The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-23
ENJOYS From the Sultan Hold Out
For Their Demands and Cause
Blockade Of Peace
Meeting.
NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED
Balkan Envoys Are Disgusted With
the Tactics Of the Turks and
May Decide to Break off
All Negotiations.

EUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1
LONDON. Dec. 2s.-The Turkish
plenipotentiaries, ,Reehid Pasha az
Osman Miami Pasha, today persisted
in Turkeys demand that she be al
lowed to re-proyision Adffanopls, and
1t was conceded even by the most OPP
timistic that the crisis OF the Turkish
Balkan peace conference would be
reached when negotiations are re-
sumed at four o'clock this afternoon
at st. James Palace.
As far as was known. the envoys
would enter the fifth session OF tho
conference, just week since It's OPEN
ing, in the same status in which adj
journment was taken Saturday.
The Balkan allies were firm in their
stand that to allow Turkey to re-
yictual Adrianopla would be folly,
and DR.. Daneff. chief OF the Bulgarian
/ delegates, was authority for an unoffi-
cial statement that unless the Otto
man representatives came to time this
AFTERNOON, the Balkan delegates might
declare the negotiations broken off
and recommend to their respective
governments that fighting might be re-
sumed.
i Animated meetings were held today
at all hotels where the peace envoys
were stopping. The Balkan envoys
were open in their declarations that
: they were disgusted with the tactics
OF Turkey and were In a mood to
withdraw from the conference with
s,out more ado, sliuuld the deiegatrs'
from Constantinople again attempt TO
!. force 4s-hour adjournment. as the
Turks have twice done, on the plea
that they must consult with the porte.
/. Dispatches from Constantinople
/ said that the Turkish cabinet was In
session almost all day Sunday and
, that fresh instructions had been sent
to the delegates In London. What
they were the dispatches did not say.
/. lit was added that there was strong
Isentiment among the militarists in ia
!. Ivor Of Turkey resuming hostilities II
!, her demands were not met.
! The Balkans, say all OF them, ad-
Il
t continuation of the war against Tur'
{. key but declared that their armies
|. were ready for further conflict Il
4 necessary.
= It was semi-officially learned that
there had been an exchange OF notes
y among Great Britain, Russia and
France, making up the triple entente.
g and ii was thought that these nations
s were seriously considering mediation
n in the Turkish Balkan affair, should
Y the present peace conference come to
naught. The United States often was
mentioned in diplomatic circles as
available for the role Of mediator
I but 1t was believed that the speech
b 4 Saturday by Premier Poincare In the
n French Chamber of Deputies, indicat
i. ed that France was contemplating in
d terference in the Balkan muddle.
n The Turkish envoys earnestly de
t clared that they were not playing fol
& time. and that they We're sincere II
IS their belief that Adrianople should bs
d reprovisloned The allies pointed on
II that to allow this would be to give
Is Turkey a tremendous advantage II
The event OF war being resumed. ar
d advantage not earned by arms
ID Fleet Bottled Up.
$. CoNsTANTINoPLE, Dec. 23-ofn
ii cially ii was confirmed today tina
ly the Turkish ships again made sorti
from the Dardanelles in an attempt T.
Sc run the Greek blockade. but wer'
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