The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-30
Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro
and servla Agree to End the
Long and Costly Bal.
kan War.
TURKEY GIVES LAND
Powers VIII Settle Division Of Terri
tory and Commission VIII Ar
range all Financial
Questions.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
LONDON, Nay 30 Representative
of Turkey and all of the Balkan allies,
Bulgaria, Greece. Montenegro and
Servia, this afternoon aSrxed their
signatures to treaty of peace, thus
bringing to an end the Balkan war
that lasted nearly eight months, cost
Ing several hundred million dollars
and countless lives.
The peace pact was signed In the
presence of Sir Edward Grey, British
foreign secretary and several am
bassadors of the great powers. BY
the terms OF the peace treaty signed
this afternoon, which was drawn up
by the ambassadors of the great pow
ers, Turkey will give up all European
territory west of line running from
Fnos, on the Aegean sea, to Midia, on
the Black sea. The Turls also give
up Crete. Albania will be given an
autonomous government, the bound
aries to be fixed up by the powers.
The rest of the conquered territory
will be divided by the allies. They
have not yet agreed on he lines Of
division.
The ownership of the Aegean islands
will also be settled by the powers. The
matter of indemnity is LEFT to com
mission. soon to meet in Paris. The
allies demanded s300,00o00o cash in.
demnity. The lowers appointed a
commission, representing Great Brit.
ain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy
and Austria Hungary, and allowed Tnr-
key and the allies to name representa-.
lives to attend the meeting The com
mission was to have met in Paris,
May 27, but the meeting was post
poned until peace was formerly made.
The commission will settle all finan-
scial questions growing out of the war.
The signatories, with the consent OF
the ambassadors. supplemented the
treaty with a 'ew clauses of minor i'm
Iortance covering points untouched by
the original draft
DR.. Daneff, the Bulgarian, thanked
Sir Edward Grey, in behalf of the al
lies. saying that the successful end ot
the negotiations was in a large meas
ure due to the tact and diplomacy o
the foreign secretary. The other del
egates made similar speeches, ant
the st. James peace conference ad
1ourned sine die.
The Balkan war began October 5
1912, when Bulgaria, Greece, Seryis
and Montenegro, in federation
known as the Balkan alliance or Bal
Kan league, declared war against Tur
Key. Each Of the four states individu
ally made formal declarations o
war against the Ottoman empire ant
throughout the most part of the Ion,
struggle, the armies of the allies act
ed independently.
Ostensibly the object of the wa
was to free the christian people 0
European Turkey from Moslem dom
nation, but in reality the allies desir
ed to take the Ottoman territory Il
Europe, divide and annex 1t. The.
We're successful in taking the terri
tory, but not in passing all of It. Tn
powers decreed that Albania shout
be autonomous, with Scutari as it
capital
Bulgaria crossed the frontier a
Mustapha Pasha and followed TIL
lines Of the Oriental railroad towar
constantinople. but got no furthe
than the Chatalja. They captured ev
erything along the way early in tn
game, except Adrianople, which hel
out for many months.
Servia first captured the Saniak {
Nazabari and then proceeded south t
Monastir which they captured. The
also took Uskub. and pre-empted e.
erything from the northern Turks
frontier as far south as the 41st pa
allel.
Greece took everything north of th
frontier as far up as Monastir an
after long sieges captured Salonik
and Janina which they now hold.
Montenegro after taking fe'
villages, settled down to the siege {
scutari. which they finally captured
nut the powers forced King Nichola
TO give up the city.
The war was a remarkable one |
That the rulers OF the Balkan state
commanded their own armies and a
times during the conflict, took th
Held In person. King George of Greco