Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-31


.ondon. Dec. 30.-After fortnish,
or sparring and feinting, Turkey IL
raliv has shown her hand in the peace
Mediation by the great
novers is the Ottoman scheme loi
emerging from the war. The Iurhisii
delegates proposed this solution ~
guarded terms today. Inc mee''''S
was brief and more strained thah any
that preceded it, and the turkish tac-
tios ,vara characteristic. The delega-
tiop bad received fresh instructions
from the porte. Rechad Pasha an
nouneed, but part of the telegram was
undecipherable and must be repeated
to constantinople for translation
Then Rechad Pasha said he was abie
ia state that most o. the questions un-
der discussion should be referred 70
the powers.
The boundary between Bulgaria ana
Turkey was an exceptions; that was y
matter he said, for direct settlement
between the two governments ~"
Turkish delegates ATTEMPTED to discu ss
the questions at issue informally ou'
the allies insisted that they should put
their propositions In writing, which
the Turks said they were not prepared
to do.
The allies propose to bring affairs
to a crisis Wednesday by a statement
in the nature of an ultinatum. lhcs
express The determination not TO waste
more time in waiting for telegraph.
consultation real or pretended, be-
tween Constantinople and the Iurk'
ish delegates in London. Mediat''t
has advantages from the turkish
viewpoint. The tendency of such ar
arrangement always is in the direction
of a compromise. In the second place
mediation would save the Turkish
governments prestige in the eyes o
the people by making 1t appear tina
| Turkey comedies the sacrifice that sh'
must inevitably make to the pressure
| of all Europe instead of at the dic,a
| ton of the Balkan states.
The first consideration, from the
standpoint of the allies, is opposed tt
| their interests. Such solution ~
! mediation offers would be of further
disadvantage to them, in that certaii
powers-Austria and Italy-could no
be considered as disinterested arbitra'
luors. The Turkish design in present
ing counter proposals, which leit NJ
enormous gulf between them and tn
allies proposals. was TO create STU
alton In which mediation would ap
pear Justlfiabie-eNeh h''ese"'
Their argument is that never mas
mediator given verdict entrely IA
yora BILE to one side. without coinpeh
sation to the other. And the capita
argument remains that whatever Tur
key would be forced TO cede, ne
Mussulman population, particular.
the semi barbarous tribes OF Arabi'
land Anatola. would swallow the ~.
ter pill with fewer er maces, u con
WINGED il was administered ~ coni'
tiop of Europe. In the camp OF W
allies the proposal for mediatit9 ? ma
hhaen received with varying degi, $ 0
dissatisfaction.
All are agreed that mediation woui
be possible of acceptance oniN u IN
authority, entrusted to the inediator'
were of such limits that it would
innossible to deprive the Nictors 9
lrightfn conuuests; that II must
mediation taking into aeeouns IN
nresent status Of the belligerents, nc
the ante-bellum status and above al
that IT must he mediation-not arpl
traitor.
Arbitration. 1t is pointed out, WI
noseible before the conflict, not Al
erwards. unless in questions OF detai
such AS the delimination of frontier
4 NOT we'll defined by ethnographie'
landmarks.
: Servia and Montenegro are III"
, dissatisfied of all in the belief that
} will be impossible to secure impar,i'
! meditation by the powers, which II
. clude Austria a nation which snow
+ a threatenins attitude against VIII
E those states assert is n legitimate a
] piration. Austria. according 10 'hei
4 practically can be considered an II
a terested party, as she has proelaimt
J The inviola bility Of Albania, forcli
!. the Servians and Montenesrlhs
g abandon the Adriatic coast ano ~
r declared the necessity OF extendif
fthe frontiers OF Albania. for the so
e purpose of depri,ing Servia and A"i
ltenegro of territories they have COZ