Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-11-23
WAR WILL STOP
PENDING FARLEY
Turkey Negotiating With BuI.
gars For ATmlstlce.
PEACE TERMS ARE DRASTIC
Ottoman Nation Faces Loss OF Nearly
All European Empire as Cost OF
Ma

war.
The fighting has ceased for the mo
hent between the Turkish and But
sarian armies struggling for the pos
session OF the key 10 the gates OF
Constantinople. and the opposing com
mander-in.chiefs are cngaged in nego
tiaiing terms OF an armistice.
II these negotiations prove success
full they will be preparatory to meet
ing OF plenipotentiaries VINO will dis
cuss conditions of peace.
In accordance with the suggestion
the allied Balkan nations are prepared
TO meet the Turkish commandments
chief with a view 10 arranging an ar
mislice, the Ottoman government has
appointed Nazim Pasha TO confer with
General Savoff. the bulgarian leader
The Turkish general. who has been
putting up such an excellent defense
OF the ramparts of the capital. now
has thrown on him the additional bur
den of deciding whether or not fur
NHti uiSHlas VI ttHa'Atf o'AtAt hHN
Notifications OF Tchatalja may bring
easier terms and save 10 the Ottoman
empire more than Constantinople and
q strip OF Thrace along the shores OF
the Sea OF Marmora. which. seemingly.
is all that the conquerors are al pres
ent disposed TO leave to the vanquish.
ed.
In the meantime the two armies
hold their respective positions How
long this armed truce will be main.
tanned, however. will depend on the
terms OF peace offered By the League
OF the Balkan nations and on whether
the hitherto futile attacks by the Bul.
garians on the Tchatalja lines have in.
spired the Turks with hopes that the
fortunes OF war may yet turn In their
favor.
Reports regarding the conditions
proposed by the allies are conflicting
II is officially stated in Constantinople
that the agreement of the allies 10 dis
cuss the terms OF an armistice and the
preliminaries of pease does not stipu.
late any conditions.
simultaneously with the lull on the
battlefield comes news OF a diminu.
tion OF tension In the Austro-Servian
dispute by the compliance OF Servia
with the demand OF the Austrian gov.
eminent for an investigation on the
spot OF the complaint made by the
Austrian consul AT Prisrend that he
had been hlndered by the Seryians in
the performance OF his duties
On the other hand, there Is nothing
yet to indicate solution OF the CUES.
ton OF Servia's demand for ports ON
the Adriatlc sea. II. as is threatened
she diverts her army. released by the
fall OF Monastir. to the country Of the
Arnaut tribesmen, her relations with
Aastr!a-Hungary will. II is thought. he
further imperiled.
The Bulgarian premier, NJ Gueshoif,
has telegraphed TO Kiamil Pasha. the
Turkish grand vizier. the conditions
under which the Bulgars will consent
10 an armistice. The allies previously
had announced their readiness to con.
slider the proposition made to them 10y
Turkey for an armistice, with peace
in view. and this is their answer
The allies will not enter CONSTANT.
nople If the forts OF Tchatalja are
evacuated and four important Turkish
towns are surrendered. according TO
reports of the peace conditions.
Adrianople. which has stood out
against Bulgar and Serb since first
the Bulgarians came across the border
at Mustapha Pasha. and where so
many Turks have lost their lives In
desperate sallies in the face OF CALLING
artillery fire. where cholera and fam
inc have been as bitter an enemy OF
the Turk as the foe outside his walls,
Scutari. which the Montenegrins are
besieging and have been besieging
since shortly after they started the
war, must be given up by the Turk II
he seeks an armistice.
Janina. beleagured by the Greeks,
and Dibra. in Albania. must also be
given up by the Turks.
Constantinople and the Dardanelles
are to be left to Turkey.
Opinion in London Is not so Opt.
mistic as II is in Paris. II is pointed
0ut that Turkeys acceptance OF the
terms laid down by Bulgaria and her
allies for an armlstlce is by no means
certain. especially In view OF the sue.
cesses which Nazim Pasha claims In
the defense OF the Tchatalja lines.
On othe other hand. the demand OF
the allies strictly follows precedent
The Russo-Turklsh armistice In 1878
provided for the surrender OF several
fortresses which were still uncapturcd
The Russians signed an armistice al
Adrianople. and did not have to fight
their way across Southern Thrace. yet
they claimed and received possession
Of the Tchstalja lines.