Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-27
.Rechad Pasha Asserts Condl-
tons Outlined By Balkan
Allies Are Too Absurd tor
Serious Consideration
OPPONENTS SCOUT ALL
OTTOMAN CONVENTIONS
Those Familiar With Situation
Believe Outcome viii Be
Peace Rather Than Resump-
ton of HostilitleS.
n,Lc\Rl\Ns RECOGNIZE
RELIGIOUS pIsIiJtpiCES.

RELIGIOUS i-tbAJs ''> 'F''
London, bee. 2s.--rhe Rulgn-
. ,inn d,lcgutes nave authorized
. thc Morning Post to state tha'
. uulearia IS prepared to vest IN"
. control of the sultan Seliln
. Mosuue AT Adrianople perh'"-
. nently In the hands OF the SUI
. tnns representatives, ana 10
. mako all possible concessions 10
. Turkish religious feelings associ-
. atcd with Adrianoplc,
4 Duraz2o dispatch to inc
. Times, dated December 1'o'
SAYS;
"After four days of fighting IN
. the district between Baha ana
. puitchi. ten miles north OF Ales-
. sio. the Turks were driven out
. of the neutral zone on friahN.
. They lost several hundred kii'eu
. and wounded, while the serN'a"
. casualties numbered two nun
. dred. i.
Greek steamer has brought
. la D1nazzo great quantities oi
war stores and twelve guns ir''n
. Saloni>i for the Servians AZ aies-
sio. i.
An odessa dispatch to the
. Post reported an alarming cpl
: aemjc of cholera In Mecca. n'a- =
= hin whore 10000 pilgrims are
. uathering. IN the last few DAYS
l.71i cases have been reporteu.
ssss go 80
+, nav Moruipg Journal special Ieasri W'ss'
,ondon, Dec. 26,-~liuth the Iurhf
! and the balkan allies are standins ps
their guns on the peace terms. h".'
say il is impossible to recede IRON
| tbair nosjtjons Nevertheless, thos'
who think they know what y so'nt
on behind the scenes, stlll pelieNe ~,
| probabilities Of the eonelua'on -
peace are Greater than OF the fes"i'ps
1 ,ion of the conflict. The EXCHANGE ~
cipher dispatches between the aui'ii"
i.t,ation 1T constnntinople ah'
Rechad paahn continues, but th' ''',e
of the Turkish plcnipotenthr'cs W
clines TO divulge the nature oi the -
plv he viii present to the ai'irs ~a'n'
d,v when the conference retissehplef
n IL understood this will be- as ~
ready butllnth, VIII 49, !.
promise that Turkey Will apply 70 ~
European territories remaining :" ~
the reform which Count Won Berhch
tholdt The Austro- Hungarian inreiR
minister. proposed before the W"''
..Nbilc / cannot discuss the rep
NJ me ottoman government, sa'
perhua pasha tonight nothing pre-
vents me from saying that the Term
the allies have proposed are SNIP
absurd. They have produced this ~
pression wherever heard, even o"'
side Turkish circles. II was n'Ve
known that after the conclusion
an armistice, one beiiiR'reh' -
could ask the other to coneeae ~
tories bravely defended ana sun
| sisting with heroisn.
"Why should we do this, espec'"''
when the i,ulgariana had t're'
verses ut our hands? Just heiore W
armisticc, while the Greeks VINO w
timed to fight, were defeated po'h
land around Jnnina ana ~ s'"' !"
the DaIdanelles.
Turkey was induced 70 accept =
a,,nistire only on the advice of u
,u,vers IN order TO avoid useless GU
naee on both sides. The same human
tartan considerations led the o'''
man government to. ask Tor the =
yictualine Of the besicged towns ~
! might induce the government TO we
ce,tajn conditions for the SAKE
5 neace Du there is Il limit when u
allies have far surpassed,
The allies, on the other hahn' -
the arinIsticc was arranged 10 ~
Turkey an opportunity OF maki'
peace terms without suffering tu''h
, losses in the field and they charhcte
= izcd Turkeys talk of Keeping Ao''
: nonle. Janlna and Scutari ana
pajnlnr salonili. us lauehable' Gen
. raj Dangls the Greek cher OF s'a'
f said:
r LET them come and take Saioni'
- ~ they can. Even the dust OF o
!, ancient heroes would rise up TO
r fend our rights
The most optimistic of the Iuthi
= military party profess confluence III
=. tho Rulgarians never will be apte
!, force the Tchatalja lines. but that
Tho contrary, with her present po"'
ful army. Turkey will free Adriahop
in a fortnight. and. adding that "a
rIson TO the main body. VIII take .
:, offensive toward PhiIippolis ana :
,e loniki.