The Alaska citizen., 1913-01-06
The TROUBLE
in TURKEY

tO>STANIlNOPLE. Dec. 80.
There Is great excitement in this
city n Il result of the reported vic
-e9s Of the Turkish fleet at the en-
franco to the Dardanelles. where the
Greeks are believed to have suffered
heavy losses. he advices received
her" today state that the Greeks
have been completely routed and
hat MIA is left of the squadron
Is now retrea,ing out of range of
the Turkish guns The battle, which
has been in progress at intervals
for more than a week. terminated
n a final engagement which in
iuaed all OF the vessels OF both
Iee,s.
The battle is reported to have
AIKEN place near the island of Tene.
los. few miles south of the en-
trance 20 the Dardanclles. and close
q tn coast of Turkey in Asia. The
island was captured by the Greeks
l-eariE month ago, and was held
llam until The Greek fleet finally
IS driven from the Aegean sea.
MAY ACCEPT TERMS.
LONDON. Dec 81 - The peace
delegates held a short session this
afternoon. but accomplished nothing
the Turkish representatives, having
}t+a e no further advances. although
==eof to reconsider the pc
.5ea'e pact by the powers.
Il Is understood the Turkish eabi
net Hiil accepl the terms offered
y the allies. but that neither the
sultan Tor the Turkish grand vizier
II. tonsent to the proposed peace
settlement.
BULGARIA FOR HERSELF.
LONDON. Dec 81 The allies
as represented al the peace col-ven-
#on here are threatened with disin-
sesrdtiou. as il is charged that Bull
sara is working with them chiefl,
Iof her own advantage, and not
Tor The eooi OF the allied powers
GREEKS AGAIN DEFEATED.
LONDON. Dec 81 Dispatches
Ia Vienna have reached this cit!
o the effect tina the Turks have
succeeded in defeating the Greeks
al ina, the siege OF Janina Vilayet
us been raised
\ dispatch from Belgrade to the
i.eHaen lines sa3s that the minis.
.er u war of Servia has received
Il teHe-Fam from the field stating
kal Seutari has fallen before the
i41 k OF The SerYian army.
AUSTRIA PROMISES PEACE.
PARIS, Dec. 81 ~ 1t is understood
acre thai Austria promises peace
50 far as that country is concerned
/. Russia consents TO Ger ain con-
'iioas that are to govern the re-
aliols OF the two neighbors in the
future. Principal among these con
i ions, il is believed, is the imme-
aiale withdrawal by Russia of all
.Toops from he Austrian border
ahd HE cessation of mobilization
proceedings
ALL EYES ON BULGARIA.
LONDON, Dec 81 = Peace seems
little closer than at the first meet
Ing Of the plenipotentiaries, and now
suspicion seems to be dividing the
jalhan allies. All eyes are directed
cit Bulgaria and much distrlust has
been engendered by recent occur
fences, from which il is deduced
that that country is considering her
own interests to the detriment of
the other allies
BONANZA MODELLING TROOPS.
LONDON, Dec 81. - The Bel
-rade correspondent of the London
telegraph reports that Roumania is
modifying troops and preparing for
i more active campaign which is
o start as soon as the mobilization
IS finished.
WILL NOT CEDE ADRlANOPLE.
CONSTANIINOPLE, Dec. 81. = In
i note to the peace plenipotentiaries
he Iurkish ministers declare that
he nor will under no circum-
s,anCos cede Adri.nople to the vic
sorious allies, and the war seems
about TO be resumed.
WILL ISSUE ULTiMATUM.
LONDON, Dec 81. After re-
naming i'll conference for 10 days,
in the effort to arrange peace be-
eWeen the warning nations. the allies
will issue statement which will
be i'll the nature of an untimatum.
Turkey will accept the recommends
ton, or the war will be continued to
The end
CEDES ALL BUT ADRIANoPLE.
LONDON. Jan. 2. Under agree
ments to dae, Turkey cedes to the
allies all its European dominions.
"ith the exception of Adrianople,
all that territory between CONSTANT
nopie and Adrianople to be settled
between Turkey and BULGARIA I'm