The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-19
BELIEVED THAT THE PEACE CON FERENCE WILL RESUME ITS
 DELIBERATIONS.
RUSSIA ISSUES A WARNING
Speech of the Premier Makes it Plain That Ru5sia Will Stand Behind Balkan States in Securing the
 Fruits of Victory.

London, Dec. 1S-The nature of the decision which the Turkish govern ment arrived at today is not known, but is believed to be such as to en. able the peace conference to resume it's deliberations.
 Considering that under the terms of the armistice, Turkey is debarred from revictually her besieged fort resses she has little to gain by undue delay The growing strength of the military party in Constantinople may however have an unexpected influence on the development of the situation.
 The Russian premier's speech in the Duma. which was awaited with much interest is regarded as a peace full factor but at the same time it is a plain intimation to the world that Russia stands firmly behind the Bal kan states in support of their secur- ing all the legitimate fruits of their victory and therefore may be regard ed somewhat in the light of a warn ing to Austria.
 The Servian government mean while is doing it's utmost to avoid needlessly provoking Austria. Pre- mier Pachitch, according to Bel grade dispatch has written to the editors of the leading newspapers, urging them in the interests of peace to refrain from publishing articles provocative to Austria and two Bel grade papers have been seized for at tacking Austria.
 I,, x.,ftI x,E Enc delegates to the peace conference Sir Edward GreA has appointed Her man Cameron Norman. first secretary of the British diplomatic service, to take charge of the secretariat of the conference.
 The ambassadors ofN.the powers at their meeting this afternoon. confirm ed their decision to maintain impene- trable secrecy concerning their dis cussions. but one of the delegates oD served that the secrecy was only ap parent as on the most important questions the ambassadors would be compelled to consult with the peace delegates in order to ascertain their intentions and feelings of their coun- tries.
 The same delegate instanced the speech of M Kokovvsoff, the Russian premier who he said today spoke before the Duma, but in reality ads dressed his statement to the kwhole of Europe in the name of "The great Salvonic and orthodox power" The premier praised the civic and military virtues of the allies promising them f,.f,. "a -bf so far is glad she has not to change the calm attitude adopted at the out set"
 This in plain language means that the Calm attitude" might have been changed in the past and may change ill the future if the rights of the Bal kan peoples do not receive due recog- nition
 However, it is asserted that the Austrian and German ambassadors at the meeting today were most cordial though reserved
 When the question of the Dardanel- les was raised it is reported Count Renckendorff expressed the desire or Russia that the straits be declared | open only to the Russian fleet and not to the fleets of other countries, as his government wished the Black sea to | remain a kind of internal Russian | lake.
 Concerning the islands along the Turkish-Asiatic coast. the opinion pre- vails that they will remain to Turkey, because owing to their proximity to | the Asiatic continent which ever oth- | .frl, would be a constant threat to Asia
 Minor The idea is that these islands
 must belong to the state ruling Asia 1 Minor.
 Albania is the hardest nut to crack. l If Ottoman rule is destined to disap- l pear from Europe. it is out of the ] question to have the Turks retain any l political or administrative power in l Albania under any form, according to l the views expressed here. but it is much feared that even an autonomous l and neut-alized Albania, owing to rae
 ial religious. economic, and financial
 reasons. would be unable to stand without even more direct assistance from the powers than in the case oi |, Crete which experiment for the pow
 CTS was quite enough, and they art
 not desirous of repeating if. On the question of the SeTvian de
 mand for an outlet on the Adriatic M Novakovitch, called the Bismarl of Servia. observed that his countr, asked nothing except what alread' had been conquered with the blood o l her sons.