The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-09
Ambassadors Settle Upon
Peace Agreement and
Ind Is in Sight
MAY SIGN TREATY
WITHIN ONE WEEK
London | ears / hat Turk h
Dtse,t ers Are Cons apt'y
Coming INTO Lines Be-
fore Adr., nople

I LONDON. Jan. S,-Peace IL, in
sight in the Balkans now that the
powers have taken a hand in the
negotiations for a sctL ement Ac-
cordjng 10 George Renwick, the
Chronicles correspondent recently in
Constantinople but now in London.
the ambassadors have definitely for
INFLATED a course of action He con-
Times:
The decision was arrived at
unanimously and was Immediately
placed by the ambassadors before
their respecth e governments for rati-
fcasion II is expected that by to-
morrow the sanction Of the efedt
powers viii have heel received ny
their representatives in London As
soon as that Is the case, the Turkish
and the coalition delegates wiz be
informed of the desires ot the powers
and of the policy they will adopt to
bring about Eeaee.
Agreement Exists.
Little has transpred as to the
work of the amhassa doris conference
hat | have excellent authority Tor
stating that 4 very complete desire
of unanimity on all the esse ntial mat
tiers exists.
1T is the determination of All the
powers that there snail be n" ~
newnI of the war and a noticeable
point IN come ction with this is the
activity Of Russia and Austria in
favor of peace. IT would be !neor-
rect TO say the am ha sss doris confer
enee II completely united with re
gard to every detail which the - m
p1tcated situation OF The Balkans ..fe-
gents for solution. There are MINOR
differences OF opinion, nut these DO
net concern the Immediate problem
to he faced
Dispatch E'roni ssgfia.
The Times prints the foHo"4!4S 0tS~
patch from Sofia
"At "a meeting which General SaE"U
had Tuesday afternoon with Nazim
pasha at Baktchekeui on the bai-
yaEian side OF the Tchatal5a lines, the
possibilities of peace were d4so 1850 ~
Sayoff Insisted that Bulgaria could IN
no circumstances he satisfied unless
Adrianopie was delivered into AeF
hands The Turkish minister OF war
replied that he hoped peace "ouid
be signed within one week
The Initiative for thiS cphE "fsA'+'ii
came from Turkey.
According TO letters from the s}ul'
varian limos before Adrianopl@ TURK
ish descrters are com ng IN every
day. They declare disease is making
havoc in the ranks Of the surviving
lroops and citizens There IL reason
IN think that the food supply Is by
no means exhausted, yet II IL be
flayed here that the Turkish he'E
apparent q in tne hTieakue'e1 Nay
Turks Appear sore.
The Turks set'In Ia very sore at
their position. The Teie graph quotes
nrominent Turk in London as say
ing
By losing campaign we seem 10
have lest even cur rlgat to lair ptat
and justice. and. worse stAL to nave
caused European opinion to lose lis
sense OF equity
An episode with which the lasl
scene OF the conference eliminated -
characteristic of the emancipation Of
section of the present generation
from the trama.els 81 p"'i>'e.A ela.cs'
With AMI Semstisn, ono must now
associate anti-Islamism as one OF
the ferns of later day culture,
as II the price that we'll meaning
Europt. is prepared to pay tor peace
The allies IN G employed mtch ihGe
naity, say rather astut. re ts, IN over
reaching las ami many o. tHe ~ SNt%iAu7
ers rapturously applaud, Is pc
case the Turks are quitting Europe !
No.kl4 "a. s,srt. be, tset5Es. .Ea s59}X "a Z
YTsssssa. -, tsr.,s.s ssseSR..fs- a;-lssA&. a4ss
Stimulating the aim than To do II By
abusing the forms Of debate? We have
not been fatil " trea,ed At the. confer =
,nce ana deci ne to disguise the last.
Want Only Fair Play.
Eve now apps al 10 the world II
= Western civilization, We want ony
fair MAY and frankness. Are Tui ha
and MosleIns second class members
of the human race > ace inc Sishths
of the armistice We have become an
willing Play actors.
I'VE agreed to negotiate and came
to the nospitable shores CT Great
Britain fer this purpose. There have
hs en- no negotiate ms and only the
one-sided draft of treaty which was
followed by an ultimatum
Sid Edward Grey. the British for
eign minister, when asked IN the
house of commons whether the pow
ers had agreed on the JOINT action 10
be pursued in the event or the faI-
IRE of the peace conference to reach
an agreem ent. said:
THE subject is in course OF re
ceiving. the attention of the powers,
but | canrot make any paolic state
ment as to their views Or decisions,
except such as may be made by com;
mon consent.
Triple Alliance Proposal.