Sunday, December 30, 2012

Turks Will Refuse To Cede Adrianople.

New York Times 100 years ago today, December 30, 1912:
Other Peace Proposals Likely to be Modified, but on That Point They Are Firm.
AUSTRIA MAKES NEW TROUBLE
Insists on an Enlarged Albania, and the Allies Again Talk Defiantly of Intervention.
    CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. 29.— Following an all-day conference of the Council of Ministers discussing the reports from the peace envoys at London, a semi-official note was issued stating that fresh instructions had been sent to London to the affect that "while the Porte is animated by a conciliatory spirit and is desirous of a successful conclusion of the negotiations, it can under no circumstances consent to the cession of Adrianople."
    It is understood that the Ministers have decided to instruct the Turkish delegates to propose reference of the questions which have given rise to dissension to the Ambassadorial conference.
    In official circles the belief is held that an agreement can be reached on all points except Adrianople.

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