The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-07
MoSlEMS RENOUNCE RIGHTS IN
CRETE AND OFFER TO CHANGE
THRACIAN BORDER.
ALLIES ARE DISSATISFIED
Balkan Delegates Say Turkish conoes-
sions Are Not Enough and Adjourn
the Conference-NextF Few Days May
Sac intervention in Affairs by the
Great Powers. -

London, ian. 6.-The first stage u
the peace negotiations, which was re-
garded by diplomats largely as one OF
pretense on Turkey part to avold tne
appearance of yielding to the demands
OF the allies without pressure from the
powers, now is over. 1t IS expecteo
that the second stage now Will soon
begin, with the powers behlnd tlie
scenes pulling the strings which VIII
compel Turkey to concede the bulk oI
the allies demands.
Turkey renounced in favor of the al
lies her rights in the island or Crete
at the conference today, and promised
further rectification of the Thracian
frontier. but insisted upon the reten-
ton of Adrianople. The allies de-
clared that this was not satisfactory,
and suspended the conference
The conference may be resumed
either by notification by Turkey thar
she has fresh proposals to submit or
by the allies on the ground that they
have communications to make TO the
Turks. 1t is expected that the work
Of the conference will be taken up
again the end of the week.
Rechad's Statement.
Rechad Pasha, before reading his
statement today, made a brief speech,
SAYING that Turkey was prepared 10
give further proof of her conclllatory
spirit, but he regretted that the allies
seemed determined to concede nothing
on their part.
He then read the following:
"If we refuse the cession of Adrian
onle. it is because it's cession is i'm
possible for the security of CONSTANT
NOBLE and the Dardanelles.
I'VE still are ready today to discuss
the frontier lines between Turkey ana
Bulgaria, but this frontier must leave
Andrianople in ottoman territory
Wishing to give new proof of our spirit
of conciliation, we consent to desist
from our rights over Crete on condi-
ton, naturally, that the allies do not
claim the cession of any other islands
in the Aegean sea.
'Tf. notwithstanding these enormous
sacrifices, the allies reject all idea of
entering the road to concessions, wish
ing to break the negotiations, the
whole responsibility for the conse-
quences of this rupture will fall on
them In this eventuality we declare
ALI tIie cOlCSSSlCIIS iiIuu1 uiitli louAs
null and void
Allies Dissatisfied.
The Balkan plenipotentiaries could
not conceal their dissatisfaction with
the statement.
They retired OR a consultation,
after which M Novakovitch read the
following statement:
Of fha ntfOm9 n
delegates do not correspond with the
demands formulated by the allies in
the former sitting. The negotiations
on the new proposed basis not being of
such a nature as to lead to an under
standing, the allies see themselves
obliged to suspend the sitting of the
conference"
Rechad Pasha protested energeti-
cally against this procedure. saying:
t4When M. Novakovitch sits in that
chair he is not the president of the
allies, but the president of the whole
conference, which includes the Turk
ish delegation. Therefore, the simple
decision of the allies is not sufficient
to suspend the sitting, without the
opinion of the Turkish delegation first
being heard"
NJ. Novakovitch answered:
'It takes two to make a bargain
II one side declines to enter into g
discussion, it is useless to continue
the sitting
Rechad, followed by the whole
Turkish delegation, Immediately lef
st. James palace.
The general hope now is that in thu
next three days the olive branch viii
be offered in the shape of official OF
unofficial Intervention by the powers