Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-02
TURKS HOLD TO CITY
Will Not Yield AdrianopIe, Al
lies Say They Shall.
AEGEANS ALSO AT STAKE
Islands. However, May Be Divided
Among the Disputants.
WAR TALK MERE DIPLOMACY
Threats of Further Hostilities Dur
ing Farley in London Regarded
as Playing of Cards.
WAR TALK MERE DIPLOMACY

LONDON, January 2.-The peace ne
EQUATIONS between the Balkan and the
turkish ENJOYS will be broken off. ac-
cord1ng to DR.. s. Daneff, the chief of
the Bulgarian delegation. unless the map
which the Turkish delegation is now pre-
paring. showing the proposed boundary
between Bulgaria and Turkey. should
prove to be in accordance with the terms
laid down by the allies
Dr. Daneff in the course of an inter
view today said:
THE position of affairs has not
changed So much for the better as
people seem to imagine. 1t must be
borne in mind that from the beginning
Turkey has always said she would
make certain cessions in Macedonia
and Epirus and in part of the province
of Thrace- That is all right as far as
it goes. but there remains the question
of Adrianople.
Tine future of Adriancple is one of the
most vital points in the negotiations, and
as far as | can see TO Improvement OF
the situation in regard to it is to be eX-
pccted when the new map is drawn up
by the Turkish delegation of the propos-
ed rectificatiOn of the boundary between
| Bulgaria and Turkey.
IF we find at tmorrOw's meeting of the
conference that the Turkish map is not
| in accordance with the terms offered by
negotiations will be broken off
| THE second difficulty is in connection
| with the matter of the islands in the
| Aegean sea. There again we will insist
| upon our terms.
Turks Will Not Yield
| Rechad Pasha. the leader of the Turk
| iSh plenipOtentiarieS. was equally en-
phatic on the subject of Adrianople. In
%l,j,
he said:
| I'VE have ceded Macedonia in spirit
| of Cancellation and with a great desire to
avoid a renewal of the war. On two
questions, however, we will not yield. We
will give up neither Adrianople nor the
islands in the Aegean sea-.
| The question of the Aegean islands 10
| expected to be more easily arranged than
that of the ultimate fate of the former
capital of the Turkish empire. The
Aegeans, it is thought, may eventually be
| divided among the disputants.
| In any case the danger of a resump
| ton of hostilities is regarded as elimi-
mated, and the utterances of threats of
renewal of the war by various delegates
may be taken as merely the playing of
cards in the diplomatic game.
Stands on Her Dignity.
Rechad Pasha remarked that Turkey
had made at all times every concession
compatible with her dignity.
! Turkey, however" he concluded.
cannot and will not yield Adrianople,
which, besides not having been taken
by the besiegers. has for the Mussul-
man woriu meaning and a value
both sentimental and religious which no
| other Islamic city possesses. 1t has
not corresponding Importance for Bull
garia. especially since PhilippopOlis has
attracted the greater part of the COM
merce and industries which were once
centered in Adranople.
SOFIA, Bulgaria January "A wagon
load of drugs sent by the Turkish medical
! authorities was delivered to the garrison
; of Adrianople yesterday under the sur
veilance of the Bulgarians at the special
request of NaZim Pasha. commander-in-
chief of the Ottoman army.
! No food or other supplies were passed
into the besieged fortress.