The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-09
Conditions in the Fortress
Are Said to be APP
palling.
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
MAY BE RESUMED
Declared that Great Powers Practical.
ly Have Reached an Agreement nm
Advising Turkey to Cede Adrian.
ple-Believe Powers Should Proceed

London. Jan. s.-The Bulgarian
peace plenipotentiaries today received
cipher messages from the Bulgarian
capital which represented conditions
m, n <Aarianople as appalling and the
ran OF the city is imminent
Progress toward resunntion or
peace negottations are slow but may,
however. be accelerated after today's
Insetlng or the European ambassadors
VINO are expected to agree on united
action, which they hope may put an
END to the deadlock in the event that
their intervention should becon,e
necessary
Powers Reach Agreement.
iaris, Jan. a.-1t is learned here
mat the great powers practically have
reacned an agreement to advise Tur-
/ ople. but the powers are not in har-
mony concerning the disposition OF
the Aegean islands
Inc triple entente-Great Britain.
france and Russia-are inclined To
oack the desire of the allies for the
the triple alliance-Germanv. Austria
and Italy-favor leaving to Turkey
tnose islands near the Turkish coast.
nelles. ''E 1"'"a
Difficulty is being experienced in
e.lleA.eHt OF the question OF AL
oanla, as Austria shows no disposition
to modify her attitude. Austria is es.
pecially anxious to include Scutari
within the new limits Of the new AL
bania. N" ~N
IT Is understood the powers will
make no representations to the porte
oeIore the end of the week.
| The impression prevails in Franco
enat Austria will not demobilize until
all the delicate Balkan questions have
oeen definitely settled. The presence
OF servian troops on the road to
Durazzo and other Albanian points
la, has been source Of Irritation to Aus
the Austrian forces from the Seryian
and Albanian frontier
Should Go Farther.
London, Jan. s.-some Of those
among the advanced sections Of the
that now that they have paved the
way for the expulsion Of Turkey from
Europe the powers ought to complete
the work by removing Islam from
Gonstantinople and transforming this
Turkish capital into an autonomous
city under European control. and that
they should study some system with
the object Of giving a real civilized
government to Asia-Minor. II such
steps are not taken, they declare tina.
ere long there will be a repetition in
Asia Minor of what has just occurred
in the Balkans
| The allies. especially the Servians
and Montenegrins, are amused at the
sensativeness the Turks displayed at
the sudden suspension Of the last sit
ting Of the peace conference by the
presiding officer NJ. Novakovitch, and
their insistence that strict etiquette
should be observed. The allies re.
mark that Turkey seems to have for
gotten the contenptuous manner in
which she treated the Balkan states
and their diplomatic representatives
before the war.
One of the gravest aspects Of the
situation, as unbiased observers view
it, is the failure Of Austria to give any
sign Of demobolization in spite Of
Servia's sacrifices for peaceful solu-
ton, Servia even going so far as to
evacuate the Adriatic coast. Austria's
action, In the opinion Of some, is ex-
! planned by the fact that Emperor
Francis Joseph. owing to his advanced
age. has practically abdicated the
direction Of affairs to the crown
prince. The prince is entirely in the
hands Of the most reactionary ele-
ments. who are strongly opposed to
the resurrection Of the Servian and
Slav races. and, wishing to take adj
vantage of Europe's desire to avoid
a great war, are imposing unjust con-
ditions both on Servia and Montene.
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