New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-08
TURKEY GETS A LOAN;
TENSION GROWS LESS
Financial Aid to Porte Indicates
That Peace Prospects Are
Still Good.
EGEAN ISLES DISCUSSED
ambassadors in Conference
Hear Reasons Why Greece
Should Be Permitted to
Take Them All.
lEy cable 10 The TribInel

london. Jan. SIT was announced
,ost night 10y the ilnanciers interested
that Turkey had succeeded in arrang-
,,r short term loan for a relatively
NIL amount No details regarding
This transaction are yet available, but
tho fact that the loan was made at all
e generally regarded as an indication
,,at peace prospects are still good. 1t
i understood that it is not a war loan,
hut merely a quick advance of ready
money 10 relieve the Porte's pressing
necessities.
Sir Edward Grey. Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, made guarded
reply in the House of Commons yestcr-
dav TO a question regarding the posi-
bilitv of Intervention by the powers
should the peace plenipotentiaries fail
10 reach an agreement He said:
This subject is in course of receiv-
ing the attention of the powers. but |
cannot make any public statement as
10 their views or decisions, except such
&C NAV be made by common consent
DELEGATES Protest Too Mueh.
The Turkish delegates TO the peace
conference are loudly protesting that
they will make no new proposals, but
II is quite possible that they may
shortly have TO modify their state
ments on instructions from the Porte,
&c the ambassadors in Constantinople
are exercising pressure with a view TO
attaining from Turkey concessions
,hich will provide basis for the re-
sumption of the negotiations.
The ambassadorial conference met
again yesterday at the Foreign once
The question of the frontiers OF Al
bania has been abandoned for the mo-
ment as il has been found Impossible
20 reconcile the desires of Austria tor
an extended Albania, with the sugges-
tons of Russia for narrowing the
boundaries of the new state.
The ambassadors consequently began
Tho diecussion of the future status OF
the Kcean islands. They examined
,onr detailed memorandum presented
nv the Greek Premier. VI. Nenizelos, IN
which be enumerated all the racial
historical. geographical and religious
reasons i'm favor of the annexation ol
tbeso islands TO Greece. Furthermore.
he pointed out. Greece had sacrihced
men and money TO conquer the arc"i-
relaso. and the Greek colors are no"
diving over all the islands except those
;er,porarilv occupied by Italy.
To Make Peace Lasting.
|, the memorandum Premier Neni-
ze,os eypressed the belief that the prin-
cipal reason why the islands should De
annexed To Greece lay in the fact that
nv this means it would be possible To
conclude with Turkey peace thai was
really permanent, ard would not DC
disturbed by further Greek aspirations
that this would complete the nauohal
unity wtile. on the other hand, If some
Of the islands. where the Greek eie-
ment prcdominates. remain . the
hands Of Turkey or are detached from
Greece in some autonomous form asi-
tation would not end until al were
united TO the fatnerland.
The Servians am Montonegrins also
arc preparing m 1orandums, which
will be presented t, &c ambassadors at
the end of the we t. Servia will ask
to be allowed TO occupy the eastern
Part Of the sanjak of Novibazar and
the whole region eastward from the
River Drin TO Lake Ochrida. besides
Monastr. captured by the SerNians
after fierce battle.