Allies Prepare To Resume War.

New York Times 100 years ago today, January 13, 1913:
They Notify the Ambassadors in London of Their Intention to End the Armistice.
HOSTILITIES FOUR DAYS LATER
Ambassadors Warn the Turkish Envoy, Who Will Make a Last Appeal to Constantinople.
    LONDON, Jan. 12.— Sir Edward Grey, the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the Ambassadors of the powers have made representations to Rechad Pasha regarding the projected departure of the Turkish delegates, which is equivalent to a definite rupture of the peace negotiations, for which Turkey is held responsible.
    In reply Rechad Pasha said that he was not responsible for the suspension of the work of the conference, which was decreed by the allies, not only without asking his opinion but without even allowing him to express it when he begged to do so. He had waited a whole week, hoping that reflection would bring the allies to more reasonable views, but as no move had been made in this direction and no desire had been shown to hear what further rectification of the frontier Turkey was prepared to indicate, naturally without ceding Adrianople, the Turkish plenipotentiaries could not remain in London indefinitely.
    In deference to England, which had treated them so hospitably, and out of regard for the other powers, whose Ambassadors regretted the rupture of the negotiations, Rechad Pasha consented to telegraph to Constantinople, asking for definite instructions.
    The allies also are tired of waiting. They do not believe that the note which the powers will present at Constantinople will have the desired effect, but not wishing to take a decisive step without due notice to Europe, they have notified Sir Edward Grey and the Ambassadors of their intention to denounce the armistice contemporaneously with or soon after the presentation of the note to the Porte.
    The allies will be ready to resume war four days later. In fact, it is remarked that Greece has never ceased hostilities; that Servia has nothing more to conquer, while with respect to Montenegro the armistice has never been observed by Turkey, whose soldiers have made frequent sorties from Scutari.
    Therefore the resumption of hostilities really concerns only the Thracian field of operations, where the activity of the allies seems to be limited to the conquest of Adrianople. The Balkan military experts here think that under present conditions Adrianople can be taken in a few days by the sacrifice of 5,000 men. The Greeks are more determined than ever to hold the Aegean Islands, as well as Salonika. Regarding Salonika they say:
    "War gave it to us, and only war can take it away."
    The allies put the responsibility for the gravity of the situation on Europe, which, they say, after having encouraged them to conclude an armistice and come to London, even holding a contemporaneous conference of the Ambassadors to facilitate matters, finds itself impotent, because of lack of accord, to adopt measures compelling Turkey to obey its will.
    This failure to agree, even if manifested in a passive manner, the allies point out, gives encouragement to 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 added, also encourages Rumania to take an unfair advantage of the situation, forgetting that only a short time ago the Rumanians and Bulgarians were under the same yoke and fought shoulder to shoulder for independence.