The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-23

Constantinople, January 22.-Turkey to-
day submitted to the will of the powers.
The grand council of the Ottoman en-
pire decided in favor of accepting the
proposals of Europe for peace settle
ment between Turkey and the Balkan
allies.
As officially announced the grand coun-
ell approved the governments point of
view. declared its confidence in the sem
timents of equity voiced by the great
powers and expressed the wish to see
their promises and proposed assistance
effectively realized
1t also asked the government "to exert
all it's efforts to insure in the future
the safety of the country and the de-
yelopment of its economic interests"
Substance of Note
The question submitted by the Turkish
government to the grand council today
was:
Should the recommendations contained
In the note Of the European powers be ac-
cepted or rejec.ed?"
The government frankly confessed itself
in favor of agreeing TO the suggestion
made by the powers and after a slight
discussion the assembly decided almost
unanimously in agreement with the view
of the government.
Tomorrow about noon, therefore, the
Marquis Johann De Pallavicni, Austro-
Hungarian ambassador and dean of the
diplomatic corps at Constantinople, will
be handed a note in which the Ottoman
government agrees to the proposals EN-
bodied in the joint note with regard to the
cession of the fortress of Adrianople and
the future disposition of the Aegean
Islands and places itself in the hands Of
the powers.
A meeting of the council of ministers
will be held tomorrow morning before the
final step is taken.
Brief Meeting Held
The meeting of the grand council, which
was fraught with such grave Importance,
was of brief duration and its decision In
favor of accepting the views of the pow
ers was almost unanimous. The Sultan
gave an audience to the assemblage col
lectively with the grand vizier and the
sheik-ul-islam. The members of the coun-
ell were grouped according to their pro-
fessions, the military officials, civic Off
cials, senators and ulemas forming dis
tinct groups.
The note of the powers was read, after
which Nazim Pasha, the minister of war.
explained the military situation and the
minister of foreign affairs made a state
ment on the foreign situation.
At the conclusion of statement re-
garding the attitude OF the govern
ment, the grand council registered Its
decision
Nazim Pasha declared that the army
was eager to continue the war Tur-
key might even hope for a measure of
success, he said, but there was little
chance of relieving Adrianople.
Moreover, continued the war min
lister. aside from the purely military
question:. there were other matters
strongly initiating against the con
tinuation of hostilties
The finance minister explained the
dependence of the treasury upon the
foreign markets.
International Situation
The most onerous task, however, de-
Volved upon Noradunghian Effendi, the
foreign minister. who set forth the In
ternational situation. He dwelt espe-
cially on the attitude of Russia, which
he said, on two recent occasions had
warned the porte that a continuation
of the hostilities might oblige Russia
TO depart from an attitude of neu-
trality.
Throughout his speech, Noradunghian
Effendi made 1t clear that there was
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