Turks Now Offer Mediation Scheme.

New York Times 100 years ago today, December 31, 1912:
Balkan Allies, Indignant at Fresh Proposal for Delay, Threaten an Ultimatum.
DISTRUSTFUL OF POWERS
Bulgarian Leader Says That Unless the Turks Yield on Adrianople the Negotiations Will End.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Dec. 30.— The peace conference adjourned to-day until Wednesday with the delegates no nearer an agreement than when they first met. It was expected that a certain amount of time would be wanted by the tactics of each side in setting forth demands which it was prepared to moderate, but it was also expected that these demands would offer a reasonable basis for negotiations.
    As it is, the allies' proposals are looked upon as impossible of acceptance by the powers, even if the Porte were disposed to entertain them, while the Turkish counter-proposals are so widely opposed to those of the allies that it seems impossible to harmonize them. Under the circumstances the belief is strengthening that the powers will be compelled to take a hand in the negotiations, and it is stated that this is the opinion of the delegates themselves.
    The Turkish delegates to-day arrived at the conference with new proposals, but when the time came to present them it was found that they were incomplete and had not been properly translated from the Porte's cipher telegrams. The Turks suggested that the conference should consider such proposals as had been deciphered, but the allies insisted that the proposals should be complete and in writing. Another adjournment, therefore, was necessary. Although no progress was made, there was an informal exchange of views, during which the Turkish delegates urged that certain questions ought to be referred to the powers for settlement. These questions referred to the future of the Sanjak of Novibazar, Macedonia, and Crete.
    It is stated that the Balkan delegates were astonished at the suggestion and impatient over what they declared to be Turkey's inability to realize that she was bargaining with victors. It is reported, in fact, that they decided that at the next meeting they would let it be clearly known that further delay could not be tolerated, and would take steps which would probably be in the nature of an ultimatum.