The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-12-17
ENJOYS MEET TO
ARRANGE PEACE IN
ST. JAMES PALACE
TURKISH DELEGATES SEE THOSE
FROM ALLIED BALKAN STATES
IN THE CITY OF LONDON.
GREETED BY SIR EDWARD GREY
Allies Declare Ottoman Empire Must
Surrender Adrianople or war Will
Be Resumed at Once-Conditions of
Peace. /,


! London, Dec. 16.-Delegates of Bull
&garia, Servia Montenegro and Greece
8asSc mbled at noon today in the pic
Tturs gallery of st. James palace to
meet the Turkish ENJOYS in the mo-
Arentous conference at which is to be
decided whether there is to be peace
or a continuance of war in the Bal
kans.
The plenipotentiaries were vel
coined by Sir Edward Grey, the Brit
Tish foreign minister. His address was
brief but full of sympathy and good
wishes for the success of the gather
Ing. He said:
Gentlemen, his majesty, the KING,
desires me to convey to you his well
come and to express his best wishes
tor the success of your labors. | as
sure you that his majestys govern
lnent will do all in its power to pro-
.sfnote your convenience.
You will, / believe, find in this
country an atmosphere of calm and
impartiality that will be favorable to
your work, snd within these rooms,
you will be really on neutral ground
where there will be no politics except
your own.
r Noble Task.
There are difficulties in all nego-
tiations for peace after war. | will
1ryl,n
may be in your case; but there can
be no nobler task than TO overcome
these difficulties and Ito accomplish
peace as a result of your own efforts
and your own work In this way, you
viii lay foundations on which | trust
will be built by true wisdom and
sta cesmanship the prosperity moral,
economic and national, of your re-
spective countries Without that
craftsmanship the gains Of war are
OF little or no worth to future genera
tons. With that craftsmanship the
losses of war can be repaired and
bitterness merged in the realization
OF the blessings of peace.
Il wish you success in your task,
and | assure you that you have the
good will of every one in the object
for which you have assembled here,
onu tnat Dy accomplishing peace
you will secure the respect of the
whole of Europe.
The chief of each delegation cor
daily acknowledged the welcome and
the sentiments expressed by Sir Ed
ward Grey, who was unanimously
elected to the honorary presidency
OF the conference.
The British foreign secretary then
left the gallery and the plenipoten-
tiaries set about the task of arrang-
ing the question of the chairmanship,
the procedure, the language, etc, of
teh conference.
The negotiations sat for only an
hour and a half, then adjourned for
lunch
The delegates of the Balkan states
before estering the conference cham
ber, declared that within this week
either Turkey will find way to sur
resumed.
They believe that Turkey will yield
us1ess she is impelled to resistance
BY Austrian and German support.
The peace delegates adjourned i'm
mediately after lunchean until IL
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
1t has been arranged that the chair
shall be taken alternately by the del
egates representing the five nations
concerned, and this is to be done ap-
phategically Bulgarian will thus be
first and Turkey last.
Conditions of Peace.
The principal conditions of peace
demarded by the allies comprise the
Immediate surrender of the Turkish
fortresses of Scutari, Adrianople and
Janina to the garrisons, of which full
military honors will be granted; the
evacuation of eastern Europe by Tur-
ken as far as east Tchatalja to line
to he delimited On the spot; the ces-
sion to Greece of all the Aegean Is
lands: the annexation OF Crete TO
Greece. and the payment by Turkey
OF a war indemnity and OF the ex-
penses incurred by the allies ON ac-
count of the Turkish prisoners.
The allies in return are prepared
~ grant complete amnesty to the
Mnesulman population in the terri
tories thew annex for any acts OF hos
tility during the war; the return OF
all prisoners; the recognition of the
srirftual sovereignty of the sultan