The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-12-25
TllKs OVER PEACE
BALKAN STATES AND TURKEY Are
EAR APART IN
THEIR TERMS OF PEACE
There Is Such Great Difference
Between What the Balkan States
Demand and What Turkey Is
Willing to Concede That There
Ys Talk of Meditation
is Talk OF Meditation.


pleaipotenttaries considering ar
rangement ef peace between Turkey
and the Balkan States met Monday
Sm ST. James Palace, at London. They
adjourned early in the afternoon
without having entered into discus
sion OF the peace question. The days
feature was the address Of welcome
delivered by Sir Edward Grey, the
British secretary for foreign affairs.
who was elected honorary president
sof the conference. The responses OF
the heads ofsthe various delegations
indicated desire to accomplish the
purpose Of the conference.
The terms formulated by Turkey
have been kept secret, but it may De
asserted on good authority that they
include the Remuneration by botn
sides OF any money transaction under
the form Of indemnity or otherwise.
except the taking over by the Balkan
States Of q portion Of the Ottoman
public debt proportionately to the
new territory they acquire.
They provide also that the Sultan
shall have representative in the
te5Fstnries passing to the allies.
where Ottoman Courts shall be il
sstituted for Massulman subjects.
Adrianople. the first Turkish Cap
sfai IN Eurooe and sur ounding terri:
tory shall remain subject e i~-H>:
The Turco- Bulgarian frontier to
4 SSske south OF Ad;ianople shall be
marked by the Martha River. VII
the territory west OF Martha as "a.
as the Struma River, would go to
Bulgaria. which thus would leave the
J port OF Kayala, to which she has
long aspired.
Furthermore, Turkey Will demand
that Saloniki. over the possession OF
which It Is pointed out serious Gre,
co-Balgar.an antagonism has arisen
shall remain toTurkey and, togethe.
with Monastir and Scutari and theiI
sssespective districts shall form Otto
man territory surrounding Albania.
Servia Is to have Uskup, Pristine
: Mitroyitcza and part OF the Sanjas
os Noyipazar. the remaining part go
ms to Montenegro.
10 Bulgaria Is conceded the Islanc
OF Thracos, ,sat Turkey claims pos
session OF the other islands in the
Aegean,s including Samothrace, I'm
bros, Lemnos and iSitylene. together
With those now occupied by Italy
because the latter belongs to Asiatie
Turkey.
But the administration at Con.
stantinople pledges Itself to obta:r
from England, Russia, France an,
ltaly the four protective Powers in
Crete, their consent that this islanr
Be annexed to Greece.
These terms would give the allies
four-afths Of the territory which q
few weeks ago was European Tur'
Key, brt moi outstanding what seems
20 be u great concession, s compar'
ssoa OF the terms OF the allies w.s>
those OF Turkey Is sufficient to show
the Immense gulf separating them
Even admitting many concessions are
made on both sides, an ultimate un'
derstanding appears extremely dr.
cult. Because Of this, the idea o.
meditation has been put forward
Z. All the delegates, however, declare
emphatically that they know nothing
! about mediation, and that it Is ex
trapeous to their mission here, wn:c'
; Is limited In the negotiation Of peac:
either they or others must receive
the authorization Of their respec
tive Governments
The delegates did not refuse tt
discuss the question unofcially ane
remarked that It would be impossi5i'
e for Russia or Austria to mediate, q:
both OF thesc Powers are too Inter
assed In the settlement; Dor cou!t
Germany. because she is bound e
Austria; nor could Italy, because O.
the recent war between that coua
try and Turkey.
There only remains England art
France. which might ss acce?tabi'
Z TO both parties, but their selection
right give unbrage to Germany AM
Austria. It was. poiRted~out that th'
only great Power absolutely disin'er
es.ed and impartial is the Un!tes
States. and that If it were possible Z
bring shout some OF the same iAte-
. ren.ion which In 1905 led to the con
elusior Of reace between Russia an
Japan. this might lead to acutal mec
Iation.
- TWO BALES TO THE ACRE.
Three Thousand Pounds Lint Cotto