The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-01-10
PEACE conf LRiNCE TAKES REST
TURKEY TO MAKE FRESH CON-
cEsslONS TO ALLIES.
Powers Have Succeeded in AVertIng
Dangerous Rupture in the Peace
Conference.

London. general situation mas
ameliorated and the danger OF rup-
ture of the peace negotiations THIS
week seems to be averted through
Turkey making fresh concessions
which will enable the allies to ENJOY
a holiday during the festivities IN con-
nection with the Orthodox Christmas.
Strong pressure in favor OF modera-
ton has been exercised at ConStant-
nopIe while the Balkan representa-
tiyes have been urged to be patent
before breaking off the negotiations,
especially as they can lose nothing
by waiting, their positions being bet
ter than that OF Turkey.
The efforts Of the powers appear TO
he successful on both sides. Thus,
unless some sudden change develops
at the last moment, Rechad Pasha
will present this week new terms
which will comprise another. rectltl-
cation of the ThraCean frontier,
bringing it further east than provided
for in the terms presented FRIDAY
perhaps to Dedeaghatch, but not yet
including Adrianople, and possibly
the cession of Turkeys rights IN
Crete directly to the allies.
After representations had been MADE
to them, DIR. Daneff, premier Venlzllos,
NJ. Noyakovitch and NJ. MiyuskoVltch
met Saturday and decided to give
Turkey a further period Of grace, con
sidering the new terms as proof or a
disposition on the part of Turkey to
reach a satisfactory solution.
They propose to submit the ne"
terms to their governments for study
and await further instructions and
will suggest an adjournment OF the
conference probably until Friday, the
third day after their Christmas, al
the same time emphasizing the abso
lutte necessity of Turkeys meeting the
terms of the allies, particularly witt
respect to Adrianople.
happen. OF first importance among
these the fall of AdrianOple would I'm
pei Turkey to accept the inevitable
The powers continue to exercise
pressure at Constantinople, aiming t
demonstrate to the porte that resist
ance would only lead to grayer losses
The impression is that Turkey vii
end by ceding Adrianople and that thl
will be done without any serious re
suits, such as are always predicted b
Turkish sympathizers or threatene
by Constantinople whenever Turke
is engaged in conflict with Chris
tan state Whenever Turkey is abou
to suffer territorial amputation tn
specter of Mussulman fanataclsm
raised and assistance is sought fror
Great Britain and France, which hay
IN their dominons millions of Mussu
mans, who are pictured as being read
to rise in sympathy.
The Turkish empire, however, graz
ually has been dismembered withol
the Mussulman dragon ever aWakel
ing either at home or abroad, and e,
perts in Turkish affairs interpret tn
to mean that the Mussulmans then
selves are convinced that they are be
ter off under their present rulers.
Advancement has been made /
Trance in the effort to induce TIA
ase her good offices at Vienna wit
object of turning over Scutari
ontenegro, instead of including thu
4own in Albania. It is believed TIL
italy, as the ally of Austria and b
cause of relationship between tt
Savoy and Montenegrin royal familie
may succeed in accomplishing thi
while if the same proposition We
urged by the administrations at Par
or st. Petersburg it might assume Il
character of the triple entente oppc
ing the triple alliance.