The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-11-20
MOVE TO END WAR
TAKEN BY ALLIES.
Agree to Arrange ArmistIce
and Peace Terms
ENJOYS HAVE BEEN NAMED
Stubborn Defense of Tchatalja and
Outbreak of Cholera Among BuIgar
Ian Troops fastened Decision.

London, Nov. 2O.-The nations o
the Balkan confederacy, satiated witt
victory, signified their willingness t.
treat for terms of peace at the reques
of the vanQuished Turkish empire.
The luster of their success has bee1
only slightly dimmed by their temper
ary failure to overcome the rallie,
Turkish army at the gates of Con
stantinople and enter the Ottoman
capital.
The stubborn defense encounteret
by the Bulgarians at the line of forti
fications at Tchatalja and the realiza
ton that enormous slaughter would bt
necessary to pierce them at the poin
of the bayonet, with every prospec
that their ranks would be decimatet
by cholera before they had attained
success, doubtless proved deciding
factors in inducing the conquerors tt
listen to the urgings of the great pow
ers and refrain from pressing home
their victory TO the Turkish capita
until they had presented terms of sur
render to the vanquished and had me-
with refusal OF their acceptance.
simultaneously with the dispatch tc
the Turkish grand vizier of theil
agreement to appoint peace plenipo
tentiaries the allied Balkan nations
notified the European powers of the
step they had taken and thanked
them for their offer of mediation. I4ieJ
added that mediation was no Longer
necessary, as the Porte had addressed
itself directly to the Balkan states
which would now treat with Turkey
without outside Intervention.
The reply to the dispatch of the
Turkish grand vizier to King Ferdt
nand of Bulgaria says:
"The Bulgarian government, after
agreements with the allied cabinets Of
Servia, Montenegro and Greece, In.
forms the Porte that plenipotentiaries
have been appointed with instructions
to arrange with the communicating
chief of the Turkish armies the condt
tions of an armistice and subsequent-
ly to proceed to the conclusion q
peace"
That the terms of the victors vii
be drastic is known, but the Europea&
powers are doing their utmost to Hsssf
them less harsh than at first. mooted.
without attempting to rob the Balkan
confederacy of the fruits of Its
months war.
With the jealous eyes of Russia on
Constantinople, with the recrudes-
cence of the Austro-Servian difficulty
on the other side of what has been
known as European Turkey, and with
Roumania inquiring what she may ex-
pect out of the spoils, there seems to
observers to be every inducement for
the allied Balkan nations to keep their
demands within moderate limits.
An eight hours armistice has been
agreed to between the Bulgarians and
Turks at Tchatalja. so that both the
armies may bury their dead, according
to a news agency dispatch from Con-
stantinople.
Admission that cholera has broken
out in the Bulgarian army attacking
the Constantinople defenses was made
by the Bulgarian government for the
first time.
Premier Guechoff said that General
Savoff had established a cholera camp
removed from the army and that every
precaution was being taken to prevent
serious inroads from the disease.
The occupation of Alessio by the
combined Servian and Montenegrin
armies, giving them another foothold
on the Adriatic sea, is considered In
diplomatic circles likely to add fuel
to the flames of the Austro- Servian
disputes which have again blazed up
in a critical way.
Emperor Francis Joseph Is reported
to have remarked: "We are in favor
of peace, but not of peace at any
price We cannot stand everything"
The Austro-Hungariap cabinet has
sent a sharp note to the Servian gov
ernment at Belgrade, demanding a
precise reply to all the questions at