New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-13
Turkish Delegate, Showing No
Sign Of Weakening. Makes
Preparations to Quit.
AWAITS WORD FROM PORTE
Allies Believe Reply Will Be
Unsatisfactory and That Re-
sumption of Hostilities
Is Inevitable.
TBy Cable to The Tribune. J

way with regard to Adrianople will be
presented early this week, but il is
hardly likely that the powers will fol-
low up their advice by force if Turkey
remains obdurate.
The outlook is perhaps less promising
than at any time since the opening Of
the conference. To-day or tomorrow
council Of all the civil, military and re-
ligious notables Of the Ottoman Empire
will be held in Constantinople, TO decide
the question of peace or war on the
spot The decision is regarded as more
likely to be in favor Of war than peace,
and it would not be a matter of sur
prise if at any moment the Turkish
ncgotiators summarily left for Con-
stantinople.
Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey
and the ambassadors of the powers
have made representations to Reef ad
Pacha regarding the projected depart
urc of the Turkish delegates, which ac-
tion would be equivalent to definite
rupture Of the peace negotiations. In
reply ReChad Pacha has said that he is
not responsible for the suspension of
the work of tn conference, which was
decrced 10y the allies, not only without
asking his opinion but without even
allowing him to express II when he
begged to do so. He has waited, he
says, a whole week, hoping that reilec-
ton would bring the allies 10 more rea-
sonable and moderate views, bit as no
move has been made on their part in
this direction and no desire had been
manifested TO hear what further recti-
lication of the frontier Turkey is pre-
pared 10 indicate-naturally without
ceding Adrianoplc-the Turkish pleni-
potentiaries cannot remain in London
indefinitely.
In Difference to England.
In Difference to England which has
treated them so Hospitality and out OF
regard for the other powers, whose am
bassadors regr,. the present deadlock,
Rcchad Pacha consented Yesterday TO
telegraph to Coustantinople asking for
definite instructions.
In Balkan circles impotence is clear
~ growing. \ dangerous feature OF
the position, and one which can easily
be understood to constitute the worst
feature Of the whole position, is the
weak nature of the note to be pre-
scented 10 the Porte 1t has two man
features. II advises Turkey TO sur
render Adrianoplc but with regard TO
the .ELean Islands 1t suggests that the
question Of their disposal be left in the
hands f the powers.
The note is not wanting in iirmness'
but there is scarcely the faintest
chance that the Porte will climb down
and take the advice offered, while it IS
clear that on the problem of the
.Egean Islands the powers are not IN
complete agreement.
The matter Of applying force has not
vet been collectively considered by the
ambassadors, and unless something OF
a decided nature happens within the
next few days.. G., the fall OF Adrian
oplc or the yielding Of the Turkish
Cabinet-lt is more than probable that
the end OF the week will see all the
Ottoman delegates homeward bound.
simultaneously with the handing OF
tie powers note TO the Porte the allies
threaten 10 announce the termination
of the armist'Ce.
The allies will be ready 10 resume the
war four days later. In fact, it is re-
marked that Greece has never ceased
hostilitics: that Servia has nothing
more 10 conquer, while, with respect TO
Montenegro the armistice has never
been observed by Turkey whose SOL
d;ers have made frequent sorties from
Scufori Therefore, the resumption OF
hostilitics really concerns only the
Thraccan field of operations, where the
activity of the allies seems 10 be linn
tied to the conquest Of Adrianople.
The Balkan military experts here think
that under present conditions Adri-
anople can be taken in few days by
the sacrifice of FIVE thousand men.
Tho Greeks are more determined than
cycr to hold the HIgean islands, as well
as Salonica. Regarding Salonica they
say:
"War gave it to us. and only war
can take it away
The allies lay all the responsibility
for the gravity Of the situation on Eu-
rome which they say, after having en-
couragcd them to conclude an armis-
tico and to come to London-eyen hold
ing contcmporaneously conference of
the ambassadors to facilitate matters
finds itself impotent, because OF lack
of accord TO adopt measures compell- q.
ing Turkey To obey its VIII.
This failure of agreement, even If
manifested i'm 2 passive manner the
allies point out gives encouragement
10 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 add
ed also encourages Rumania to take
AN unfair advantage of the situation,
| forgetting that only a short time ago
tbo 2umanians and Bulgarians were
under the same yoke and fought Shout
der 10 shoulder the same battles for
IndepcndenCc.