The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-17
Peace Conference VIII be Fuss
From Start to Finish According
to the Way Meeting
Opens Up.
THREATEN TO STRIKE
Turks Object to Presence OF Greeks
and all ENJOYS Will Walk
Out If Adrlanople Ia
Given Up.

SSh ~ sNatichStiC 10
Given Up.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
LONDON, Dec. 1T-The peace en-
voys of the Balkan states today
agreed that they would walk out. OF
the conference en- anasse, II Turkey
refuses to give up Adrianople, which
will be among the first things de-
manded by ne alliance.
AT the second days session OF the
i peace negotiation the allied dele
gates decided that the proposed Bull
garian frontier would be the first
point brought up, The cession OF
i Tnrace and a part of Macedonia to
Bulgaria will include the cession OF
1 Adrianople.
The morning session was given
over TO the examination of credentials
and discussion of the power given TO
the plenipotentiaries by their respec-
tive countries.
\ The first an1bassadorial daily con-
3 versation" of the six great powers
. was to begin at four o'clock this aft
ernoon at the foreign Office.
4 Osman Miami Pasha, chief envoy
Of Turkey, entered formal pro. est
to the presence in the peace confer
i ence of the Greek plenipotentiaries
l because Greece had not signed the
} armfstice of Gaghtche, and was con
e tinuing to war against Turkey.
Reehid Pasha, another Turkish del
egate, insisted tha. his colleagues
! must withdraw from the conference
$ if Premier Eenizelos and the other
$ Greeks remained, but the other BAL
kan delegates finally prevailed on ths
Turks to sit In the conference, al
9 least until they could obtain fresh in
!, structions from Constantinople.
9 Because of the continued protests O
',|Osman Miami Pasha and Rechit
Pasha, the Turkish plenipotentiaries
/ against the presence OF Premie
8 Venizelos and other Greek ENJOYS, tn,
g second session of the Turkish-Balkal
q peace conference in St James palac
q lasted but three hours Adjournmen
was taken until Thursday morning
9 AT the opening of the session tn
n Turks entered vigorous protes
against the recognition of the Greeks
q on the ground that Greece had no
d signed the armistice agreement an
q still was carrying on warfare agains
n Turkey on land and sea. Rechi
9 Pasha, Turkish minister of war; wen
:. so far as to threaten that he and hi
Ie colleagues would leave the confer
II ence chamber, unless the Greek
agreed to withdraw.
Combined efforts of the other Ball
an delegates prevailed upon the Ottt
man plenipotentiaries to remain |
Is the conference at any rate until the
!. could communicate with Constantil
ople and obtain fresh instruction
~ from the porte.
10 The outbreak today of the Turkisl
! Greek friction was somewhat of
~ surprise. From the beginning of til
a tiations, the Greeks declared ths
they would participate and that the
held aloof from the Baghtche armistie
agreement with the full consent Of tt
Balkan alliance, in order to act as
check on Turkish violation of tt
~ protocol.
Constantinople made no formal pr
test, but late last week 1t was ga
that Rechid Pasha received instru
- tions not to treat with the Greeks u
" til that nation became signatory
: the armistice. The same day Il
Turks gave out that they had been
structed to allow the Greeks to pc
,,r tictpate in the negotiations, and UNI
wv today it was believed that the troub
in was out of the way.
DIV When the conference adjourned
dv two o'clock this afternoon 1t was ga
ar that Turkey had not withdrawn fro
.r the negotiations, but had agreed
nut the matter up to the porte
telegraph. The belief was express
I'm that the Turkish government wou
t. agree to allow the Greeks to parti
pate. Otherwise the negotiatio
would come to nothing and the Balii
h'r war would be resumed.
dy It was limited that adjournment oy
,ar Wednesday was taken to give time
representatives of the powers To tf
with the peace delegates in order
bridge the disagreement betwe
4. Turks and Greeks.