New-York tribune., 1912-11-10
MEDIATION =.
IN BALKANS DISTANT
Satisfactory Arrangement OF
Servia's Claim for a Port on
the AdriatiC Expected.
AUSTRIA MAY GIVE IN
Diplomatic Circles in Paris Be-
lieve Dual Monarchy Won't
Precipitate European
'[-' War.
TBy cable 10 The Tribune.l

fBy cable to The Tribune.l
Paris, Nov. 9.-European mediation
in the Balkans seems tonight further
off than ever, but the feeling here is
that a satisfactory arrangement event
ually will be reached in regard to Ser
Was claim for a port on the Adriatic
by recent negotiations between Vienna
and Belgrade.
The Balkan League is as solid in
diplomacy as 1t is in war, but owing to
the tremendous stakes at issue the con-
viction prevails that King Ferdinand
and the Emperor OF Russia will be able
to induce Servia to modify her claims,
SO as not to bar Austria from the posi-
bility of a commercial outlet on the
Egean Sea, while Germany will sue
ceed in persuading the dual monarchy
to refrain from drastic opposition to
servian demands. Moreover, any Aus
trian policy hostile to Servia would be
bitterly opposed by the Slav popula-
tions of Bosnia, Herzegovina, Dalmatia
and Croatia.
In the highest diplomatic circles here
the belief remains firm that Austria
Hungary will not precipitate an Euro
pean war by hasty rupture with Ser
via and the Balkan League.
Austria Is sending to the provinces
Of Bosnia and Herzegovina, or, In other
words, toward the Servian frontier
eighteen battalions drawn from the 4th
and the sth Army Corps, according to
the correspondent at Belgrade of the
Temps" who says he has obtained the
information from a trustworthy source.
Ask Austria to Explain.
II is believed at the Servian capital,
the correspondent adds, that Russia
and perhaps the other powers Will ask
Austria for an explanation.
The European situation Is considered
in official circles here TO be precarious.
The French Cabinet met to-day AT the
Palace Of the Elysee, and President
FallIeres attended the meeting. Pre-
mier Poincare read to his colleagues
the latest dispatches received from the
French ambassadors at ct. Petersburg
Vienna and other capitals. which led to
a discussion lasting several hours.
Nothing OF what occurred at the Cab
met council was made public, and much
obscurity continues as 10 the precise
intentions OF the various great powers.
lie Matin" prints remarkable dis
patch to- day from Constantlnople' In
which Kiamil Pacha, the Grand Vizier'
is quoted as follows:
DO not think that either ! or the
Sultan will ever abandon Constantine
nile NV sovereign will await death In
his palace. and l In my office.
Noradunghian Pacha, the Turkish
Minister for Foreign Affairs, according
TO another special dispatch from Con-
stantinople, IL directing AFFAIRS there
with singular tenacity and devotion, In
spite Of his elghty-five years. He ap-
pears to be infusing new life into the
population Of the Turkish capital For
eleven DAYS he has not left his office.
He eats there and sleeps there, throw
ing himself In the early hours OF the
morning on to a military bed in order
70 snatch a few hours repose. In tho
course OF an interview to-day he said:
This tragic hour is no time Tor
irony" and continued, bitterly, III 1t
was I would post on every wall OF the
capital and print in big type In every
Turkish newspaper the solemn dec
laration made three weeks ago by the
European powers that they would not
nern,It the seizure Of Turkish territory.
AZ the same time I would publish the
,ext OF the twenty-seven treaties con-
cIuded during the last century by the
nations OF Europe, guaranteeing the
integrity of the Ottoman empire"
Retired Officers Reinstated.