The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-01-17

gates OF all the Balkans have informed
Sir Edward Grey, foreign minister,
that they are authorized to terminate
the armistice with Turkey immediate
ly, unless the Turks agree to the
terms offered by the allies, including
the cession of Adrianople and the
Egean islands.
Reached simultaneously.
The decision definitely to break up
the peace conference in London stimuli
taneously with the presentation to the
Turkish government of the note of the
European powers was also reached.
The resolution of the representa-
tives of Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro
and Servia will be communicated to
the Porte in a formal note. Since Dec.
hostilities between Bulgaria and Ser
via on the one side and Turkey on the
other have entirely ceased. Greece,
which did not sign the armistice proto-
col, however, has continued fighting
against Turkey both on sea and land
with varying success.
Montenegro also, which was nomi-
nally party to the armistice, has
been engaged in the interim in many
severe skirmishes with the troops
forming the garrison of the Turkish
fortress of Scutari, which shows no
sign of yielding. 1t is believed that
the Ottoman troops there, most Of
whom form part of the regular army,
are fairly well provided with food and
ammunition, as Scutari was always
great center of the grain trade and
contains large arsenal. .
Janina, in the south of Epirus, was
the rallying point for large force of
Turkish troops who escaped from
Monastir and other places in Mace
donia and Albania. The Greeks have
closed all approaches to the fortress
from the south but to the north and
west the communications are still
open and the Turks there are able to
OBTAIN supplies.
Conflicting reports as to conditions
in the great fortress of Adrianople are
current but it appears evident that the
Turkish troops and inhabitants of the
city are suffering greatly from disease
and lack of supplies. They have been
October by the Bulgarians, who have
since been reinforced by large bodies
of Servians, fresh from their victories
on the other side of the peninsula.
Before the Tchatalja lines defend
ing Constantinople there is a great
Of D,,lcr 81 yrbn or
trenched and fronting them are large
bodies of Turkish troops some of them
the remnants of the defeated armies
which fed before the advancing Bull
garians and other fresh troops brought
up from the Turkish provinces of Asia
Minor.
The threatening note of the allies to
the Turks is to be worded in such a
way that it will become effective only
in the event of the Ottoman govern
ment refusing compliance with the adj
vice given to it by the ambassadors of
the European powers.
The members of the Balkan league
are of the opinion that the note draft
ed by the European diplomats is so di-
luted that it requires the admixture of
a vitalizing tonic and this, they think,
will be supplied by their threat to con-
tinue hostilities.
Observers of the situation in Lon
don express the opinion that Turkey
will reject the advice of the European
powers and that hostilities will be re-
sumed.
The representatives of the Balkan
allies declare that they are ready to
face all events. They say that no
fewer than 100000 of their troops are
concentrated around the fortress of
Adrianople and along the lines of
Tchatalja while all the heavy siege
batteries have been placed in position
before Adrianople.