The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-14
TURKISH WAR
10 Be RENEWED
~. delegates Arc Only Hanging
Around London 70 Please Sir
Edward Gray for .
Few Days
WAR WITHIN A WEEK
Grand Council Held In constantlnople
i expected to Decide That
struggle Shall
Continue.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
LONDON, Jan. 14.-While the Bal-
Ian peace delegates are remaining
III london in Difference to the express
ed request OF Sir Edward Grey, sec
retary Of state for foreign affairs,
every Balkan state today Is making
active preparations to resume the war
against Turkey, according to state
meat by NJ. veizelos. premier OF
Greece, and chief plenipotentiary from
that nation to the London conference.
q have no hope that the Turkish
grand council will declare for peace, .
n Velzelos said, 'and If the council
decides on war, OF course TIE peace
negotiations here will not be resumed.
1T is very apparent to US that Tur-
key. while procrastinating, is making
preparations to renew the fighting
and We shall simply beat her to it.
Nothing probably will be done by
us today, but by tomorrow, IL the
Turks hare made no orertures for the
reopsning Of the peace conference,
/ the Balkan delegates undoubtedly will
Withdraw from London and the four
states will serve notice on the prote
that war will be resumed within four
days This action will be taken re-
gardless Of the note that the great
powers have prepared to present to
Turkey.
In the event that wsr Is resumed,
the bulk Of the Greek army would i'm
mediateiy be transferred from the
siege Of Janina to the Chatalja lines,
where now the Bulgariana are en-
camped alone.
Our first move, OF course, would
be directed against Adrianople.'
DR.. Daneff and NJ. yeizelos, &C.
/ companied by all OF the Bulgarian and
Greek ENJOYS, today were in confer
ence with ST. Edward Grey at the
foreign Office. 1t was said that as
soon as they finished, the converse
uon 81 the great powers ambassadors
would be resumed.
Meantime the Turkish ENJOYS
Rechid Pasha. Ogman Miami Pashi
ana Tewfk Pasha. were still in Lon
con- awaiting adyices from constan
'hople, where the decision OF thu
grand council still was unknown. Thu
ottoman delegation had nothing Il
say but It was believed they wer.
confident that war would be resumed
possibly within the week.
IN diplomatic circles, the outlool
was admittedly dark. 1t was conced
go as probable that the Turkish gran,
council would declare for war as TIL
souhg Turk and military faction
we're IN the ascendance and the gran,
sIer, Kiamil Pasha, could not vel
oipose them without sacrificing hi
ministry and perhaps himself.
WIN Turkey and the Balkan allie
opehiy preparing for further fightin
aug the great powers hesitating an
usnefing among themselves, 1t was ad
lifted mat peace seemed long wa
on- None OF the belligerents was dis
posed to take the initiative in resun
Jug she peace negotiations, yet Al
s .,. ioathe to assume the respor
,,plilty OF renewing the war. becaus
ae powers have made 1t plain tha
'Asy are opposed to further fighting.
~ the face Of this. the ambasss
aoss at Constantinople have held u
,of Two days their note to the port,
.scause Germany suggested fe1
e l.a, and the London ambassador
sun were without authority to inte