New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15
PEACE DELEGATES TELL
THEIR VARIOUS VIEWS
turkish and Balkan Plenipoten.
tiarieS Outline Terms To
Be Proposed.
SENTIMENT OPTIMISTIC
"Albania Must Not Become the
schleswig- Holstein but
the Belgium of the
Balkans"

London. Dec lon the eve Of the
,.,o. conference The Associated Press
..s gathered from the representatives
~ the Balkan kingdoms and the fore
ms, Turkish delegates on authoritative
a.c,syation Of the terms which the vic
,orious kingdoms propose 10 enforce
and the Ottoman views thereon. Like
.rn4rienced diplomstists. all the Bal
kan delegates. in speaking officially,
adhere 10 the watchword adopted in the
first. and probably the last. plenary
meeting before entering the conference,
that they are "in complete accord and
have established a perfectly united pro-
granme to follow"
When they speak with friends. not
for quotation. their faces light up with
thsir enthusiasm and their faith is
admirable.
Tell the Americans" they say, that
we trust in their sympathy and moral
support. as we are fighting desperate
" and shedding our best blood for the
same cause which rendered the name
Of Washington glorious and venerated.
We are rlsking all we possess for our
liberty and independence"
United States Mon in Balkan Army.
Tell them" added in perfect Eng
- ~
IN Paris, that some of the sons Of the
Balkans who became American citi-
lzsns are in the ranks at the front CIV
ing proofs OF valor and bravery OF
which Uncle Sam should be as proud
as we are"
The determination Of the Balkan
States not to permit an Ottoman policy
.of procrastination is significant on &C
count Of the form which it has mani
tested. THE Turks are much mis-
taken" said one Of the chief delegates,
IL they entertain such an idea. Peace
will practically be concluded between
Christmas and New Years Day around
the diplomatic table in st. James's
Palace, or we will impose il in Con-
stantinople at Easter. under the range
OF our cannon and at the point Of our
bayonets. But then conditions will be
very different. Now we are satisfied
with the minimum demands; then we
will exact the maximum"
The main conditions Of the allies in
clude the immediate surrender Of Sou
tart, Adrianople and Yanina, the garri-
sons Of which to be granted full mill
1ary honors; the evacuation of Eastern
Europe by Turkey as far as East
Tchataldja TO line which experts APP
pointed by the contracting parties will
'delimit on the spot; the cession to
Greece Of all the Egean islands. in
Guiding Rhodes and eleven others
which Italy is keeping as pledge for
Turkish fulflment of the Treaty Of
lausanne; the annexation of Crete to
Greece, and the payment OF war in
temnity and the expenses sustained on
account of the Ottoman prisoners.
What the Allies Will Grant.
In return the allies Win grant (a)
complete amnesty 10 the Mussulman
population in the territories they annex,
for any acts Of hostility during the
war; (b) the return OF all prisoners;
tc) the recognition Of the spiritual
sovereignty Of the Sultan over Otto
mans becoming subjects OF the Balkan
M he fra n int fraf To-,
BY the Mussulmans Of their Pious funds
in the Balkans.
The Servian ex-Premier. Stojan No
vakovich. head OF the Servian pleni-
potentiaries. informed the Associated
Press to-day that he was satisfied an
agreement would be reached On the
question Of an Adriatic port, on which
servia and Austria are almost at
swords points.
Rechad Pacha, the most distin-
suished Ottoman delegate, who has
resided so long abroad that he is a
Vpe OF the intelligent cosmopolitan.
expressed the hope that the assistance
OF the powers on the one side and mod
sraton on the part Of the allies on the
pther would result in a solution which
not satisfactory to Turkey would
safeguard her dignity. He opined that
The apparent harmony OF the allies Will
hst only while the common enemy is
oeiore them, but that the moment they
are left to themselves they will be
plunged into anarchy over the division
or the spoils. rendering Intervention by
the powers inevitable.
He said he would have to raise the
question at the first meeting OF the
failure Of Greece to Join the armistice.
An Impossible Situation.
Is IT possible" he asked, "to treat
Tor peace while war is in progress?
some understanding would be reached
which might be annulled by the prog
fess Of the military operations. What