The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-16
They Have No Fear
That Vienna Really
Means War.
SEE HAPPY ENDING
OF DIFFICULTIES
Peace Conference Begins To-Day
and Delegates of Balkan States
Apparently Are Confident
They Will Be Able to Re-
tain Fruits of Victory
Over Sultan.

! London. December l5.-Dr DaneT.
head Of the Bulgarian plenipoten-
tlaries. returned 10 London from
Paris late tonight. and the peace con-
ference is expected TO open tomorrow
at noon. Sir Edward Grey. the Brit
ish Secretary for Foreign Affairs. will
make a brief speech Of welcome. and
after expressing the hope Of a fruit
ful end OF their labors, he will retire
and leave the conferees to deliberate
in private.
The sessions will be held in the his
toric ST. James Palace. where the pic
ture gallery" has been selected as the
conference room. II is a secluded
apartment and entirely shut off from
the noise OF the London streets.
spend Quiet sunday.
J The delegates spent quiet day
sunday. Nothing has transpired yet
to show. whether any serious difficulty
. Is likely TO arise over the attendance
OF the Greek delegates. Concerning
the Austro-Seryisn controversy. the
Balkan delegates think IL the result
OF Austrian blum. They say:
; Vienna having seen her traditional
program OF gradually extending
I through the Balkan states to Saloniki
completely wrecked. has tried to coun-
!
home by clamori1g tsat Albania must
{ be autonomous. according to the Aus
tro-Italian agreement concluded in
1901 Therefore. neither Greece nor
Servis can occupy the Albanian Adri-
attic coast. much less Servia. as Servia
means Russia
What does Montenegro representa-
asked one OF the delegates laughingly.
with its ports 4. Antivari and Dull
cizno. 10 which Scu;ari Will Sill be
added Il being no mystery 70 anybody
J that the small kingdom can be consid-
: cred almost a. a Russian province and
( the M0atenegrin army as contingent
, of the SIuscoyite forces"
/ According to the Balkan delegates.
Austria's Increased armament and the
practical mobilization of her army are
. due less TO the probability Of declaring
] war against Servia than 10 the grave
international situation IN the mon
archy. the unrest In Hungary and the
. agitation among Servia2s. especially in
I Bosnia and Herzegovina whore even
( those holding positions under the Aus
/ TRAN goverHOent have openly pro-
I tested against the attitude OF the en-
: pire An additional cause fo- concern
( is the threatening attitude Of The Slavs
generally throughout Austrian terri
: Tory. which caused the dissolution Of
& the municipalities OF Sebenico. Spa
: Iato and cara. on the charge OF being
, antI-Austria7.
Vienna the Balkan delegates con-
tinued has too many troubles at home
to think seriously % war. FOR which
she is financially not prepared. a fact
proved by the loan recently concluded
in the United States at a rate OF Inter
paid IN late years
Besides. Germany. notwithstanding
her alliance. has exercised an influence
tending to moderate Austrian a-dor-
Not Russia Of Few Year, Ago.
Admitting however. a coup d'etat
on the part of Austria we certainly
know that neither Servia nor any other
OF the Balkan states would be left
alone. as Russia would come 20 their
assistance being to-day no more the
Russia of the war with Japan. and.
indeed. anxious to show what she can
do in Europe.
AT the time % the annexation Of
Bosnia and Herzegovina. the Russian
Emperor himself was OF the point Of
sending an ul:imatum 70 Austria.
which would have led to war. but he
was prevented from doing so through
the friendly intervention OF King Ed
ward. II will b. retorted that Ger
many would support Austria against
Russia. but in this case France would
be forced by the Russo-French alliance
10 attack Germany.
This would mean a general con-
hagratiOn. which all are more Inter
ested to prevent than 20 hasten. ana
which will no. be brought about for
relatively Insignificant cause. such as
allowing Servia 10 have strip Of land
along the southern frontier OF Monte
negro and small s:r.tch OF coast on
the Adriatic."
No further development in the in
ternational situation is reported Ac-
cordinS 10 a Vienna dispatch tonight.
nothing Z. known or che statements
3 circulated in Paris THAI Servia has pro-
tes-e7 TO Austria against the latters
military demonstrations.