New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-25
I BY Cable TO The Tribune. :

| GBy Cable to The Tribune
London, Jan, PA startling confess
sion was made yesterday to The Daily
| Express by one OF the Turkish diplo-
mats at present in London. Ii is that
! the Turkish peace delegates from the
/ first never meant to make peace.
| Their sole business was to make the
proceedings last as long as possible
/ he said The Turks never expected
! that the peace conference would nave
any satisfactory conclusion. The dele
| gates attended with no other intention
, but TO delay things, hoping that a pos
| sible disagreement in the conference OF
| ambassador, would supervene, creatihs
| an opportunity for the Turkish Ell
| pire to recover some OF the LOSSES vi
| the war.
From the beginning Tewfk Pacha'
the Turkish Ambassador in LONDON
and "a diplomat Of great experience ana
| outstanding ability. has been among
! the opponents of peace, and the louns
/ Turk marty is strongly represented III
/ the personnel Of the embassy here. me
! business of Rechid Pacha ana MS cor
! leagues at the peace conference mas
/ been merely 10 make the deliDeration
! last as long as possible. ana mat d'
least they cOntrived to do most sue
/ Cessfully.
/ Turkeys Great Hope.
Turkey is now placing all it, nope III
! Austria. and il is the Porte's Dehel th"'
| q bargain can still be made with Aus
tris II is this sentiment that mas
caused the rising in Constantinopie ana
the overthrow of the ministers, VINO
we're prepared To accept the peace
terms demanded 10y the Balkan ALI
ance.
/ The Turk fully recognizes that he can
no longer retain his empire In Europe
but if the surrender has 10 be made he
would infinitely prefer 10 make 'hal
/ surrender to Austria rather than 10
any Of the Slav powers. the aus
TRANS have treated The MoslemS III
! Bosnia ana Herzegovina falriy" ana
Justly. and there is no question that
negotiations have been proceeding dur
! ing the last few weeks with A'sula
whereby she should acquire Salonica'
the constant object of her ambition as
! well as the country between Bosnia
and Herzegovina and the Egean, en-
( tering the while into an arransemehI
with Turkey that would enable the
Ottoman Empire TO retain Adrldnop!e'
part IF Macedonia and at least some
Of the islands.
If this compact eventualizes IL means
war between Austria and the Balkan
allies and war between Austria ana
Russia. and if such d war begins II Is
difficult to understand how Germany
and Italy on the one hand and France
and Great Britain on the other can
keep out of it,. .-. ,.-. |.
According to- a dispatch from Vienna
the chief danger lies in the fact That
any common action of the powers be-
vond a diplomatic one seems Tor the
present hardly possible. The powers
forming the Triple Alliance are not at
present inclined to join in "A naval
demonstration which would force Tur-
key to make peace \ split between
the powers is dreaded by all OF them
but there are indications that IT viii
come eventually.
when the Joint note of the powers
WAS handed to Kiamil Pacha. the Rus
sian Ambassador in COnstantinoplc
used serious language to the Grand
Vizier. and It is known that Russia Is
determined, unless peace rs made very
soon by Turkey, 10 discontinue her
neutral attitude and send an army to
Armenia, thus reopening the Armenian
question Individual action by. Russia
is therefore believed to be not unlikely
if Turkey persists in refusing to cede
Adrianople
The powers Of the Triple Alliance are,
II is said. considerably dsquieted by
information TO the effect that England,
France and Russia have already ar
rived at an understanding with regard
to the partition among them or
Asiatic Turkey into spheres OF inhu-
ence. This agreement, it is represented,
. is to come into force as soon AS future
developments show that a continuation
OF Turkish dominion becomes matter
Of doubt.
The resumption OF hostilitics at
, Tchataldja might. in the opinion Of
diplomatic circles, create situation
! which would lead the Triple Entente
powers to take action in Asia with "A
view to securing their respective
spheres of influence.
Censorship in Constantinopls.
A rigid censorship has been estab-
lshed in Constantinople and the only
story of the coup detat that has been
received is presumably the official
Young Turk version; but The Daily
Mall correspondent in the ottoman
capital sends significant message to
the effect that the reply OF the new
Cabinet to the note of the powers will.
il is understood. be In the negative as
far as Adrianople and the Fgean ISL
ands are concerned, but that there is
no fear there of any hostile action by
Europe since the Cabinet feels itself
sure Of the moral and material as
sistance of great power. This may
inst possibly refer to the known friend
ship Of Herr Won Jagow, German Min
lister Of Foreign Affairs. for the regime
and aspirations of the Young Turk