The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-11-18
Will Welcome the Ottoman
Plan for Peace, it
Is Said.
AUSTRIA Is FRIENDLY
for Amicable Settle
ment of Difficulties
With Servia.
BIG TURKISH VICTORY!
Report in Constantinople That
Bulgars We're Repulsed,
5000 Captured.
EXPLOSION KILLS MANY
312 Imprisoned Turks Die
When Magazine at Salonica
Lets Go.

Lets Go.
From a special correspondent Of THE SUN.
BUDAPEST, Nov. 1.-THE allies, ex-
hausted by heavy losses and hindered
by impossible roads from continuing
their advance, welcome Turkeys pro-
posal and will offer reasonable terms.
My forecast of the Balkan settlement
is the following:
Turkey will retain Albania, part Of
the province Of Adrianople and Salonica.
with a strip Of the hinterland. This
will be on the condition Of the bestowal
of extensive reforms 20 the population.
For the moment there is a lull in
political excitement. during which It
may not be amiss to take stock Of the
elements which will shape the coming
changes in southeastern Europe. Aus.
tria and Servia still occupy the forefront
Of the picture. On their behavior
toward each other depends peace.
Austria firmly believes in peace, for
which she has made manifest sacrifices.
and she desires Servia's friendship, which
she is constantly seeking to cultivate.
AZ. European opinion on the subject
is ripening, Servia's preconception that
her quarrel will be espoused by the great
Powers and made a casus belli is dis
appearing and her statesmen now seem
ready to touch milder chords than thoss
which last week sounded like the call OF
battle.
The mild procedure adopted by Count
Won Berchtold, the Austro-Hungari an
Foreign Minister, affords cogent proof
Of the friendly spirit which animated
the dual monarchy toward her Slav
neighbor
1t has been affirmed that a carefully
framed programme was recently pre-
sented by Herr Won Ugron, the Austro-
Hungarian Minister at Belgrade, to
King Peters Cabinet containing list
Of the demands from which Austria
would not swerve a hairs breadth.
This narrative being ont of keeping
with the facts, Herr Won Ugron was
instructed to make an amicable COM
munication. laying chief stress on
Austria's desire to live with neighbor.
liness and friendship with the Servian
people and pointing out the readiness
with which Austria was setting aside
her cherished interests in order to
enable her young and growing neighbor
to realize her ambitious programme.
The Minister was further instructed
TO say that on the issues which Austria
deems vital to the welfare of the dual
monarchy no compromise is possible.
These reserve questions turn upon tho
status quo of the Adriatic and the in
tegrity of Albania.
To this communication, which was
characterized by perfect cordially, no
official reply has yet been received. but
judging by symptoms the nature Of
which have been privately intimated to
me from the Servian capital am not
apprehensive that the answer from
Servia will be non possimus. And
for Europe, which would fain live In
peace. that is the essence OF the matter.
But not for Austria Hungary. which
has the friendship Of Servia at h cart
and is therefore desirous of eschewins
and seeing that she has escaped every
mode of procedure calculated to render
her intercourse with Servia unpleasant.
Argument. suasion and appeal to
community interests are the only
weapons which II is desirable on either
side to employ. Allusions to the ultima
ratio and all diplomacy would defeat
the main object and would engender
painful friction between the two States
for several years to come. As the two
nations will soon agree In substance. 1t
would not be sound policy for one Of
them to mar it's prospects OF years Of
advance by quarrelling with the other
about the demands which it will finally
withdraw.
In addition to the abundant evidencs