The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-15
War TO Be RESUMED.
REPRESENTATIVES, OF Turks
AND ALLIES ARE VERY
TIRED.
Now Wait Tor Powers Not But np Not
Believe delivery of Ispistle at Con
stantinoplo VIII Have Effect but
Are waiting.

London. Jan. 12.-The British sec
retary OF state for foreagn affairs,
Sir Edward Grey, and The ambassa
dors of the powers have made repre-
sentations to Rechad Pasha regard
ing the projected departure of the
Turkish delegates, which is equivalent
to definite rupture of the peace
negotiations for which Turkey is con-
sieered responsible.
| In reply Rechad Pasha said that
he was not responsible for the sus-
pension Of the work of the confer
ence, which was decreed by the allies,
not only without asking his opinion
but without even allowing him to
express it when he begged to do so.
He had waited a whole week hoping
that reflection would bring the allies
TO more reasonable and moderate
views, but as NO move had been
made on their part in this direction
and no desire had been manifested
to hear what further rectificatiOn Of
the frontier Turkey was prepared to
! ndicate-without ceding Adrianople
the Turkish plenipotentiaries could
not remain in London Indefinitely.
In Difference to England, which
had treated them so Hospitality and
out OF regard for the other powers.
whose ambassadors regretted the
rupture Of the negotiations, Rechad
Pasha consented to telegraph to Con-
stantinople asking definite instruc-
tions.
The allies also are tired OF waiting.
They do not believe the note which
the powers will present at COnstan-
tinople will have the desired effect,
but not wishing to take a decisive
step without due notice to Europe.
they have notified Sir Edward Grey
and the ambasss dors Of their inten-
ton to renounce the armistice con-
temporaneously with or shortly after
the presentation of the note to the
porte.
the war four days later In fact, it
is remarked that Greece has never
ceased hostilities, that Servia has
nothing more to conquer, while with
respect to Montenegro, the armistic
has never been observed by Turkey,
whose soldiers have made frequent
sorties from Scutari. Therefore the
resumption Of hostilities really con-
Germs only the Thracian field of op-
erations, where the activity OF the
allies seems to be limited to II con-
quest Of Adrianople. The Balkan
military experts here think that, un-
der present conditions, Adrianople
can be taken in few days by the
sacrifice of 5000 men. The Greeks
are more determined than ever to
hold the Aegean islands, as we'll as
Saloniki. Regarding Saloniki, they
say:
"war gave it to us and only war
can take it away"
All the responsibility for the graz
ity OF the situation is placed by the
allies on Europe which, they say, af-
ter having encouraged them 10 con-
clude an armistice and come to Lon
don-even holding contemporaneous
ly a conference OF the ambassador
TO facilitate matters finds itself i'm
potent. because OF lack Of accord,
TO adopt measures compelling Turkey
TO obey its will
This failure of agreement, even If
manifested in a passive manner. the
allies point out, gives encouragement
TO the Turks, whose hope is that they
will succeed finally as they have in
the past, in playing off the powers,
one against the other.
The attitude of the powers, it is
added, also encourages Roumania to
take an unfair advantage of the sit
uation. forgetting that only a short
time ago the Roumanians and Bull
garians were under the same yoke
! and fought shoulder 20 shoulder the
same battles for independence.