Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1912-12-07
No Change in Situation.

No CHunGe in Situation.
NO cMAu.r ~! TIC worse Ill he IN.
serna tlonal political situation ErougAt
about ~ t.. 80; in the Balkans is
visible exc, Insofar az the COnli"U,d
tension Gco..aau., the ability OF 0!p!o.
macy TO rc-,&. Il rupture.
Great H.t,.,..!, France and Germany
all are giV!.G cCunscls Of moderation
both at \I.nAA and St. Petersburg.
There ais = reason TO believe that
Great BllC,.t.. A;ia given Servia as we'll
as Russia AID France to understand
that she has no interest in Scrvia'a
demand for = PORTION ihc Adriatic sea
She also has I'D thcm she mas no in.
tentlon OF -"ppOrting Servia's claim
by force !,.rns nor Of aiding any
other power 10 do SO.
The fact that the Austro- Hungar an
consul at Pri5rcHd has arrived at Us
kup, thus G-.ruS.nS Of the reports of
MS murder, Ot3..l to be helpful in the
opinion Of d.l:omats, in bringing about
Il general Improvement Of the 81 luA-
ton.
But this is Oifset by q report that
,SerVian troops have occupied DuraZZo,
the principal Albanian port on the
Adrialic.
Dispatches from tho Continent SOY
that nearly 100000 men arc under
arms In Russia, Germany and AUSTRIA
and that Servia Is dispatching al her
available troops to tho HUNGARIAN
border to repci a possible attack from
Austria. One ray OF hope observed by
diplomats in London was a dispatch
from Paris stating that conservatives
there had started u counter movement
against what they term Refrigerated
reports Of a possible European war
Another report was that Italy also
was preparing for war.
The progress Of tho negOtia tiOns
between the delegates OF Turkey and
OF the Balkan allies at Tchataija Is
still q scaled book. In diplomatic cir.
cles In London it Is stated that Tur-
key has presented the following as an
acceptable basis for an agreement:
First, no war indemnity
Second, the retention by Turkey of
the territory bounded by the Martha
river, the fortress Of Adrnnople to be
included.
Third, the maintenance Of the soy
ereignty 0: tho sultan Of Turkey In
Albania
AS soon az Turkey shows that she
really wishes for peace, Bulgaria will,
1t Is authol4tativcly declared, Demon.
strate her willingness to spare as
much rs possible Turkish susceptible.
ties by still further undertaking her de-
mands.
In addition to not insisting on the
evacuation ot The Tchatalja lines in
front Of C0Ngt@ntin0Dlc by the Turk
1sh troops and allowing the garrison
OF Adrian0pl" 10 march out, provided
guarantees are Eivcn that the troops
Will not engage in further hostiities,
Bulgaria probably will consent to Tur.
key Withdrawing The artillery from
that fortress. In other ways also the
bulgarian government will be prelar-
ed to do everything possible to aid in
establishing Il permanent peace.
The danger III the general situation
arises not alone from the conflicting
interests Of Austria, Servia and ether
powers, but from the possibility that
Turkey, following the traditional pol
Icy Of profitins by the embodiment of
the great powers, may adopt an ire.
concilable attitude in the peace nego-
tiauons.
Reports from Belgrade state that
The SeTv1an officers, who now have the
upper hand, are absolutely against any
compromise, and that King PEI or and
his cabinet, whose intimate adviser is
khe Russian minister, will obey their
EiCtatea