Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-27
MOVE TOWARD WAR
Balkan Allies Draft Note End
ing Peace Negotiations.
PARLEY TO LAST IS DAYS
Actual Fighting Probably Will Not
Begin Before February IL.
ATTITUDE OF THE TURKS
Believe That Ardor of Their Foes
Has Been Greatly Tempered.
Pasha Refuses Appointment.

LONDON. January 21.-The drafting of
the note rupturing peace negotiations
was begun this morning by the Balkan
allies
The committee of delegates ! 'usted
with this important Work consists of
Michael Madjaroff. Bulgarian minister in
London; Prof. Georgios STREET., Greek
minister to Austria Hungary; DR.. NJ. r.
Nernitch. Servian minister to France, and
Count VoynOvitch, chief of the cabinet
of King Nicholas ofo Montenegro, with
NJ. Politis of the Greek delegation as an
adviser on questions of international law.
The Balkan plenipotentiaries received
full powers from their respective govern
ments to draft a note to the Turkish
plenipotentiaries explaining why the
peace conference must now be considered
broken off.
Work to Be Rushed.
The committee expected to complete the
note before nightfall and submit it's work
to a plenary sitting of the Bulgarian,
Greek. Montenegrin and Servian delega-
tions.
However, even if the Balkan allies were
currently reported they are not anxious
to do. at least fifteen days must elapse
before the guns can again begin to roar.
Even if the draft of the note Is COM
pleted tonight its revision by the delega-
tions will take some time and the final
draft could not be presented to the Turk
ish delegation and to Sir Edward Grey
as honorary president OF the peace con-
ference before Wednesday.
Three Days to Answer.
It is understood that the note will give
the Turkish delegation three days in
which to answer. The expiration of that
period would occur 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 convOke a final
sitting of the conference for the official
rupture of the negotiations and also in
order to thank the British government
This will take at least three days, max
ing it February 6. Then the govern
ments at Sofia. Belgrade and Cettinje
must denOunce the armistice.
could be done the next day, and hostil-
tiles would then be resumed February II.
following the expiration OF the four days
notice required.
Adrianop1e May Fall.
In the meanwhile the fortress Of Adrian
opfe may fall. and this is expected to
become the automatic solution of the
problem.
The Turkish delegates remarked this
morning that the Balkan allies had great
ly tempered their original ardor. They
now seem, according to the Turks. to
70 he Of a cnl1nfoP
luton in Constantinople, forgetting that
even should 1t occur it will be a move
ment led by the military element. and.
therefore. strongly against the cession Of
Adrianople.
Osman Nazimi Pasha the leader Of the
Turkish delegation, remarked today, with
a peculiar smile: He laughs best who
laughs last
Seek to Gain Time.
That the policy of the allies is to gain
time is patent. and does not deceive any
body. The delegates decided at their
meeting yesterday that the advantages to
be derived from the resumption Of hos
tilities would be in proportion to the
risks they ran, and that they would not
take that step unless absolutely forced to
do so. 1t is realized that even a partial
reverse would have grave moral and ma
terial consequences, apart from the loss
of thousands of men.
In addition. the fact is not overlooked
that there is danger OF Roumania ad-
vancins from the rear and of Austria I'M
posing Servia and Montenegro her
conditions for remaining neutral. The
only disadvantage in delaying decisive
action is in keeping large armies inactive
and on war footing for long time,
thus heavily taxing both the financial and
agricultural resources Of the countries.
Daggers Also Used.
Uncensored ConstantinOple dispatches
received In London confirm previous ac-
counts of the revolt against the govern
ment and the shooting of the war min
lister, Nazim Pasha. The dispatches add
little to the details already known. but
state that the autopsy on the officers
killed disclosed that the bodies bore dag
ger wounds as we'll as bullet wounds,
thus showing doubt on the assertion that
the killing was unpremeditated.
According to the Daily Mail. Col. Jost-
off. chief of staff OF the Sd Bulgarian
Army, before Tchatalja. who is now act
ing as military adviser to the peace mis-
lion, Will leave London for the front to-
morrow. and that all the powers, includ-
ing Russia and Austria. have given as
surance that the hostilities shall be lin
tied to the Balkan states and Turkey.
Reconciliation Effected.
VIENNA, January 27.-The Tageblatts
Constantinople correspondent asserts that
the sultan and the ex-sultan effected a
reconciliation at the palace the day be-
fore the coup d etat.
CONSTANTINOPLE, January 81
Haiku Pasha has definitely refused the
portfolio of the foreign ministry, and 1t
has been offered to Prince SAID Halim
who is expected to accept Said Hahn is
an Egyptian prince. He is president of
the council of state and secretary of the
committee of union and progress
MALTA. January 27.-The battlesh hips
King Edward VII and Zealandia have
sailed from here for the Levant.