Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08

The dispatches from Sofia and London
announce that the armistice between the
belligerents which was sign
Peace ed at Baghtche by the pleni-
NJ, potentiariess Of Bulgaria
1ioA' Servia. Montenegro and
Turkey on the Sd instant. provides thar
the same shall meet for conference in
London December i3.
The conditions of the armistice drafted
by Dr. Danef. president of the Bulgarian
chamber, may be briefly resumed thus:
The belligerents will remain in the posi-
tons they at present occupy: the besieSed
Turkish forces shall not he revictualed-
1t will be noted that the objections made
by Greece as to the revictualing of Ad-
rianople have been accepted. Greece, it
appears. has not definitely rejected the
armistice. but has reserved her decision
Prior dispatches from Paris announced
that NJ. Athos Romanos. the minister OF
Greece to France, had declared to a cor
respondent that he had informed NJ. Poin-
care. premier of France. that Greece had
refused to agree to the revictualing OF
such places as Adrianople. Scutari and
Janna, still held by the Turks. II
Turkey were permitted to do so ii would
enable her tn renew the war with vigor
in case the armiStice was not followed by
a firm peace pact. Greece besides favored
debarkment Of Greek troops in Asia
Minor and would attack ConstantinOple
from that side. Moreover. Greece pro-
tested against an armistice at that time
because Turkey was being forced by her
naval forces to surrender certain islands
in the Aegean sea, surrender of which
was imminent.
There are some details in the dispatches
from Constantinople of the meeting of
the plenipotentiaries at the little village
of Baghtche. The Turkish plenipotenti
aries. acting as hosts. received their
guests. the Bulgarians. at breakfast.
Nazim Pacha. general-in-chief of the
Turkish army: Rechid and Ria Pachas
mander in chief of the Bulgarian army:
Gen. Fitchef. chief of staff of the army,
and DIR. Danef. president of the Bulga-
rian chamber, represented the allies.
The manner of the coming Of the Bull
Saran guests was a surprise. and to no
one more than Nazm
Arrival OF Pasha himself. The Bull
p,,, garians. We're expected to
o"i6"Aio arrive mounted. the only
means of TRANSFORMATION since NaZim had
caused the railway bridge which sep
arated them from Tchatalja to be de-
stroyed. one of the last acts of his mill
tary operations. The Bulgarians, how
ever arrived promptly by railway car
riage, The Buigarians had executed dur
ing the night the almost impossible feat
of restoring. railway communication
across the river.
The dispatches from London appear to
give great importance to the entry of
Germany in the arena. when until now
she seemed to be content with the role
of spectator Herr Won Bethmann-Hol
veg. German chancellor. delivered fiery
speech in the reichstag on the I'd in
slant in which he warned Russia that
Germany would aid her allies of the
triple alliance if there should be war.
And the dispatch adds that the chancel-
lors speech had caused great sensation
in the chancelleries of all Europe on ac-
count of it's belli2erency.
For a fact there does not appear to
have been much sensation created as
the correspondent would have us be-
lieve. The Russian press have had some
thing to say and have said 1t sharply.
with this remark: History is repeating
itself. but it is not so easy now to force
Russian diplomacy into a guarded re-
treat. Such intimidation will brighten no
body
If Herr Won Bethmann-H ollweg in an
tributed him it was inspired perhaps by
the fact. if it was fact reported that
very day. that Italy had signed a re-
newal for three years of the German
known as the ''triplice.''
DIR. Won Bethmann-Hollweg's speech, on
close examination Of the only text re-
ported, has not such an
ChancellOrS ugly look as the pug
c1 nacious interpretations of
0PooSA' London and ST. Peters
burg report The chancellor commenced
by summarizing the efforts of the powers
to delay the Balkan war as long as pos
sible that when it got beyond their
powers of control to localize it they (the
powers) considered measures Of concilia-
ton. The paragraphs which. appear to
have affected the nerves of the London
and ST Petersburg press are as follows:
when our allies. Austria-Hungary ana
Italy, in maintaining their interests are
attacked, although this is not the present
prospect. by third party and thereby
threa tened in their existence, then We,
faithful to our compacts. will take their
part firmly and decisively.
Then we shall fight side by side with
our allies for the maintenance of our own
position in Europe and in defense of the
and future of our own father
land l am convinced that we have the
whole nation behind us in such policy"
The chancellor further declared that
the allies could not dispute the right to a
word in the final settlement. The wishes
OF the powers would have greater weight
if presented collectively, and that negO-
tiations to that end We're on foot and he
hoped for their success.
Elsewhere in another dispatch from Lon
don the chancellor is reported as having
warned self-seeking powers to keep their
hands off. and to England especially IRE
ferring to dispatch of same day, De-
cember =, from Geneva, announcing that
England would proclaim a British pro-
tectorate over Egypt January II. Ger
many would not tolerate that nor any
by Russia. whose first move
to arms would be followed by the Ger
man war cry.
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The speeches that followed would indi-
cate that Herr Won Bethmann-Hollwegs
utterances had been de-
Debate in natured. Herr George
Reichstag. craft Complained that a
more complete exposition of the CUES
lions involved in the Balkan war was
expected. 1t was impossible, he SAID.
to CLEAN positive fact from the
statements to show for what
purpose Germany was to be ready WITH |
sword in hand to aid her allies. pom
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