Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-04
GREECE STILL HOLDS OUT
Has Not Formally Rejected Terms of
Armistice, However.
HUGE TANGLE STILL PERSISTS
Diplomats Realize Crisis Demands
Try to Relieve Tension.

SOFIA. Bulgaria December 4-The
peace plenipotentiaries representing Tur-
key, Bulgaria. Servia and Montenegro
will begin their work in London Friday
of next week
The armistice signed at o'clock last
evening at the village of Baghtche took
the revised form drafted by Dr. s.
Daneff. speaker of the Bulgarian parlia-
ment. 1t contains the following condi-
tions:
Il. The belligerent armies shall remain
in the positions they at present occupy.
so. The besieged Turkish fortresses
shall not be revictualed.
''3. The revictualng of the Bulgarian
army in the field shall be carried out by
way of the Black sea and Adrianople,
commencing ten days after the signature
of the armistice
Il. The negotiations for peace shall be-
gin in London December 49,
Attitude of Greece.
1t is officially announced that the Greek
plenipotentiaries at Baghtche did not def
nite1y reject the terms of the armistice,
but reserved their decision for twenty
four hours.
Even in the event of her declining to ap-
prove the armistice protocol Greece will
participate in the peace negotiations in
London.
Great Tangle Persists.
LONDON. December 4-Cannon and
rifle have been silenced in Balkan battle
fields with the signature of the armistice
last evening, or at least they will be as
soon as word of the truce can reach
the more isolated combatants. The tan
gle among the great powers. however.
persists and becomes even more accen-
tuated as the days pass without the dis
covery of means of unraveling it.
Russia has retorted to what she terms
the rafting of the German sword by
the imperial chancellor. by saying that
by repetition Of the methods resorted to
at the period when the occupation by
Austria-Hungary OF Bosnia and Herze-
govina occurred, a crisis will now not
Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg to the
idea of war was resented by the news
papers of st. Petersburg.
Comment in Russia.
The general trend Of their comment is
voiced by the Novoe Vremya, which says:
History is repeating itself. but it is
not SO easy now to force Russian diplo-
macy into guarded retreat. Such in
timidation will frighten nobody"
The immediate withdrawal OF the vast
Russian deposits in the German banks is
advocated by many Of the Russian
journals.
The war parties both in Russia and
Austria-Hungary seem to hold the public
platform for the moment against the
peaceably disposed ministers of those
countries. Any untoward incident or
provocative act on the part of Servia
would. in the opinion of diplomatic circles
in motion. and this probably would
loosen forces in Russia which the gov
ernment of the Russian emperor would
find itself unable to resist.
Would Encourage Servia.
SHOULD Greece persist in her refusal to
adhere to the armistice signed yesterday,
it would necessarily throw Bulgaria
more closely into the embrace Of Servia
and give fresh encouragement to the
Servian resistance to the European pow
ers. who are practically unanimous in
condemning the Servian demands
If Austria-Hungary should attempt, as
has been suggested, to employ Roumania
to keep Bulgaria quiet in the event Of an
Austro-Servian war, it is thought that
such action would only enlarge the area
of conflict and precipitate a general ca
tastrophe.
Any intervention by Roumania would, 1t
is argued. inevitably compel Russia to
take drastic action on behalf of the Slays
in the Balkans.
Crisis Is Realized.
Diplomats realize that the crisis de-
mands immediate treatment, and efforts
10 bring about an ambassadorial confer
ence as quickly as possible have been
renewed. as ii is thought that this is the
only means of bringing the necessary
pressure into play to extinguish the in
cendiary tendencies of the extremists in
the various countries concerned in the
dispute.
1t is anticipated generally that Greece
will ultimately adhere to the armistice,
although in any case the practical con-
sequences of her refusal to do SO are not
considered likely to be serious. as she
intends to participate in the peace nego-
tiations to he opened in London next
week.
SERVIA CALLS FOR TROOPS.