Germany Trying To Aid Turkey.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 5, 1912:
    BERLIN, Nov. 4.— The Turkish Ambassador presented to the Foreign Office this afternoon a communication from his Government asking the powers' good offices to bring about an armistice. Germany immediately put itself into communication with the other five great powers, with a view to carrying out the request.
    The reply of Germany, Austria, and Italy to Premier Poincaré's proposal has just been dispatched. It rejects the proposed declaration of "disinterestedness." It is semi-officially declared that the German warships are being sent to Turkish waters because the German Government has no confidence in the ability of the Turkish Government to prevent massacres.
    The Italian Foreign Minister, the Marquis di San Giuliano, has arrived here and has had several conferences with the Imperial Chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg. These were primarily intended to deal with the general relations of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, but are being devoted almost exclusively to the question of the Balkan war.