice, which the belligerents require to provision the beleaguered towns, and for 48 hours' notice of the resumption of hostilities in the event of the negotiations breaking down. OF WHAT USE IS TT? The provisioning of Adrianople raises the query: "Who is to do it?" The surrounding country is practically devastated and supplies can only come from Constantinople.' This would necessitate the Bulgarians conceding the use of the railways.

LULL IN CANNONADING.

BERLIN, De- I

All the Constantinople dnsp I'-j'ajs agree that the armistice will be arranged by Monday; also that Bu'^ana has relinquished her claim to Adrianople.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 1

The liner that was being held in. readiness to remove the English residents in case of disturbance has nowbeen dispensed with.

NEW WAR EISK

BANKRUPTCY AND EVICTION.

TO BE OFFERED TO TURKEY. Received 12.15 a.m., Dec. 2nd. LONDON, Dec. 2. The "Daily Mail's" Sofia correspondent states that the allies intend to demand an indemnity of *orty-eight millions, besides the surrender of all territory except Constantinople and the Dardanelles coast. TIME TO GIVE IN. The -"Telegraph's" Constantinople correspondent states that the Turkish army is bitterly opposed to ppace, except the senior officers, who recognise the futility of continuing the war. ivnrdish' women are.' aiding their husbands in the trenches.

ALLIES MAY QUARREL.

BULGARIA TOO GREEDY.

LONDON, Dec. 1

The Central News Agency dyrhijvs that there is friction between Bulgaria and tiie other allies owing to Kr.ii: Ferdinand's unlimited ambition and fiesire to ■ dominate the Balkans. The Bulgarians made a forced march in the effort to reach Salonika first, when the -exigencies of the situation really demanded their concentration at Chataldja.. ,'

JEALOUSY iOF BULGARIA

ATHENS, Dec. 2

Greek circles, assert that King Ferdinand h&s brought about the .peace negotiations with a view to self-ag-grandisement.

SERVIAN CAUTION. Received 11.SO p.m., Dec. 2nd. BELGRADE, Dec. 2. Tiie Press Bureau has issued a communique of the opinion of authoritative circles that owing to the attitude of the Powers the Albanian question and Servians standpoint are no longer opportune, and that their interests would bo better served by yielding. AT. Hartwig, interviewed, said Russia had always counselled Servian moderation, and greatly desired that peace should be maintained. THE PEACE CONFIDENCE. AN AMENDED SCHEME.' - PARIS.. Dec. 2. The Triplice have agreed to the principle of the conference but hold that it should meet in a neutral capital. This would necessitate the. appointment of special plenipotentiaries instead of utilising the Ambassadors at a major capital, which was a feature of the British proposal.

The Press considers the climax of the crisis has passed. ADRIATIC PORTS. The i; Neue Freie Presse" states that Turkish peace delegates rejected the allies' demands for the cession of the Albanian coast from Montenegro to Durazzo. Inspired journals assert that Austria Adriatic port under Albanian sovewould not object to Servia using an reignity. TURKS' SELF-DECEPTION. BERLIN, Dec. 1. The "Cologne Gazette's " Constant tinople correspondent states that the Turks expected the Triple Allianes to "pull the nuts out of the fire," receiving in return great. economic advantages from the Turkish alliance and the lease of one of the Aegean ports. , BEGINNING .THE HARVEST. SERVIA HAS SOME NUTS- • BELGRADE, Dec. 1.Albanian bands in the Dibra and Lyuma districts have surrendered and taken the oath of allegiance to Servia. ,

Ismail Kemal, who has been procTaimod President of Albania, advised the Albanians not to oppose tho Servian advance, trusting to the Powers to recognise and protect their neutrality.

PROGRESS OF THE .WAR*

AT ADRIANOPLE.

LONDON, Deo. 1.

Mr Bennett Burleigh wires that the Bulgarians nightly creep closer to Adrianople, making rifle pits and long lines of entrenchments, protected by wire entanglements. Then, under skilful emplacements, guns and batteries are' moved forward. AT SCUTARI. CETTINJE, Dec. 1. Thirty-two thousand Montenegrins are now investing Scutari. Turkish deserters give accounts of great distress at Tarabosch.

REMARKABLE scene

AT DURAZZO

SERVIANS CORDIALLY WELCOMED. ATHENS, Dec. 2.

There was a remarkable scene in Durazzo when the news came that the Servians were outside the town. The shops were closed, the streets deserted, and the populace flocked out of the town some miles and met and cheered the army.

MONTENEGRINS.

HAVE NOT DONE WELL,

CETTINJE, Dec. 2.

King i Nicholas is personally directing the Montenegrins. General Vukovitch has heen appointed chief of staff. This is interpreted to mean that hitherto the Montenegrin forces have lacked organisation, and that their operations have not been what they might have heen. The Servians state that .the Montenegrins rejected an offer of assistance at Scutari. ' PAYING THEM BACK. Information from various sources confirms the rumours of severe Servian rearguard reprisals on the inarch to the Adriatic.

NAVAL action. THE TORPEDOED CRUISER. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 1. After the cruiser Hamidieh had had a hole driven in her by a torpedo her .officers gave fine examples of courage and daring. They took the vessel across the open sea to the Golden Horn, and arrived with the decks only eighteen inches above water. The cruiser practically sank at the entrance to the dock. The officers took this course . instead of hugging the coast because they feared that the crew would mutiny and insist on beaching the vessel.

ATHENS, Dec. 1. The Turkish forts, fired at, but did not hit, the Greek torpedo boat Dbxa, which was cruising at the entrance to the Dardanelles. ■ Greek transports have landed Bulgarians at Dedeagatch. BULGARIANS ANGERED. REPLY BY MASSACRE. . A band of 130 Bulgarians captured Dedeagatch. They were shot at from * a mosque flying a white flag. The Bulgarian leader was killed, and a. massacre ensued. The mosque was demolished with bombs,.and the Turkish quarter pillaged. Five hundred Moslems were shot on sight. The Bulgarians only lost four throughout the advance from NevroLkop.

TURKISH BARBARISM. CRUELTY AND NEGLECT. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dee. 1. Although the streets of the city, Pera, and Scutari, are thronged by disabled remnants of the- Turkish army, no organised efforts are being made by officials to relieve their sufferings. The indifference displayed is as remarkable as is the thorough disorganisation. It is estimated that 200,000 have hecome ineffective as soldiers since the beginning of the war, while 50,000 have been lost in battle or by cholera. ATHENS, Dec. 1. It is semi-offk-ially stated that th« Turks after retreating from Fiorina bombarded and burned several villages and massacred ISO Greeks.