New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-20
PEACE OF EUROPE
THREATENED BY SERV|A
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treatment Of the Austrian consuls
serious A Budapest message TO The
Daily Telegraph" says:
Count Berchtold is wont TO act
talking is past. The conversations
( with the ServIan government-if there
still he a government at Belgrade-are
rapidly drawing to an unsatisfactory
close Servia will have It in her power
for a couple of days longer to offer
apologies and make amends for her
breach Of international law, but after
the lapse of that brief delay the Austro-
Hungarian government will dellber-
ately proceed to enforce rights which
even uncultured peoples respect and
vindicate the national honor from
wanton affront that startled into jeal-
Gus watchfulness all parties Of the
Austro- Hungarian nation.
If Servia Is Obstinate.
'If contrary to reasonable expecta-
ton Servia proves obstinate, the next
step will be to dispatch a summary
note in the nature of an ultimatum,
setting forth the grievance and de-
handing speedy redress. The belief
is current here that the civil govern
! ment at Belgrade Is obliged system
| atically 10 capitulate before the Mill
tary Club, which, in return for its
glorious victories over the Turks, de-
mands the right of vetoing all meas
ures that, In its opinion, are calculated
TO impair the political value Of the
| military successes"
The stubborn. defence encountered
! by the Bulgarlans at the line OF fortih-
cations at Tchataldja and the reallza-
ton that enormous slaughter would be
| necessary to pierce them at the point
! of the bayonet, with every prospect
| that their ranks would be decimated
| by cholera before they had attained
success, doubtless proved deciding fac
| tors in inducing the conquerors to
/ listen to the urgings Of the great
| powers and refrain from pressing home
| their victory to the Turkish capital
until they had presented terms OF sur
render 10 the vanqushed and had met
with refusal of their acceptance.
Mediation no Longer Necessary.
simultaneously with the dispatch TO
the Grand Vizier Of their agreement TO
| appoint peace plenipotentiaries, the
allied> Balkan nations notified the
| European powers of the step they had
! taken and thanked them for their offers
Of mediation. They added that media
! ton was no longer necessary, as the
Porte had addressed itself directly to
the Balkan States, who would now
treat with Turkey without outside in
tervention.
The Ottoman government, however.
is determined not TO consider peace
until the Balkan allies submit cond-
tons compatible with the honor and
dignity of Turkey, according to
special dispatch from Constantinople.
That the terms of the victors will be
drastic Is known, but the European
powers are doing their utmost to
make them less harsh than was at first
mooted without attempting to rob the
Balkan confederacy of the fruits of
| its months war;
Inducements to Moderation.
With the jealous eyes Of Russia on
Constantinople. with the recrudescence
of the Austro- Servian difficulty on the
other side of what has hitherto been
known as European Turkey and with
Rumania inquiring what she may ex-
pect out of the spolis. there seems TO
observers to be every inducement for
the allied Balkan nations to keep their
demands within moderate limits.
The occupation of Alessio by The COM
bined Servian and Montenegrin armies,
! giving them another foothold on the