Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-04
May Deprive Montenegro
Of Hard-Earned Prize.
Preparing by Force Of Arms 10
Stop Attack on Scuiafl
The Place Already at Monien egrlns'
Mercy, Almost Captured.

London. April Just as Montef1e-
gro has scored her first real success
by getting footho.d at Tarabo sch.
the key to Scutari, the warships Of
the Powers are gathering along the
coast to compel her to give up the
most precious fruits of five months
hghting. After series of desperate
engagements, the Montenegrins AZ.
sisted by the Scrvians. are practical
~ in command of Taraboseh. Stimuli.
eaheeasiS with the arrival of this
news came further information that
Austrian warships are anchored off
Antivari and that British and Italian
warships are on their way to toin
them for the purpose Of making a
demonstration which is approved by
all the Powers, not excepting Russio.
Should the demonstration prove in
effective, it is understood that the
Montenegrin ports of Antivart and
Dulcigno will be occupied. Whom the
Montenegrln trouble is out of the way
1t is likely that the Powers will have
formed the British minister that IL
was impossible to withdraw her
troops from Scutarl, as Servia was
bound to Montenegro until peace had
been signed and that any drawing
back at the present time would be the
death knell of the Balkan alliance.
Servia, too, is reported to be prepar-
ing Tor the permanent occupation of
DuraZzo. This action would be
directly against the decision of tho
Powers.
Elsewhere matters are moving
smoothly. An agreement has practi.
ecaily been reached with regard to the
boundary between Turkey and Bul.
saria, although Bulgaria is guarding
against any slip in the peace nego-
.bdttons and Is moving virtually the
whole of her Adrianople army to
Tchatalja. The captured town will be
lett IN possession of Gen. Darmes.
partial agreement also is reported
as having been arranged between Bull
Raria and Roumania, the latter get
ting Silistria.
London, April 3.-The amba doris
III London OF the European powers de-
clded, wednesday, at the last moment,
that 1t was useless to hold the meeting
they had projected owing TO the un.
certainty of affairs in the Balkans.
No, reply to the note of the Powers
has been received from the Balkan
allies.
Altogether the sit aation in regard to
the Balkans is such that diplomats are
greatly pertnrbed lest the veneer at
present binding the European Powers
should crack.
Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign
aocrctary. informed the House ofacosfl-
mons, Wednesday, that as M6ntonagfo
had resumed the attack. on ,+Bcutsti.
contrary To the will of the Eirubean
powers, the latter hadsdecidea 10 pro-
ceed with the naval demonstration on
the Montenegrin coast. Two .fstilfih
Warships he said were ready u ApAf-
ticipate. 500 T. IL 9s'5..s {. ~ ssssffsf
--------s,-s tsaf sese
Paris. April 5.--The hreneli gDverri.
ment, Wednesday, decided to take part
in the naval demonstration on the
Montenegrin coast owing to Mon
tenegro's negative reply, to the request
OF the European Powers that she
should raise the siege of Scuiarla.
Action will be taken, however, only
after Russia has given her definite APP
prevail and has asked France to repre-
sent her. The decision Of the French
government has been communicated
to Russia.
Cettinje, April $50 p. M.--sreat
Iarabosch fort, Which for months has
held the Allies off Scutari. is now prac-
tically in the hands of the Montene-
erins, thanks to the secriflce OF 200
bomb throwers. every one of whom lost
his life in a last desperate effort to
clear the way to the town, for the DOS.
session of which Montenegro is ready
10 give up everything.