The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-24
Balk an Allies NJ a k e
Known Their Demands
to Turkey.
PORTE'S EUROPEAN
EMPIRE is SOUGHT
Financial Proposals Which Will
Be Made Not Yet Revealed.
Turkish Delegates Ask Adj
journment of Conference
Until Saturday That They
May Consider Terms.

London, December 23.--After several
days of preliminary diminishing. in
accordance with the cherished tradi-
tions of Oriental diplomacy. the Turk
ish delegates to-day faced the real at
tack of the allies at the fifth meet
ing Of the peace conference. which has
as an object the settling of the war
between the Balkan allies and Tur-
key.
The victorious allies laid their most
important cards on the table These
were in the form of territorial con-
ditions. which they had agreed TO i'm
pose on the Ottoman Empire. The de-
mands as set forth were:
First The cession by Turkey of all
the territory west of a line starting
from point east OF Rodesto. on the
Sea OF Marmora. TO point in the Bay
Of Malaria, on the Black Sea, and
excluding the Peninsula OF GallipoIi,
Albania's status to be deci4ed by the
powers.
Second. The cession of the Aegean
Islands occupied by the Greek forces
in the present war, and BY the Italians
in the recent war.
Third The cession TO Greece of all
Turkish rights in the Island OF
Crete.
Proposals Not Revealed.
The allies cid not reveal to-day the
financial proposals which they Will
make to Turkey. reserving them for a
future meeting.
Before the allies presented their
specifications to-day the Turks an
nOunced that their government was
70 no
tions. leaving the question of revlctua,-
ing Adrianople for discussion between
Turkey and Bulgaria. They abandoned
their previous request to provision
Scutari and Janina.
The formal conference lasted only
a quarter of an hour The Turks
listened to the proclamation of the
/ fate of their European empire without
| formal comment and asked for an adj
! journment until Saturday TO CONSIDER
J the allies demands. In the informal
/ conversation with the delegates, which
consumed an hour, the Turks asserted
| il would be impossible for them 20
| accept such terms but that statement
is Inevitable in meetings of this char
acter and was expected to-day.
The territorial profits Of the war.
which the allies will divide. are the
same as those published in these dis
patches December Il. with tn. excep
zion OF the a-raHgeme lent of the powers
made for Albania
The allies will recognize autonomy
of Albania under the suzerainty o. the
Porte. bit not its sovereignty. Albania
will become what Crete was. and what
Egypt is in its relation to Turkey.
The Sultan will be the nominal ruler.
but without political. administrative
or military power. He viii have the
right to raise his flag in Albania and
appoint "A resident governor. but only
for the purpose of ratifying the de-
cisions of the local government
All the delegations attended to-day
session. Every one appreciated the
fact that the meeting was to mark the
passage OF the deliberations from the
preliminary stage to that OF real nego-
tiations. and that il was destined to
revise the map OF Eastern Europe
Feeling Is Intense.
The atmosphere OF the stately council
chamber was charged with intense
feeling through the proceedings.
NJ Novakovitch. head OF the Servian
delegation. took the chair. on his right
was NJ. NikoItch. Speaker of the Ser
Wan Parliament. and on tho left NJ
Vosnitch. the Servian minister to
France The president Of the confer
ence asked Rechad Pasha, head of the
Turkish delegation. TO notify the con-
ference as to the instructions he had
received from Constantinople- Rechad
replied that the imperial Ottoman gov
eminent had instructed him to treat
with all the allies. Greece included
without any conditions.
Dealing with the question OF revic-
tuaiinc the besieged fortresses. Rechad
Pasha said Turkey even was ready to
Law aside the cases of Scutari and ia
nina. In AdrianOpie. he said. II was
known the hospitals were overcrowded
and their patients lacking In primary
necessities. Women. children and the
AGED were suffering or starving.
Tie must insist nc said. On PToViS-
Joining Adrianopie 10 an extent whlen
would meet the demands - huma nifty.
IN. which would be- insufficient to
place the beiiigerents in better posi-
lion than they held when the arms
tice was signed
Rechad said he was animated By
desire TO avoid procrsstinatiOa and
that the question might be dealt with
directly between the Turks and the
Bulgarians. thus making Il possible
FOR the conference 10 continue. The
beads OF the allied delegations ex-
pressed satisfaction with Eechad
statement. Then VI. Novakovitch. tall
and erect. rose. holding In his hand 2
large sheet Of paper. IL was the cru
ciai moment OF the conference. ans
ali ewes were turned upon him.
Turks Arc Impss.ive.
Tho Balkan delegates showed emo
ton and anxiety. the Turks appeared
ss impassive as statues.
aAl the secondary questions having
been settled. the moment has come TO