Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-14
United Front to be Pre-
sented to the Turkish
ENJOYS.
ARE NOT MADE PUBLIC
Keen Struggle Expected When
Conference Begins in Lon
don Monday.

London, Dec. 14.-Chiefs of the four
Balkan missions to the peace confer
ence have drawn up terms OF peace
which they intend to present with a
united front to the Turkish plenipo-
tentiaries. Terms are kept secret for
the present.
All the plenipotentiaries to the
peace conference which will convene
here next week with the purpose of
ending the war in southeastern Eur
ope are now assembled In London.
The Turkish ENJOYS arrived late last
night, and unless the continuance
o hostilities between the
Turks and Greeks should prove a him
drance there seems nothing in sight
to prevent the conference getting i'm
mediately down to BUSINESS.
With regard to report from Con-
stantinople that the Turks would re-
fuse to meet the Greek plenipotentiar-
les in London unless Greece signed
the armistice, the other Balkan states
have subscribed to. the counsellor of
the Turkish embassy here said that he
knew nothing OF any such instructions,
and did not believe the Greeks would
have come to London unless their
country was prepared to fall into line
with the other Balkan states as to tho
terms on which they should meet.
LOOK FOR KEEN STRUGGLE.
The newspaper interviews given by
the Turkish and Bulgarian delegates
on their journey toward London in
dicated in the peace conference over
the possession of Adrianople. Both
sides present an unyielding attitude
on this point, basing their claims on
the fact that their armies are in ex-
cellent condition to resume hostili-
ties.
The Turks claim they have 10000
practically fresh troops behind the
Tchatalja lines, while dispatches from
Constantinople indicate that the war
party in the Turkish capital is gain
Ing in influence. No apprehension is
felt in diplomatic circles here, how
ever, that the plenipotentiaries will
separate. without concluding peace.
The important question has arisen
as to whether Roumania should join
the ambassadorial conference, which
will convene simultaneously with the
peace conference to discuss pending
European questions. The matter still
remains unsettled, but it Is said that
Germany, Austria and Italy favor
Roumania's participation. Some diff
ference OF opinion exists as to wheth.
er this conference should discuss the
question of Servlan port on the Ad-
riatic.
DECIDE WEIGHTY MATTERS.
That weighty matters will be decid-
ed at the conference is evident from
the fact that the Austrian and French
ambassadors at London are now on
visits to their respective capitals for
the purpose of obtaining instructions
from their governments. 1t is becom-
Ing increasingly probable that a pIen.
ary conference of the powers will as
semble later at Paris to complete the
work OF the ambassadorial confer
ence, ratify its decisions and CON
clude treaty settling the near eas.-
ern problem.
BULGARS IN ALLIANCEf
Paris, Dec. l4.-Bulgaria is declared
TO be about to enter the triple ALI.
arce, thus joining forces with Austria
hungary, Germany and Italy, accord.
l'y to information given by a dipio-
Hatic source to the Figaro.
PRECAUTIONS BY FRANCE.
Paris, Dec. 14-Large quantities of
h'e-franc bank notes are being prinl-
ed by the bank of France to use in a
poFsible war emergency Prevailing
opinion of fnanciers in France is a
general war is unlikely and the action
OF the bank of France is merely pre-
caUtionary.