New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-30
.pORTE'S NEW PROPOSALS
DUE TODAY IN LONDON
Modified Terms viii Probably
Be Submitted to Conference
by Ottoman Delegates.
ALLIES REMAIN ANXIOUS
Turks of Opinion They Have
Nothing to Lose by Resump-
ton of Hostilities--Rechad
Still Sanguine.

London. Dec S0.-Notwithstanding
the apparently nsurmountable difficult
ties in the way Of a successful issue o.
the peace conference. the prospects be-
gin 10 look somewhat brighter, more
because Of the changing atmosphere OF
tho conference than on account Of any
new fact
In the first place, it is stated on good
authority that the Turkish delegates
will to-day present modified terms bet
ter calculated to afford basis for ne
gotiation and. in the second place the
allies appear more anxious TO come to
real business. if it is at all possible
They have occupied the week end in eX-
changing long cipher kilograms with
their respective governments. in order
to be fully Informed on all points and in
complete agreement
They seem TO he nervously apprehen-
sive that they will be deprived of the
intervention. one Of the delegates said
last night:
VT is difficult to say whether our
struggle will be harder against Mussul-
man oppression or against European
Intervention. which has already pre-
vented us several times from shaking
off the ottoman yoke. Although our
armies have VIGOROUSLY reached Tcha-
taldia. Europe might wish 10 return
Adrianople to the Moslems, forgetting
or ignoring what that would mean for
the Christian population. But we know
tho value Of the so-called European
guarantees for Turkish reforms, and
this time we will not give In.
If official Europe likes horrors it
shall have them. We will fight to the
bitter end. An eye for an eye and q
tooth for a tooth"
The Balkan delegates fear that Aus
trla's attitude is encouraging the Turks
10 resist. If reports from Vienna are
true. Austria still persists in the en-
largement Of the frontiers Of autono-
nous Albania 10 such an extent that II
will absorb the territories claimed by
Greece, Servia and Montenegro, and as
Montenegro treats the proposition OF
the exchange of Scutari for Mount
Lowehan as "a Matchmaking PROPOSE
ton" the difficulties raised by Austrias
attitude have rather increased than di-
minished.
According to the Vienna "Neue FREE
Prcsse' a conflict exists between the
Dreibund and the Triple Entente with
regard TO Albania. The former favors
large and powerful Albania, while the
powers of the entente urge a greatly
restricted Albania.
Rechad Pacha, the head of the Turk
ish delegates, is in constant touch with
Constantinople with respect to the
declarations which he will make at to-
days meeting of the conference. 1t is
reported that he is personally opposed
10 extreme proposals, but has Of course
been compelled TO accept the instruc-
lions Of the Porte. instructions dictated
partly by fear Of the Young Turks
and the military party and partly by a
hope Of provoking favorable European
Intervention. The Turks hold the view
that they have nothing more to lose,
and may secure better terms after the
resumption Of hostilities. Rechad
Pacha himself stin is sanguine of a
successful issue of the conference.
The allies are determined to keep
what they have bought at the price OF
bloodshed. Their armies are rested
and strengthened; their troops are said
TO be in perfect condition, as all infec-
tious diseases are now under control,
and they await the Turks attack
against their lines at Tchataldja
The allies profess not to understand
what Turkey means by proposing that
Protestant prince Of neutral state
shall be ruler Of the principality of
Macedonia. They contend that it could
only be a prince Of one Of the Scandi-
navian countries, because Belgium and
Luxembourg are Catholic and Switzer-
land has no princes.