Milford chronicle., 1912-11-22
MOVE TO END WAR
TAKEN BY ALLIES
Agree to Arrange ATmlStlCa
and Peace Terms
ENJOYS HAVE BEEN NAMED
Stubborn Defense of TehatalIa and
Outbreak of Cholera Among 5ulsar-
ian Troops fastened Decision.

Outbreak of Cholera Among 5ulsar-
ian Troops Fastened Decision.
The nations of the Balkan confed-
eracy, satiated with victory, signlfed
their willingness to treat tor terms OF
peace at the request OF the vanquisned
Turkish empire.
Tho luster Of their success has been
only slightly dimmed by their temper
ary failure to overcome the rallied
Turkish army at the gates of Con-
slantinople and enter the Ottoman
capital.
The stubborn defense encountered
by the Bulgarians at the line OF forti-
iications at Tchatalja and the realiza-
tion that enormous slaughter would be
necessary to pierce them at the point
Of the bayonet, with every prospect
that their ranks would be decimated
by cholera before they had attained
success, doubtless proved deciding
factors in inducing the conquero-s to
listen to the urgings of the great pow
ers and refrain from pressing home
their victory to the Turkish capital
until they had presented terms of sur
render to the vanquished and had met
with a refusal of their acceptance.
simultaneously with the dispatch to
the Turkish grand vizier Of their
agreement to appoint peace plenipo-
tentiaries the allied Balkan nations
notified the European powers Of the
step they had taken and thanked
them for their offer OF mediation They
added that mediation was 10 longer
necessary, as the Porte had addressed
itself directly to the Balkan states,
which would now treat with Turkey
without outside Intervention.
The reply to the dispatch of the
Turkish grand vizier TO King Ferdi-
nand of Bulgaria says:
"The Bulgarian government, after
agreements with the allied cabinets Of
Servia, Montenegro and Greece, in
forms the Porte that plenipotentiaries
have been appointed with instructions
to arrange with the commandments
CHIEF of the Turkish armies the condi-
tions of an armistice and Subsequent
ly to proceed to the conclusion Of
peace"
be drastic is known, but the European
powers are doing their utmost to make
them less harsh than at first mOoted.
without attempting to rob the Balkan
confederacy of the fruits of its
months war
With the jealous eyes Of Russia on
Constantinople, with the recrudes-
-cence Of the Austro-Servian difficulty
on the other side of what has been
known as European Turkey, and With
Roumania inquiring what she MAJ ex-
pect out Of the spoils, ttsre seems to
observers to be evS4ry inducement for
the allied Balkan nations to keep their
demands within moderate limits.
Ar eight hours armistice has been
agreed to between the Bulgarians and
Turks at Tchatalja, so that both the
armies may bury their dead, according
to a news agency dispatch from Con
stantinople.
Admission that cholera has broken
out in the Bulgarian army attacking
the Constantinople defenses was made
81 the Bulgarian government for the
1rst time.
Premier Guechoff said that General
savoff had established a cholera camp
removed from the army and that every
was being taken to prevent
serious inroads from the disease.
The occupation Of Alessio by the
combined Servian and Montenegrin
armies. giving them another foothold
on the Adriatic sea, is considered in
Diplomatic circles likely TO add fuel !
= the flames Of the Austro-Servian
disputes which have again blazed up
in a critical way.
Emperor Francis Joseph is reported
10 have remarkek we are in favor /
of peace, but not Of peace at any {
price We cannot stand everything"
The Austro Hungarian cabinet has =
sent a sharp note TO the Servian gov
ernment at Belgrade, demanding a
precise reply to all the questions at
issze.