Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-05
Russian Newspaper Says
i. Such Intimidation Will
Brighten Nobody; That
Retreat is Unlikely.
DIPLOMATS ARE
BEING WORRIED
Realize That Crisis De-
1nands Immediate Atten-
tion and Plan Meeting Of
Ambassadors Quickly.

London, Dec. 4.-Russia has re-
torted to the "rattling of the German
sword" in the Balkan war tangle.
She has declared that she will not
admit repetition Of the methods used
Herzegovina.
Such intimation will frighten no.
body" explains the Novoe Vremya
commenting on the German chancel.
lor's giving prominence to the idea OF
war.
The war experts both in Russia and
Austria-H Hungary seem to hold the pub.
lie platform for the moment against
the peaceably disposed ministers OF
these countries. Any untoward Incl
dent Of provocative act on the part OF
Servia will in the opinion of the
diplomats here, In a moment set Aus.
Hungary in motion and this prob.
ably would loosen forces in Russia
which the government of the Russian
empire would find itself unable to
resist.
The Novoe Vremya continues:
History is repeating ITSELF. but, 1t
is not SO easy now to force Russian
diplomacy into q faint hearted re.
treat. -
The immediate withdrawal Of the
vast Russian deposits in the German
banks is advocated by many of the
Russian journals.
Should Greece persist In her refusal
to adhere to the armistice signed yes.
terday it would necessarily throw
Bulgaria more closely into the en-
brace of Servia and give fresh en-
couragement to the Servian resistance
to the European powers who are prac'
tically unanimous in condemning the
Servian demands.
Diplomats realize that the crisis de-
mands immediate treatment and ef-
forts to bring about an ambassadorial
conference as quickly as possible have
been renewed as it is thought that this
is the only means Of bringing the nee
essary pressure into play to extinguish
the incendiary tendency of the ex-
tremists in the various countries con-
cerned in the dispute.
Servia has issued decree calling
up for service all the men In the coun-
try capable of bearing arms. accord
ing to a news agency dispatch from
Sofia which states that the information
was obtained from an authoritative
source.
To Gather In London.
Sofia, Dec. 4.-The peace plenipo-
tentiaries representing Turkey, Bull
garia, Servia and Montenegro will be-
gin their work in London on Friday
of next week.
The armistice signed at 8 o'clock
last evening in the village of Baghtche
took the revised form drafted by DR..
S. Daneff, speaker Of the Bulgarian
parliament 1t contains the following
conditions: sHs
1.-THE belligerent armies shall re-
main in the positions they are at pres
ent. ..s
"2-The besieged Turkish fortresses
shall not be revictualed.
'3-The revictualizing of Bulgar-
ian army in the field shall be carried
out by way Of the Black Sea and
Adrianople, commencing ten days at
ter the signature of the armistice.
It is officially announced that the
Greek plenipotentiaries at Baghtche
did not definitely reject the terms OF
the armistice but reserved their de-
cision for twenty-four hours.
Even in the event Of her declining to
approve the armistice protocol Greece
will participate in the peace negotia-
tons in London.