The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-11-21
WAR WILL STOP
PENDING PARLEy
Turkey Negotiating With Bul.
gdrs For ArmiStiCe.
PEACE TERMS ARE DRASTIC
Ottoman Nation Faces Loss of Nearly
All European Empire as Cost Of
War

Ottoman Nation Faces Loss of Nearly
All European Empire as Cost oi
War.
London, Nov. 21.-The fighting has
ceased for the moment between the
Turkish and Bulgarian armies strug
Cling for the possession Of the key to
the gates of Constantinople, and the
opposing commander-in-chiefs are en-
gagged in negotiating the terms of an
armisiice.
If these negotiations prove success
full they will be preparatory to meet.
ing OF plenipotentiaries VINO will dis.
cuss conditions of peace.
In accordance with the suggestion
contained in the Bulgarian note that
the allied Balkan nations are prepared
to meet the Turkish commander-in-
chief with view to arranging an ar.
misice, the Ottoman government has
appointed Nazim Pasha to confer with
General Savof, the Bulgarian leader.
The Turkish general, who has been
putting up such an excellent defense
of the ramparts of the capital, now
has thrown on him the additional bur.
den of deciding whether or not a fur.
ther display of tenacity behind the
forificauons of Tchatalja may bring
easier terms and save to the Ottoman
empire more tnan Cons,antinople and
strip of Tnrace along the shores OF
the Sea of Marmora, which, seemingly,
is all that the conquerors are at pI es-
ent disposed to leave to the vanquish
ed.
In the meantime the two armies
hold their respective positions. How
long this armed truce will be main.
tanned, however, will depend on the
terms of peace offered by the League
of the Balkan nations and on wne.Aer
the hitherto futile attacks by the Bull
garians on the Tchatalja lines have in
spired the Turks with hopes that the
fortunes Of war may yet turn in their
favor.
Reports regarding the conditions
proposed by the allies are conflicting.
1t is officially stated in Constantinople
that the agreement of the allies to dis
cuss the terms of an armistice and the
preliminaries of pease does not stipu-
late any conditions.
simultaneously V tn the lull on the
battlefield comes news of diminu
ton of tension in the AusIro Servian.
dispute by the compliance of Seryial
with the demand OF the AusT <2n gos'sa
ernment for an investigation on tse'
spot of the complaint made by the
Austrian consul at Prisrend that he
had been hindered by the Servians In
the performance of his duties.
On the other hand, there is nothing
yet to indicate solution of the ques-
tion of Servia's demand for ports on
the Adriaic sea. If, as is threatened,
she diverts her army, released by the
fall of Monastir, to the country of the
Arnaut tribesmen, her relations with
will, it is thought, be
further imperiled.
The Bulgarian premier, M. Gueshoff,
has telegraphed to Kiamil Pasha, the
Turkish grand vizier, the conditions
under which the Buigars will consent
to an armistice. The allies previously
had announced their readiness to con-
slider the proposition made to them by
Turkey for an armistice, with peace
in view, and this is their answer.
The allies will not enter CONSTANT
nople if the forts of Tchatalja are
evacuated and four important Turkish
towns are surrendered, according to
reports of the peace conditions.
Adrianople, which has stood out
against Bulgar and Serb since first
the Bulgarians came across the border
at Mustapha Pasha, and where so
many Turks have lost their lives in
desperate sallies in the face of CALLING
artillery fire, where cholera and fam
inc have been as bitter an enemy Of
the Turk as the foe outside his walls,
Scutari, which the Montenegrins are
besieging and have been besieging
since shortly after they started the
war, must be given up by the Turk If
he seeks an armistice.
Janina, beleagured by the Greeks,
and Dibra, in Albania, must also be
given up by the Turks.
Constantinople and the Dardanelles
are to be left to Turkey.
Opinion in London is not so opti-
mistic as it is in Paris. 1t is pointed
out that Turkeys acceptance of the
terms laid down by Bulgaria and her
allies for an armistice is by no means
certain, especially in view of the sue
Cesses which Nazim Pasha claims in
the defense Of the Tchatalja lines.
On othe other hand, the demand of
the allies strictly follows precedent
The Russo-Turkish armistice in 1878
provided for the surrender Of several
fortresses which were still uncaptured.
The Russians signed an armistice at
and did not have to fight
their way across Southern Thrace, yet
they claimed and received possession
of the Tchatalia lines.