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Show LITTLE BALKAN COUNTRIES ARE EAGERTO FIGHT Neighbors of Turkey Believe the Moment Has Arrived When They Can Attack Ancient Enemy. TROOPS RUSHING TOWARD FRONTIER Great Powers Trying to Prevent Pre-vent Clash Which May Spread All Over Europe if Once Started. LONDON, Oct. 1. The Vienna correspondent of tho Daily Mail Bays ho has received from an unimpeachable un-impeachable source an intimation that the situation is critical and that it is expected the die .will be cast vrtthin the next forty-oight hours. LONDON. Oct. 1. Tho most urgent and categorical rcpresontatlona in favor of the preservation of poace In tho Balkans have been made to Sofia by tho Russian foreign minister, min-ister, Sergius Sazonoff. Thc other members of the triple entente, en-tente, Franco and Great Britain, arc likewise using their good influences, while tho members of tho triple alliance, Germany, Ger-many, Austria and Italy, arc Just as determined de-termined to prevent .the outbreak of hostilities. hos-tilities. The powers havo again brought before the porte in tho mont friendly manner tho urgent necessity for tho introduction of reforms in Macedonia. Thc Greek minister hero received a telegram today from the Greek premier and war minister, Venozelos, stating that th Hellenic government had decided to mobilize, lfn land and sea forces in con--cort jvith tn.? other stalea. The mobilisation mobilisa-tion orders for the four, kingdoms go Into force instantly ajid men liable to serve must Join the colors "within twenty-four twenty-four hours. The orders also apply to subjeota living abroad. The commission appointed by thc Turkish Turk-ish government to inquire into thc grievances griev-ances of tho Mallssqri tribesmen In Albania Al-bania left Constantinople for Scutari, according ac-cording to a special dispatch received here today. ROUMANIA KEEPS OUT OF STRUGGLE LONDON, Oct. 1. "With the exception of Roumanla, tho Balkan countries are placing their armies on a war footing, but no stop haa been taken lndfcatlng an outbreak of hostilities. A dispatch filed at Constantinople at 11 o'clock tonight to-night announced that the foreign minister minis-ter was without any communication from Bulgaria or Servla and no definite move in the way of combined action on tho part of tho great powers has been made. Short of actual hostilities, however, the situation could hardly bo worse. The report re-port that Turkoy has decided to selao all Greek vcsBels in Turkish waters has an especially warlike appearanco, while it is further reported that Greeco Is about to proclaim tho annexation of Crete an act which Turkey has repeatedly declared would be considered a casus belli. The Nloue Frole Prosso of Vienna expresses ex-presses doubt whether the great powers are In harmony on the Balkan pltuutlon. It regards the action of tho Balkan states as a defeat for European diplomacy and thinks Servla is so dovote'aA to Russia that ahe would not have ordered mobilization mobiliza-tion -without Rusuia's consent. Peace depends largely on tho attitude of Roumanla, according to the Constantinople Constanti-nople correspondent of tho Daly Telegraph, Tele-graph, and much significance is attached to a long interview which the 'Roumanian minister at Constantinople ha3 had with tho Turkish foreign minister, A dispatch from Sola to the Exchange Telegraph company says that Bulgaria, Greece, Servla and Montenegro havu presented pre-sented an ultimatum to Turkey, demanding demand-ing reforms In Macodonla. The ultimatum ulti-matum will expire In forty-eight hours. No confirmation of this statoment has fceon received from any source. TURKEY REJECTS SERVIAN DEMAND CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct.. 1. The cabinet, cab-inet, after a prolonged meeting tonight, decided to order' a partial, not general, mobilization of the Turkish army. The exact orders are for the present secret. The cabinet also rejected tho Servian demand respecting the transport of ammunition am-munition through tho Turkish lines. This action is in reply to a note sent to tho porte by the Sen-Ian minister, Dr. No-gatovlch, No-gatovlch, In which he requested that tho porto cither sanction tho passage of ammunition, am-munition, at present detained by the Turkish authorities, or return it to Franco. Servla ban now stoppod consignment!; of ammunition from Germany for Turkoy. Tur-koy. while Bulgaria has suspended, freight traffic botwoon Turkey and Bulgaria and eommandcorcd all thc ears for military sen'lcc. Tho po'tc ka decided to detain all (Continued on Page Four.) HI SMS IE EAGER FOB BUTTLE (Continued, frcm Pago Ono.) Greek vessels in Turkish waters, In order or-der to requisition their services for the transport of troops. Although no communication has been presented by any of the Balkan states with reference to Macedonia, it Is the opinion of many diplomats that they will formulate a demand for Macedonian autonomy, au-tonomy, which Turlcey la certain to refuse. re-fuse. War then will be Inevitable, unless un-less the powers succeed in restraining Bulgari.il and Scrvla by a threat of occupation occu-pation by Austria and Russia, But .It Is doubted If Austria a..d Russia will be able to agree- upon such Joint action. Confieriuenlly It Is regarded probable that Austria, backed by Germany, will act singly. Or it may be that war can be averted by assembling a European conference. v It Is reported that the Turkish government gov-ernment la about to address a circular to tho powers repudiating responslbllltv for Die crisis, which it says has resulted from the provocative attitude of the Balkan Bal-kan states. |