The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-07
All the Representatives of
the Five Nations Con-
cerned Will Assemble in
St. James Palace.
BALKAN LEAGUE TO
MAKE ITS DEMANDS
All the States Will Stand To-
gether Until Peace Is De-
clared, Then Will Divide
the Spoils.
(National News Association

(National News Association)
LONDON, Dec. 7.-Announcement
was made at the foreign Office today
that the Turk-Balkan peace negotia-
tions which open in this city next Fri
day will be held in st. James Palace.
King George has placed the palace at
the disposal Of the ENJOYS.
Representatives of the governments
which will participate are Fastening
preparations for the staging of the
conference.
The four parleys are expected to
take all of the 25 days allotted and in
dications are that Sir Edward Grey,
the British foreign minister, will be
frequently consulted by both sides.
The negotiations will follow the
lines of the Portsmouth, N. H., confer
ence between, Russia and Japan, some
changes being necessary for the fact
that in that instance but two parties
were engaged where in this case in
terests of four belligerent states will
be. represented on one side against
Turkey.
DR.. 8. Daneff, chief plenipotentiary
of Bulgaria and Osman Mimi Pacha,
leading envoy of Turkey, are expected
in this city on Wednesday.
Current opinion is that the allies
will wait until later before taking up
the parcelling of Turkey territory, so
as not to impede the program of the
negotiations. AS regards the peace
plans the general proposition embrac.
ling all the terms will be divided up
into clauses which will save time be-
cause it will allow each proposal to
be designated by number instead of by
long and complicated title.
Opening of ParIey.
The parley will be opened by the al.
! lies presenting their terms. Each
clause will then he taken up for dis.
! cussion. At the first sign of a deadlock
| it is expected that the Turkish envoys
will put forward counter proposals
| French being the diplomatic language
of Europe, it will be employed by the
peace ENJOYS.
Expert secretaries will record the
discussions which are expected to be
tedious because of numerous discus
sions among the plenipotentiaries
among themselves. The initial condi.
tions of the allies are believed to in.
clude the following subject:
| .Cession of all Turkish territory
north and west of line drawn from
hn trt E-lx 49,
Flows into the sea of Marmora through
Adrianople to Midia on the Black Sea
autonomous government for Albania
under supervision of the Balkan
states for war indemnity; cession OF
lCrete and Chicos to Greece; interna.
| tionalization of Salonika and Odriano
! pie and the reduction of Turkish rule
in Janina and Scutari; religious free
dom in European territory to be re
tanned by the sultan: withdrawal OF
| Turkish military forces from Albania
complete economic freedom of all par
| ties to the covenant throughout pres
| ent and past European Turkey and
neutrality of present and future rail
| way lines.
1t is foregone conclusion that some
of the clauses will be dropped OF
greatly modified. 1t is not believed that
| Turkey will pay any indemnity. In
Difference to the wishes of the big
powers it is believed that Servia will
| lay claim to an Adrianople seaport in
the original conditions, leaving for set
| tlement later.
After terms are agreed upon a trea
ty will be drawn up within a fortnight
| by the best international experts OBJ
| tainable and will be ratified by the
powers.