The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-02
Having Exhausted Patience
of Balkan ENJOYS by Par
.rying Issues, Islam Gov
! ernrnent Consents to Yield
European Dorninions Ex-
cepting Fort of Adrianople
PORTE WOULD KEEP
FAIR AEGEAN ISLES
Allies Accept All Terms Ex-
cepting Status of Jewel
of. Orient and Insular
Holdings, Which They In
sist. Be Given to Bulgaria
and Greece. Respectively


/: LONDON: Jan. AFTER their pro-
. tracted diplomatic skirmishing. the
Turks finally. .capitulated to a major
.tty.of the demands of the Balkan allies
at today,s, session Of the peace con-
ference in stN James palace. Through
.Ttechad .Pasha they agreed TO cede
practically the whole of the Ottoman
empires. European dominions. except
+ .tdrianopIe and the territory between it
and constantinople. to their victorious
but despfsed neighbors.
The terms the Turkish delegates pre-
sented to the conference as a counter
proposaf to the demands of the allies
& lyere.
Z I.jrst-T characterization of the Turko-
Bulgarian frontier by making the
boundary west of the line now occupied
:. Is n the troops. Of the allies in the villa
S:et#of: stdrianople.
Ss;econd,--The status of Adrianople to
he settled by Turkey and Bulgaria di-
.ree.t..
Ilfrd1-The: :cession of the rest of Eu-
fopeaI1 Turkey, including Janino and
.sstittari.. to the allies.
,otFt II The. Albanian and Cretan
5cctaastions TO- be solved by the powers.
Iifth---Thq Aegean islands to remain
farkisIh.
TERMS WIRING FROM oTroMANs
Tie announcement of these terms
3Nas wrung from the Ottoman delegates
with tie greatest difficulty. They came
:, iIY after. Rechad Pasha had reiterated
.1silrkeT,s desire to shift the RESPONSE
!. liflitX for adjudication of all vital ques-
tions to the powers and after the repre-
.sentatives of the allies had registered
!: tllefr Interchangeable objections to such a
course. and plainly had given the Turks
/. 10 understand that the failure of the
.i9ttonnan delegates. to embark upon
!. serious negotiations would mean a
: Resumption of hostilities.
= Today's sitting was the most mo-
>iiientous and exciting since the pegin-
" ming @of the conference. The Greek
: .pr prerlfer. NJ. Yenizelos, presided and in
.'N:iI*-Si IAFN|4etd 7 dSlld " piSocHL bHc
=: gQrkish. h.counter, proposals, as the Turks
last Monday had agreed to do.
~: Rechad said his Interpretation of the
badly transmitted kilograms of the
:. early. week had been correct, his gov
eminent proposing to submit all ques-
:::tions at issue, except gAdrianople, to
settlement by, the powers. This caused
IAN ortburst Of Indignation which M.
Nenizelos was hardly able to put down.
:. ALLIES" CAN'T APPRECIATE "JOkE"
... Several delegates shouted that it was
4 'iiot.dfgnifed to tufn such vital matters
..into a coke, while others observed that
they. had not come all the way to Lon
don and remained here for three weeks
TO hear a proposition. advanced which
might have. been made at the time the
armistice was. signed. q
When re1atiye calm, was restored, NJ.
/; .Henizelos; :Dr.@s. Daneff, leader of the
;Bulgarian delegation NJ. Novakovitch,
Seryians, and NJ: Miyuskovitch, Monte
regrin, each fer their respective coun-
tries. declared that they would not
accept the proposed mediation by the
powers and insisted that the Turkish
dcfegate es present a practical proposal.
Rechad theH announced that his in
struction contained another alternative
and requested time to formulate it.
After a short recess. Rechad stated that
TurkeY. desiring. to give tangible proof
Of: her leye for peace, in Difference to
advice received from the powers, was
ready to make. the. maximum of pos
sible concessions to the allies by grant
ing a rectifcation OF. the frontiers, ced-
ing the Territories westward of the line
occupied. by the allies in the villayet
Of Adrianople.
BULGARIA. DEMANDS ADRIaNOPLE
N NJ Danon. here rose and said ii would
{be impossible for Bulgaria TO renounce
Sher claim TO the possession of Adria-