The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-01-02
AUSTRIA THE TOPIC
DEMANDS OF THAT COUNTRY
NOT sATlsFAcToRY-MoNTE-
NEGRO OPPOSED TO TERMS.
GIVES TOO MUCH POWER.
Turkeys Reply to Balkan Demands
viii Be Delivered to the
Conference At
Once.

the demands made several days ago
by the Balkan allies as a basis for
peace in southeastern Europe will be
delivered at once to the peace confer
ence in st. James palace.
Interest, however, has again shifted
from this phase of the situation and
is centered in the question of what
are the intentions Of Austria with re-
spect to the Balkans.
Prepared to Consider.
The peace delegates are prepared
TO consider the reply of the Ottoman
government and its contemporaries,
startling though the latter may be, as
simply points for future consideration.
1t is well known that Turkey has not
the least hope of obtaining what she
will demand and that also she has no
intention Of resuming a war which
may result in further disaster to her.
This situation seems to receive oil
firmatioD from the fact that several
attempts have been made. unoficially,
by members Of the Turkish delegation
TO get the Montenegro, Servian and
Greek delegates to recede from the de-
mand that Adrianople be surrendered.
promising in return that Turkey will
not object to their respective enlarge
ment ter~ritorially. These advances,
and reports emanating from Constan-
tinople that Bulgaria is negotiating
terms direct with Turkey there, are
considered to have as their basic pur-
pose an attempt to divide the allies.
The representatives of the Balkan
states. however, have resisted all
temptations placed in their way and
still united, present as united a front
as they did the first day of the nego-
tiations and are Just as determined as
ever to have their own way in con-
Guiding peace.
Instead of diminishing excitement
Is growing among the Servian and
Montenegrin delegations over what are
considered Austria's plans in the Bal
kans. That the dual monarchy seems
determined TO carry out these plans
Is considered to be proved by the fact
that she has not yet begun to demob-
ilize the big army she recently called
to the colors. II is now considered
certain that at the resumption of the
ambassadorial conference. Ian 2. Aus
tria will urge the representatives Of
Europe to make the territory of auto
nomous Albania as large as posi-
BILE, including in IL Prisend, Bjacova
and even Scutari.
Meanwhile, Austria is tempting Mon
tenegro by proposing in exchange for
Austria's support and the occupation
of Scutari by Montenegro, that Austria
be given possession of the mountains
dominating Cattaro, which thus would
become such an impregnable naval
stronghold as to make the Vienna gov
eminent the real master of the Adria-
tic sea.
Italy, the power chiefly interested,
opposes a scheme that gives her rival
the coveted supremacy on the sea
which once was considered a vcnitian
lake.
Russia is equally anxious to prevent
the Austrian project which. il uccess
full, would stifle forever the Muscovite
ambition TO obtain an outlet in the
Adriatic.
Montenegro considers that the
scheme would be fatal to her very ex-
i~stence, as Scutari is the real soul of
the country while the loss of the
mountains above Cattaro, besides de-
priving her Of a strong weapon against
Austria, would put the country in Aus
trian hands as from those mountains
cannon could dominate Cettinje.
Austria's project is causing d~issatis-
faction against the triple entente,
which is accused of acting against it's
own interests In failing to defend the
Balkans.