The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01
PROSPECTS FOR PEACE BETTER

Turkish Delegates are Believed to
Have Modified Terms to Present
ut Conference Today While Allies
Appear Anxious to Get Down 10
Business.
London, Dec. Observation-Disclosures
apparently insurmountable differences
attending the successful issue of the
Turkish Balkan peace conference, the
prospects tonight look brighter more
because of the changing atmosphere
of the conference than on account of
any new fact.
In the first place IL is stated on
good authority that the Turkish dele
gates will present tomorrow modified
terms better calculated to afford a
basis for negotiations, and in the
second place the allies appear more
anxious to come to real business. II
IL is at all possible.
They have occupied the week END
In exchanging long cipher kilograms
with their respective governments in
order fully to be informed on all
points and in complete agreement
They seem to be nervously apprehen-
sive that they will be deprived Of the
fruits of their victory by European
intervention.
One of the delegates said tonight:
1T is difficult to say whether our
struggle will be harder against Mos
lem oppression or against European
intervention, which already several
times have presented us from shaking
of the Ottoman yoke. Although our
armies have reached the Chatalja,
Europe might wish to return Adrian
ople to the Moslems. forgetting or
ignoring what that would mean for
the Christian population. But we
know the value of socalled European
guarantees for Turkish reforms and
this time we will not give in.
IF official Europe likes horrors 1t
shall have them. We will fight TO the
bitter end. An eye for an eye and
a tooth for q TOOTH"
The Balkan delegates fear that Aus
tria's attitude is encouraging the
! Turks to resist. IL reports from
Vienna are true. Austria still persists
in the enlargement of the frontiers
OF autonomous Albania to such an
extent that IL will absorb the terri
tories claimed by Greece, Servia and
Montenegro and as Montenegro treats
the proposition of the exchange Of
Scutari for Mount Lowenhen as
'black mailing proposition" the diff
| flculties raised by Austria's attitude
have rather increased than diminish
ed. According to the Vienna Neu
Frei Press, a conflict exists between
the triple alliance and the triple en-
tente with regard to Albania. The
former favors a large and powerful
Albania, while the powers of the en-
tente urge greatly restricted AL
bania.
Reichad Pasha, the head of the
Turkish delegates, is in constant touch
with Constantinople with respect to
| the declaration which he will make
at the next meeting of conference to-
morrow afternoon. 1t Is reported that
he is personally opposed to extreme
proposals but has been forced to ac-
cept instructions from the porte
which were dictated partly by fear
of the young Turks and the mill
tary party and partly in hope of
favorable European Intervention. The
Turks hold the view that they have
nothing more to lose and may secure
better terms after the resumption OF
hostilities. Reichad Pasha himself
still is sanguine Of successful issue
OF the conference.
The allies are determined to keep
what they have got at the price Of
bloodshed, Their armies are rested
and strengthened and their troops are
said to be in perfect condition as all
infectious diseases are now under
control
The allies profess not TO understand
what Turkey means by proposing that
a prince Of n neutral state shall be
ruler OF the principality Of Macedonia
and be a Protestant. They contend
that it could not be "a prince Of one
OF the scandinavian countries be-
cause Belgium and Luxemburg are
Catholic.
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