The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
No Further News Received
of Essad Pasha's
Exploit
CONCENTRATION OF
TROOPS RUMORED
Dispatch Confirms the Report That
Bulgars Have Been Ordered
to Evacuate Places Oc-
cupied by Greeks

| London, April 2S.--The mystery sur
ening: No further news has been re-
| ceived of Essad Pasha's exploit in AL
bania and the situation at Salonik is
difficult to understand
A dispatch from Sa1oniki of current
date confirms the report that orders
were given for the Bulgars to evacu-
ate all places occupied by the Greeks.
hut later these orders were counter
manded and that official attempts were
raade TO pretend that they never were
given.
| A Bucharest dispatch dated April 20
to tho Daily Telegraph expresses the
| firm conviction that Immediately peace
| is sighned between the allies and Tur-
key new war will commence between
Servia, Bulgaria and Greece
Concentration of Troops
| A Bulgarian correspondent says that
large concentrations of opposing troops
are ready for these new campaigns
and adds that he has heard from re-
liable sources that considerable fight
Ing already has occurred and that three
important engagements were fought
last week, concerning which the great
| est secrecy has been maintained He
describes fighting with heavy losses on
| both sides between the Bulgarians and
Servians to the northeast of Monastir
on April 10, and fighting between the
Greeks and Bulgarians for a week In
the vicinity of Nigrita, Seres and Sa-
lonilxi.
The Daily Telegraph calls attention
! t. me aaet 'at ahefess q few wefS-s
ego the Servians We're endeavoring to
defeat and capture Djavid Pasha's army
/ these operations appear to have ceased
and suggests that the cessation of the
Servian attack is connected with Essad
/ Pasha's coup.
Apparently the ambassadors con-
ference in London today postponed it's
decision until the next meeting, which
! is set for May !.
A Vienna dispatch to the Chronicle
says:
News has reached here that Crown
! prince Danilo is marching northward
/ with the Montenegrin army In con-
heetion with the preparations which are
/ be1ns made to resist an Austrian at
tack on Cettinje. All the heights do,h-
mating the road from Cattaro to Get :
heavy artillery and strong Montene-
grin forces supported by Servian troops
are taking up positions in the noun
tains.
Montenegro has been furnished by
| Servia with sufficient provisions for
the Montenegrin army to last three
months"
| "A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Trieste says that $4,000 Austrian troops
are assembled near the Montenegrln
frontier.
The Mails correspondent at Gratz.
Austria, says it is stated that Austria
| Is planning for Tuesday a military ad-
vance which win not be confined to
Montenegro. Troops will be sent in
! transports to southern Albania Mean
while troop trains crowded with rifle
men from the Austrian Alps are pro-
ceeding to the south.
The Nails Belgrade correspondent
says that the alliance among the mem
| hers of the Balkan league clearly pro-
vides for concentrated military action
! in the event of an attack by Austria
even If such an attack has the sanction
| of the great powers.
a Vienna dispatch to the Mail saws:
| kilograms from Cattaro report that
| Montenegrins are making insultint tr
| demonstrations in front of the Aus
trian legation. They decorated an imi-
tation donkey with a dress coat. tie
| breast of which was covered with fac
similes of the Austrian orders and hung
it outside the legation.
London, April 2S.-'"rhere Is no cause FOR
pessimism even now" This was the only
| official utterance that could be obtained
regarding the result of the momentous
! conference of the ambassadors OF the
powers on the Balkan situation today
| The conference lasted moro than three
hours and another, arranged for May 1,
| indicates that the diplomats still expect
to find a peaceful solution of the prob
lem caused by Montenegro's defiance OF
! the powers.
| The representative of the Montenegrin
| government here received instructions to-
| day from Cettnje, ordering him to protest
| formally against the demand by the ElI-
ropean powers for the immediate evacua-
| ton of Scutari by the Montenegrins,
which is described by the government of
King Nicholas unjust and cruel"
| The demand for the European powers is
couched In the following terms:
| I'VE have the honor to declare collec-
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