New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
War To Be Resumed on Mon
day Unless Powers in Mean
while Can Intervene.
ADRIANOPLE EASY TO TAKE
IN Opinion of Prominent Bull
garian No Serious Assault
on Town Has Yet Been
Attempted.
{ BY Cable TO The Tribune

London, Jan. 31.-Weary Of the con-
tinued Turkish evasion the Balkan al
lies Yesterday denounced the armistice'
and war will be resumed on MONDAY
evening next unless the great powers
,o, meanwhile effectively intervene. a
prominent Bulgarian said last even
ing:
with the reopening of the war the
terms we hitherto put forward no
longer hold good. There is only one
raw OF hope, and that is that Turkey,
having given away a good deal further.
NAV find il advisable to surrender in
a still greater degree. But she will re-
nuire TO do II Immediately. We are in
a position TO take Adrianople within
tina first week Of the renewal Of hostili-
ties"
The beseiging army now consists
Of 10000 men, Of whom 3o,Ooo are
seryians. Our seige guns are now
strong enough to lay Notifications and
town in ruins and ashes in two days.
Contrary to what Is generally believed
the taking Of the town has never been
sxYtously attempted. and the lombard
mont before the armistice was COM
paratively slight"
Will Advance at 1chataldla.
Asked about Tchataldja, he replied:
There will certainly be an advance
all along tho line. The business Will
be ended quickly and thoroughly this
time"
"Emphatically the Turkish reply to
the note Of the European powers is not
acceptable" was the comment made
by DR.. S. Daneff. leader of the Bull
garian peace delegation here, when ne
was shown the terms Of the Ottoman
response. He continued:
Speaking on behalf Of all the peace
missions Of the allied Balkan nations
l state that the Turkish reply is not
of a character TO form the basis OF
fresh negotiations. We have said that
the fortress of Adrianople and the
Turkish islands in the Egean Sea
must he coded. and without this the
negotiations will not he resumed.
Moreover. this cession must be made
ycfore hostilities are resumed, as the
Gyst shot will change our conditions.
Difference Not Great.
Tho difference between what Con-
;,antinople is ready to give and what
bulgaria is ready to accept has been
-cduced 10 such small proportions that
some Of the delegates other than the
Bulgarian contingent believe com
promise may yet be found. CONSTANT
nople now asks simply the retention Of
that section Of Adrianople where the
holy shrines are situated and under
takes to dismantle all Notifications.
Bulgaria always meant TO leave the
mosques and shrines TO Turkey and
even to confer the right of extra terri
toriality. thus giving them something
Of the status Of the Vatican in Rome.
The vital differences between the two
nations amount merely TO Turkeys de-
handing the shrines and the sections
surrounding them.
The Thracean frontier line therefore,
with the exception Of the town Of Adri-
anople, has been practically agreed to,
as Turkey is ready TO leave 10 the
powers the disposition Of the land on
the right bank Of the Martha River,
which conditions, as is known, the al
lies are satisfied to accept. The ques-
ton OF the Egean islands also has
practically been solved, as the Porte is
disposed TO leave their settlement to
the powers.
Those who know the Ottoman En-
pire believe that the revolt among the
Turkish troops on the Tchataldja lines
was much more grave than is TO be
gathered from the short dispatches al
lowed by the censor TO trickle through.
Close observers Of events in Turkey ex-
pect that similar revolts will occur In
the Turkish Asiatic provinces, where
the elements opposing the Young
Turks are stronger than is the case
In Et,ropaap Trrkoy