Bulgars Fight Their Allies.

New York Times 100 years ago today, April 29, 1913:
Greek and Servian Troops Have Already Been in Conflicts with Them.
THREE PITCHED BATTLES
Bulgarians Driven Back by Servians Near Monastir, Repulsed by Greeks Near Salonika.
DANILO LEAVES SCUTARI
Montenegrin Crown Prince Marches North to Defend Cettinje Against Austrians.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Tuesday, April 29.— The Daily Telegraph's Bucharest correspondent says that at least three important battles have been fought by the Balkan allies within the last week without anybody in the outside world being aware of the fact, with the exception of the General Staffs, monarchs, and War Ministers of the nations concerned.
    The position could hardly be more serious. It is firmly believed that the moment a peace treaty is signed between the allies and Turkey a fresh war will begin, with Servia and Greece conducting simultaneous campaigns against Bulgaria.
    On April 10 a Bulgarian division attacked the Servian infantry brigade garrisoning two villages twenty miles northeast of Monastir. After several hours' fighting the Servians retired from one village, but during the night they were reinforced and took the offensive for two days. They pushed the Bulgarians back and pursued them twenty-five miles. The losses on both sides were heavy.
    All last week, also, in the vicinity of Nigrita, Seres, and Salonika fighting was in progress between the Bulgarians and a Greek division. The former were repulsed, several hundred, casualties resulting.
    The Bulgarians are known to have, concentrated from 140,000 to 150,000 men in the district around Seres (forty-five miles northeast of Salonika) and Kavalla. The Greeks have concentrated almost as many troops between Salonika and Seres. The Servians are assembling an army of nearly 200,000 around Velestino, to the northeast and east of Monastir, to deal with the first Bulgarian Army, which is now marching toward Monastir.
    The opinion of the few people who are well informed as to the situation is that war is absolutely inevitable. There will be no declaration of hostilities, but the armies will just begin to fight.
    King Constantine will go to Salonika the moment the conflagration breaks out. All his kit is packed, and those members of his staff who have not preceded him keep in hourly touch with him. Every effort is being made to patch up a treaty between Greece and Turkey before the outbreak.
    The suppression of the news of the fighting has been possible up to the present because of the rigid censorship and the absence of correspondents from the disturbed regions. Whenever any reference to them has appeared in the press an official denial has promptly followed.
    The Ambassadors at their meeting to-day discussed the new situation arising from the fall of Scutari. As far as can be learned no definite decision was reached, and the position remains much the same as yesterday. The result of the Ambassadors' deliberations is now in the hands of their respective Governments, whose replies are expected on Thursday, when the Ambassadors will reassemble and probably make a decisive pronouncement.
    Diplomatists are by no means pessimistic, and, although the position is undoubtedly serious, it is not so immediately critical as might be gathered from the tone of the Vienna papers. A crisis is not likely to arise unless Montenegro refuses the powers' summons to evacuate Scutari.
    In the meantime Austria is pressing the other powers to decide what action to take in the event of Montenegro remaining obdurate. It is freely stated in Austro-Hungarian quarters that if no satisfactory decision is reached Austria is likely to take action alone or in co-operation with Italy.