Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-12
EUROPE FACES CRISIS.
Continued from Page One.)

of the most influential politicians in
Bulgaria. after audiences with his
sovereign. King Ferdinand, and with
King Peter of Servia and with the
Seryian premier, is now in Budapest
where the aged Austrian Emperor
Francis Joseph. his foreign minister
his minister of war and his chief OF
staff, are gathered. 1t is believed that
DR.. Daneff is the bearer of important
proposals in regard to Seryia,s claims
and that these definite suggestions for
which Austria has been waiting arc
now under consideration.
The views of Austria Hungary con-
corning the future of European Tur-
key are pretty well known to include
access to the Eastern markets, the
integrity of Albania including the
Adriatic coast Of that country, and
compensation for Rumania. which has
always claimed that when Bulgarian
territory is extended her borders should
likewise spread
The AGstro-H Hungarian minister at
Belgrade. who has just returned to his
post, informed the Servian government
of these proposals and suggested that
a reasonable settlement would be that
Austria i'm return for spondine
privileges in the Balkan ports and ON
the railroads leading to them should
give Servia running privileges over
the line that is 10 be built 10 the port
of Durazzo. and that the two eean
tries should together use the port as
a free port.
The existing jealousies are SO in
tense. however. that it viii take q
lot of pressure to induce either Aus
tria or servia TO reeede from its de-
manos. Austria, in fact. takes SO Sc
riously the advance OF a SerVian force
toward the port of Durazzo that she
has dispa tched a steamer there to
take off Austrian residents when the
Servian troops arrive.
Servia's friend, Russia, also is pre-
pairing for eventualities. Beside keep
ing her time expired men in the army,
she is modifying her forces. At Sc
bastopol transports have been pre-
pared to convey Russian troops across
the Black Sea and her arsenals and
commissariat departments are work.
ing night and day,
As to the actual fighting very little
news is coming through. The port of
Rodosto, on the Sea of Marmora,
which the Turkish fleet bonbarded. on
Sunday, is reported from Vienna to
have been reeaptured by the Turks.
This, however. lacks confirmation.
Saloniki of which the Greeks are
now in possession, after all turns out
to be the first important place to fall
before the allies.
Constantinople. Monastir, Scutari
and Adrianople may soon follow, but
the two latter cities are offering "a
stern resistance to the besiegers.
The Turkish authorities, owing to
the protests of the foreign ambassa-
doris, now disclaim any intention of
proelaiming holy war. They give q
labored explanation that the sending
of 100 Mohammedan priests to preach
TO the troops does not really mean a
Holy war. They say their intention
was to inspire the Turkish troops with
religious fervor, and to stir up their
enthusiasm and contempt of death,
which is more commonly known as
fanaticism.
A special dispatch from CONSTANT
nople saws that in the opinion of Eu-
ropean doctors the disease which has
broken out among the wounded is GER
tainly Asiatic cholera. Several bat
Italians of Syrian troops have heen
re-patriated. apparently on account OF
cholera. The dispatch adds that there