The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-24
RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA, TITANIC RIVALS, THREATEN AN OUT
 BREAK OF POSSIBILITIES.
BALKAN PROBLEM THE CAUSE
Turkey and the Allies Are Making a Second and More Earnest Effort to Arrive at Solution of the
 Peace Problem.

London. Nov. 23-InteTest in the
 war situation today shifted from the beiigerents whose delegates arc
 preparing to meet with an apparent
 sincere desire to work out terms for truce to the great neighboring
 powers. Austria and Russia. These titanic rivals are strength ening their border forces at an honr when the statesmen of all the pow
 ers are spreading broadcast assur- ances that their only policy is to subordinate rivalries to the common welfare of Europe in the cause of peace.
 No threatening factor in the situa- tion is known which has not existed
 since the beginning of the war, uu
 less it is the near approach of the SeTvian army to the Adriatic and
 the steps towards mobilization may
 mean nothing more than mutual uis- l trust.
 | When the crisis over Bosnia and 1 Herzegovina arose, both Russia and l Austria came bearer to war foor-
 ing than they seem to be now; yet
 the war cloud drifted away.
 Reports of the Russian mobiliza- tion published in the Vienna Reichs-
 rost organ of the heir to the throne. specify that all the military districts
 on the frontier are to adopt a war
 footing and that preparations in Rus
 sia Poland include the despatch of
 an enormous number of trains witir
 troops and munitions toward the Aus trian line.
 Three Berlin papers purport to have information of the Austrian pre- paTations which include mobilization of three army corps for the Russian frontier and endorsements for Bos- mia. while from Prague an account 's telegraphed of German military acti- witty.
 Such warlike preparations, coupled with the visit of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. crown prince of Austria hungary to the German emperor and the conference with the Austrian chief-of-staff, Field Marshal von Schemua had yesterday with Iieus Gen. Count Won Moltke. chief Of the German general staff, naturally ex cites acute curiosity. The additional announcement that Austria has mug zled correspondents by rigid cen. sorship adds fuel to the flames. But this may mean that. instead of con cealing the facts, the government proposes to choke off sensationa, messages, capable of working harm
 Dispatches from Frankfort and Berlin. They say that his mission was to induce the emperor to med late between Austria and Russia,
 Mutual diplomacy on the part of the respective administrations Ut Constantinople and Sofia gives prom ise that the meeting of the plentipa. tentiaries which is expected to take place outside the Tchatalja lines Monday will prove successful. Tu.- key has appointed three additional delegates but has stipulated that tha Balk9n states must modify their firss conditions as ground work fo- the meeting.
 Soma has met this advance prompt ly Inspired statements declare that Bulgaria is willing that tn Turks should retain the Tchatalia lines which should satisfy both parties since 1t saves Turkish pride tne igHominy of a march into the capi. lai, while 1t shields Bulgaria from the Russian offctnl displeasures which her entry into Constantinopl.s would cause, and also weaves the doubtful gain of sending an army through cholera infested belt.
 The allies are willing to grant an other concession. in. the matter of Adrianople,T although insisting upon tAe surrender of the citadel they will permit the garrison to retire with the honors of war
 The crucial difficulties. it is be- iiexed will come afterwards. when attempts to negotiate a treaty of peace are undertaken. Then satis- factions of the interests Of the pow. CTS and the division of the spoils among the allies wlll be cfitica fac tors. The people of the Balkan states are not students of European diplomacy They have gained i'm mense confidence by the strength # their armies. and concessions to the greater nations which their states men may think necessary may kindls dangerous troubles at home. Tho claims Of Bulgaria and Greece over Saloniki are already cause of com tention.
 An historic feature of tine war IS l the complete downfall of the young Turk party. whose friends hailed its l rise as a power which would lift Turkey to the plane of the European