New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-28
ALLIES SLOW TO CALL
PEACE PARLEYS OFF
Balkan Committee in London
Drafts Note, but Turkey Is
Not to Get 1t Yet.
SAINTS DAY INTERRUPTS
With Present Dilatory Tactics
War Cannot Be Resumed
at the Earliest Before
February II.


mittee appointed by the Balkan pleni-
potentiaries drafted note yesterday
notifying the Turkish plenipotenttarles
that they proposed to break off the
peace negotiations. The note was not
submitted to the Balkan delegations,
which held no meeting during the day.
Instead, t = delegates gave a luncheon
in celebration of the Saint Day of Saba,
the patron of the orthodox Church.
This was attended by several of the
military members of the delegations,
who are leaving London to rejoin the
armies in expectation of a resumption
Of hostilities.
The note as drafted is very brief 1t
reminds the Turks that since January
q the sttings Of the peace conference
have been suspended. without Turkey
making any move toward their re-
sumption. while the events which have
occurred in Constantinople are the best
proof that Turkeys answer to the de-
mands Of the allies concerSing Adria-
nople and the .Egean Islands will be a
negative.
on this account. unless the Turkish
delegation has fresh proposals to make.
the note points out, the allies see no
alternative but definitely to break off
The negotiations.
The Servian eX-Premier, NJ. NovaKo-
vich, will give a luncheon to-day in
honor OF the other delegations after
which a meeting will be held for the
purpose Of examining the note. Thus
another day will be gained before fac
ing the question of reopening the war.
As ii is understood that the note Will
give the Turkish delegation three days
IN which to answer, the expiration oe
that period would occur on Sunday, SO
that the Turkish reply would not be
delivered until Monday next.
Then the allied delegations will have
to notify their respective governments
and ask Sir Edward Grey TO convoko
final sitting of the conference for the
Official rupture of the negotiations and
also in order to thank the British gov
eminent for its hospitality. This will
take at least three days, making It
February 6. Then the governments OF
Sofia, Belgrade and Cettinje must de-
nounce the armistice.
Even admitting that, working with
exceptional celebrity, this could be done
the next day. hostilities could not be
resumed until February II, owing to
the four days notice required to Le
given of the conclusion of the armis-
tice. In the mean while the fortress
of Adr!anople may fall. which is ex-
pected TO become the automatic solu-
ton of the problem.
The Turkish delegates are remarking
that the Balkan allies have greatly
tempered their original ardor. They
now seem, according TO the Turks, to
trust TO the outbreak Of counter revo-
luton in Constantinople. forgetting
that even should it occur it will be a
movement led by the military element
and therefore strongly against the ces-
sion Of Adrlanople.
Osman Miami Pacha, the leader Of
the Turkish delegation. remarked with
a peculiar smile, He laughs best who
laughs last"
Rechad Pacha, head of the Turkish
delegation, in an interview last night,
said that he deeply regretted the OBJ
stinacy Of the allies, which, he declared
was not only against Turkeys but
their own true interests. He added
This obstinacy is the more regretts-
bic because. while Bulgaria does not
need Adrianople, either for defensive or
effective purposes. this town is indis-
pensablc TO Turkey on account Of its
historic, sentimental and religious as
sociations.
In fact, Turkey would be weaker !
from military point of view possess !
ing Adrianople, than without it, as the |
present war proves, for a whole army is |
now immobilized inside that fortress.
Turkey has shown a yielding spirit |
than their own countries before the |
war. What was the use of assembling |
a conference If the allies were deter !
mined TO make no concessions what !
ever? The object of all conferences al
ways has been to find compromise |
through mutual giving way.
IF the allies had played noble part
by renouncing Adrianople, Turkey
might have become the friend and ally
of Bulgaria, as Austria became the
friend and ally of Germany after the
war of 1866. BY claiming Adrianople.
if Bulgaria ever gets it, there will be
an insurmountable gulf between the
two countries and the two races. The
spirit of revenge in Turkey will be
stronger and deeper than that still left
in France over the loss Of Alsace- Lor-
raine forty-two years ago"