The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-09
PROGRESS FOR PEACE.

Judging from the dispatches from
Europe, there is no reason why the com
ing Of peace may not be confidently an
ticipatcd in the Balkans. The pleni
poteptiarics arc named, the place o
meeting selected, and the date fixed fo
the initial meeting. All understand Tn,
! present conditions, the hclplesspess oI
p! Turkey. and the desire Of Christian Eu
! rope TO be rid of tho barbarous Turk
The place OF meeting is in 81 James ::
| palace. London. which is certainly gooo
neutral ground, where the surrounding
viii bc all for harmony and adjustment
The initial conference will he next Fri
day. aud there IS every reason to expect
that the proceeding viii be effective to
stop the war.
There are two things that may trou-
bic. One is the i'll feeling between Aus.
tria aud Seryia. II is difficult to- real
i2c at this distance the fierce dctcrnin,
alton of Austria TO prevent Servia get.
ting a port on the Adriatic 1t is quite
easy, however, to understand why Ser
via should be determined to have that
port. As il is. 'Scrvia is entirely an in.
land nation, smotbercd in her trade aud
commercial relations; but with The re-
tcntiou of the port of Duraz2o. which
she has occupied, Scrvia will he open TO
the world and can cut something like
the figure that she once did in the af
fairs of the nations. The Austrian
dream has been TO extend her boundaries
southwark so as to obtain the port Of
Salonlki. This. however, is merely
dream. 1t is evident that such an idea
is absolutely out of the question. and
1t may be that the realization of this
fact is what makes Austria so deter
mined to keep Seryia from access TO
the sea- It is clear that this strength
ening of Servia would form an impass-
able barrier TO Austria's progress to
the southwark. But il is difficult to
see how Servia can be prevented from
retaining her conqucsts in the war. She
viii naturally obtain part of Novipazar.
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sufficient of Albania to take her TO the
Adristic. 1t is probable that Moutene-
gro viii obtain the whole of the villa
vat of Skutari, her new southeastern
boundary being the river Drin.
The other difficulty is that made by
Greece, and it is curious to see that
Greece is not joining in the armistice,
but Is pushing her forces toward Con-
with the evident desire Of
securing as much of the coast littoral
rs possible before peace comes. I'm.
ioubtcdly. one reason that actuates
jreecc IN refusing TO Join the other
powers in the armisticc is that her de.
termination is fixed to retain the port
'f Saloniki and as much OF Janina as
possible.
The evident disagreement of the
powers, which includes somewhat of
jealousy, may be an important factor
n favor of Turkey in the negotiations,
Tut so far as the Turks are concerned.
IS a practical proposition as to terri.
ory conquered, it is probable that the
'aikan allies would present united
ront. Their division might come in
he discussion among the plenipoten-
laries, where the influences represent. |
ne the great European States as sf.
ectiug the concert between the Bal.
an allies might be powerful enough to
make dissensiou
Still, everything now looks favorable
oWards peace, and if the expected ma.
al battle between the Grccian and lhc |
,urklsh beets should turn out a victory
or the Greeks, as it almost certainly |
lust DO II the position of the battle is |
veil chosen, then the determination of
ne Greeks to keep out of the prolimi-
ary negotiations will have been fully
and Greece will be in a no.
ition to reap the utmost possible ben.
fits from the war.