The Sentinel=record., 1913-01-23
TURKEY FINALLY YIELDS ITS HOLY CITY" TO THE BALKAN
 ALLIED ARMIES.
THE ASSEMBLY CONCEDES IT
Matter of Making Peace Is Now a Question of the Amount of ln- deminity the Balkans Will
 Ask of Turkey.

London, Jan. 2.-Plenipotentiaries of the Balkan kingdoms are. much pleased over the decision of the grand council at Constantinople to accept the advice of the powers. While 1t had become increasingly certain iu the past 4S hours that the Turkish elder statesmen were prepared to face the bitter fate that ends the empires history as an European nation, it was hardly expected they would register their decision so quickly and so deIi- nitely. This is so unlike the custo- mary supporting proof that Turkey might still have cards up her sleeve.
 The porte's reply to the joint note of the powers will be handed to the ambassadors tomorrow morning, however, and the remainder of the negotiations leading to the signing of the peace treaty are expected to be an anti-climax.
 One crucial point of difference re- mains to be settled in the question of indemnity. The allies propose to levy heavy payment upon the de- ieated nation. They speak of $200,- O00,0C0 as an adequate sum. Their minimum is an amount equal 10 the Turkish debts attached to the terri tories which they will annex under the treaty.
 The Turks are likely to contest the indemnity strongly, and the bankrupt condition of their country furnishes them with a potent argument for an appeal to the powers. Negotiations over the settlement of minor ques- lions and for the taking over of the conquered provinces will occupy considerable time. and it will be some weeks before the treaty is signed. M. Novakovitch, the ex-premier of Servia, said tonight:
 The Turks seem finally to have recognized the faculty Of reasonihg, but why today, instead of six weeks ago. as they must pay what our four armies have been costing us all thls time. We have not yet set down fig tres for the indemnity, but we have practically decided on what basis It k to be calculated and ihoW 1t IS 10 be divided among the allies.
 eEach Balkan state will take as basis the number of soldiers 1t put lh the field, averaging the cost of each soldier during the time the army was on a war footing.
 "The sooner Turkey concludes peace. the less she will have to pay. The powers must help us in this ques- tion also as the indemnity Will pc employed to pay the share or the Ottoman debt falling upon us pro portionately to the territories we ac- quire"
 Dr. Daneff head of the Bulgarian delegation, expressed satisIaetloh when congratulated upon the prooa- J.e peace settlement, but he was oi the opinion that the negotiations would drag along for several Weehs more.
 The Premier of Greece said;
 i've cannot believe that the powers will quit their work without shoWlug themselves as generous to Greece as they have been to Bulgaria, In the matter of Adrianople. by allowing ureece to hold the islands that have been conquered by> >Heleeian ploou'
 Turkey Bows h Inevitable
 Constantinople, Jan. lurkey today submitted to the will ot tne powers. The grand couhcli ot 'ne " toman empire decided in favor of ac 4epting the proposals of Europe ior peace settlement between lurhey and the Balkan allies.
 As officially announced, the grand council approved the government point Of view, declared it's confluence in the sentiments of equity voiced Dy the great mowers and expressed the wish to see their promised and pro, posed assistance effectively reailzed'
 It also asked the government to exert all its efforts to ensure Tn the future the safety of the country ana the development of it's economic m terests." The joint note of the powers au vised Turkey to cede Adrianople to the allies and to leave the rate ol