The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-18
Turkish Delegation Instruct ed to Confer With Dele gates of States That
 Signed Armistice
BELIEVE DIFFICULTY
 WILL BE AMICABLY
 SETTLED SHORTLY
Greece Claims That the Fall of Janina Is Imminent-Battle Between the Greek and Turkish Fleets Is
 Renewed - Austro-Ser-
 yian Tension Unabated

London, December 17-The peace con- ference was launched yesterday only to be interrupted today by complication resulting from the policy of Greece in Naging war and negotiating peace simul- taneously.
 The Turkish delegation announced today it was empowered to confer only with the three Balkan kingdoms which signed the armistice at Tchatalja and as con sequence adjournment was taken until Thursday to enable the Turks to get in- structions.
 All the conferees expressed the pellet that the suspension was merely teni- porary and that a pathway toward the resumption of the meetings will be found.
 Prospects for successful issue of the conference are enhanced by the declara- ton of the Turks that they have been given penary powers to arrange and sign proved military position, with the en- couragement Austria is credited with siv- ing them may stiffen their backs against the allies terms remains factor of doubt
 Ambassadors Meet The first sitting of the ambassadorial court of appeals, as it is called, was held in the foreign office today. The am- bassadors of five continental powers con [, .s.,l, secretary for foreign affairs, for more than tlree hours.
 The contingency that mediation ulti- mately may offer the only solution of she war has been the subject Of much discussion. The heads of the Bulgarian and Servian delegations in interviews recognized that the United States might bs in q position 10 aot aa pcactmeKer. as President Roosevelt did between Russia and Japan.
 The naval fight off the Dardanelles in which both Greece and Turkey claimed victory yesterday was resumed today.
 Athens announces that the Greek army is about to capture Janina
 The friction between Austria and Servia appears not to have abated. The Servians complain that Austrian gun boats in the Danube are indulging in provocative tactics throwing their searchlights on Belgrade, which has caused a panic among the residents.
 The conference of the ambassadors. notwithstanding the different names by which 1t has been called win a view to minimize it, will either be a complete failure or productive of results which may surpass in importance the achieve ments of all other diplomatic gatherings since the cSngress of Berlin in 1878.
 Will Be Powerful
 Not only will the ambassadoral con ference exercise a powerful influence on the decisions of the peace conference Tn St. James palace since Turkey as well as the Balkan states desires to have the support of the powers, but in event that the Turko- Balkan understanding is not satisfactory to the powers, the pres ent ambassadorial conference will indi- cate how to correct the decisions aT- rived at.
 At the meeting today the greatest at tention centered on Count Mensdorff lne Austro- Hungarian ambassador, and Count Benckendorff, the Russian ambassador. Their colleagues jokingly put to the for- mer I question as to whether he had brought from Vienna peace or war. Couat Mensdorff answered with smile, brl without losing his habitual gravity: Peace! Peace!" adding in Latin. ''sicus fin quantum'' cup to a certain point''J
 Both he and Count Benckendorff denied the correctness of reports describing the armaments of their respective countries which they declare do not have any alarming character and do not surpass prudential precautions rendered necessary by the closeness to the theatre of war;
 The ambassadorial conference may ac- quire & still greater importance. if. as may happen Thursday. the conference at St. James palace is unable to continue at work owing to the difficulties between the Turks and Greeks on the question of the armistice, as the Turks may not have received instructions from Constan tinople on the subject.
 Problem Will Be Amicably Solved
 The general impression among the dele gates is that this question will be amic- ~ably solved either by finding a formula allowing Greece to adhere to the arnis- tice, or by Turkey consenting to treaty with her, leaving the question of the arm istice in abeyance.
 The Turkish delegation declared iu dicially that the Ottoman government could treat only with Bulgaria. Servia ,~S~~s~-~~~~-~--
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