The Irish standard., 1913-01-04
AGREE TO cEDE PRACTICALLY
ALL OF OTTOMAN DoMlN-
IONS IN EUROPE.
E1ussARY RELUCTANT.
Ports's Surrender 10 Accompt,st,ed
With NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of Adri-
snopIe and lsiands OF Aegean
Sea Insisted Upon.

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Of tho demands of the Balkan allies 1t
the peace conference in st. James pa-
lace. Through Rechad Plaha, they
agreed to cede practically the whole
Of the Ottoman cmpiroa dom,nions, ex.
capt Adrianoplc and the territory bee
tween It and Constallttnople to thei.
victorious, but tradittonally deHpiscd,
neighboea.
Turkish Torms.
The terms tho Turkish deleKatos
presented to tho conference ~ Q ooun.
ter.proposal to the demands Of tho a.
lies wore:
First-1The recttflcatfon Of the Tmko
Bulgarian frontier by making the
boundary west Of the limo now oocu-
pied by the troops OF the allies IN the
vflIayet Of Adrianople.
Seoond-The question Of the statua
Of Adrianople to DO settled by Turkey
and Bulgaria direct.
Third-The cession Of the remainder
Of European Turkey, including Janina
and 6cutari. to the allies.
Fourth-The Albanian and Cretun
questions to be solved by the powers.
Fifth-The Aegean islands to remain
Turkish.
The announcement OF these terms
was wrung from the Ottoman dele
gates with the greatest difficulty.
They came only after Rechad Pasha
had reiterated Turkeys desire to shift
responsibility for adjusting all the Vi
tai questions to the great powers and
the representatives Of the allies had
registered their Interchangeable obje,,-
tons to such course and plainly had
given the Turks to understand that
the failure Of the Ottoman delegates
10 embark upon serious negotiations
would mean n resumption of hoetilities
In southern Europe.
Momentous Session.
The sitting was the most momer-
tons and exciting since the beginning
OF the conference. The Greek pre-
mier. M. Venizelos. presided, and in
vited Rechad Pas..a to present the
Turkish counter proposals, as the
Turks last Monday had agreed to do.
Rechad said his Interpretation of
the badly transmitted kilograms of the
early week had been correct, his gov
eminent proposing to submit all ques-
tions at issue, except Adrianople, to
settlement by the powers This caused
an outburst of indignation which M.
Venizelos was hardly able to put down.
When relative calm was restored, M.
Ventzelos, DR.. S. Danoff, leader of the
Bulgarian delegation; NJ. Novakevitch,
Servian, and M. Miyuskovitch, Monte.
negrin, each for their respective coun-
tries, declared they would not accent
the proposed mediation by the pow
ers and insisted that the Turkish dele.
gates present practical and defined
proposal.
Maximum Of Concessions.
Rechad then announced that his in
structions contained another alterna-
tive and requested time to formulate
It.. After short recess, Rechad stated
that Turkey. desiring to give tangible
proof of her love for peace. in defer
ence to advice received from the pow-
ers. was ready to make the maximum
Of possible concessions to the allies
by granting rectiication OF tho from
tiers, ceding the territories westward
Of line occupied by the allies in the
Villayet OF Adrianople to them.
NJ. Daneff here rose and said It
would be impossible for Bulgaria to
renounce her claim to the possession
OF Adrianople and that he could not
accept such an indefinite Offer.
Jaelna and Seuta1 Coded.
Rechad then said that the transla-
ton Of his Communication had not yet
been furnished, but that the first part
OF IT.. as read. naturally meant the
cession Of Janina and Scntari. He
added that the questions Of Albania
and Crete should be solved by the
powers, who already had taken the
matter into their hands.
Finally Rechad ended the reading Of
his communication by proposing that
Turkey and Bulgaria treat direct con-
corning Adrianople. M. Daneff imme-
diately declared II would be impos-
sible to accept this proposition saying,
the Balkan states were united en-
bloc to obtain their independence; en-
bloc they conducted the war and en-
bloc they intend to carry on the nego-
ttations and conclude peace on all
large or small questions that may
arise."