Arizona republican., 1912-12-31
TURKEY AT LAST
 SHOWSHERHANO
After Fortnight Sparine. and Pointing it is Found She Favols Mediation b>; Powers as Only Way Out of Bad Position
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llaS IlndIN SuONn neE uttnO dl tue peace conference. Mediation by the great powers is the ottoman scheme Tor emerging from the war. The Turkish delegates proposed this as the solution in guarded terms today. Tie meeting was brief and more strained than any that preceded it and the Turkish tactics were charac- tcrstic
 The delegation had received fresh instruction from the porte. Rechad Pasha announced but part of the telegram was undecipherable and must be repeated to COnstantinOplr for translation. Rechad Pasha said he was able to state that most Of the questions under discussion should be referred to the powers. The bound any between Bulgaria and Turkey was an exception: as that matter, he said, was for the direct settlement be- tween the two governments.
 The Turkish delegates attempted to discuss the questions at issue formal ly but the allies insisted that they put the propositions in writing, which the Turks said they were not prepar- ed to do. The allies proposed to bring the affairs to crisis on Wednesday by a statement in the nature Of an uItimatum They expressed their de- termination not to waste any more time waiting for telegraphic consul tations, real or pretended, between Constantinople and the Turkish dele gates in London.
 Mediation has it's advantages from the Turkish viewpoint. The tendency nf such arrangements is always in the direction or d compromise In the second place, mediation would save the Turkish governments prestige in the eyes Of the people by making it appear that Turkey comedies sacri- fees which it is inevitable it must make to the pressure of all Europe instead of at the dictation of the Balkan states.
 The first consideration from the standpoint of the allies. is opposed to their interests. Such a solution as mediation offers will be further a disadvantage to them. in that certain powers-Austria and Italy-will not be considered as disinterested arbi trators The Turkish design in pre- venting the counter proposals which left an enormous gulf between them and the allies proposals was to ere ate a situation in which mediation appears az@ justifiable--even neces- Sary
 The argument is that never has a mediator given a verdict entirely fla vorablc to one side, without com pensation from the other. And the capital argument remains that what ever Turkey may be forced to cede her Mussulman population. particu- larly the semi -barbarOus tribes oi Arabia and AnatOIia, would swallow the bitter pill with fewer grimace. il convinced that it was administered by a coalition of Europe.
 In the camp of allies the propOsa of mediation is received with varying degrees of dissatisfaction. All are agreed that mediation will be pOsSi ble of acceptance only if authority is entrusted to the mediatOrs of sucl limits that it will be impossible to de priye the victors of their rightfu cOnquests; must te mediation talk ing into account the present statu: of the belligerents, not dn ante bellun status. and above all. must be me diatiOn not an arbitration. Arbitra tion it is pointed out was possible before the conflict, not afterwards un.ess in the questions of detail suci as delimination Of the frontiers b! ethnographicaI landmarks
 Servia and Montenegro are mos dissatisfied of all, in the belief tha il will he impossible to secure i'm partial mediation by the powers which includes Austria, natiol which shows d threatening attitud against what these states assert i legitimate aspiration. Austria, ac cordirg to them, is practically to b considered an interested party, as sh has proclaimed the inviolabiity o Albania, forcing the Servians an Montenegrins to abandon the Adria tic coast and has declared the neces sity of extending the frontiers of Al bania for the sole purpose of depriv ing Servia and Montenegro of terri tories they have conquered
 Conceding that Austria does no wish to renounce the traditional pol icy of expansion in the Balkans wit the object of reaciing the Aegea sea. can she. the allies ask, be con sidered an impartial judge in q mat Ter in which her vital interests ma be furthered or endangered?
 The allies also fear Italian aspira tions. Italy has protested agains the occupation by Greece of the isl and of Saseno. at the entrance | the gulf of Avlona. This attitude. tn administration at Athens, has con sidered offensive. claiming SaSenO included in the Tonian islands. take from France by Great Britain i 1900 and ceded to Greece in 1S6 Can Italy also be trusted to give i'm partial judgment? asks Greece Bul carias attitude has not been deter mined. Dr. Daneff, chief Of the Bul garfan plenipatentiarics. appeared to right hopeful, but said nothing posi- tive could be outlined until Turke announced her plans in clear forn In Rechad Pasha's vague statemer today. pr. Daneff continued. Adrian epic is not mentioned.