Council Of Turks Debate On Peace.

New York Times 100 years ago today, January 14, 1913:
Decision on Cession of Adrianople Will Be Announced To-day and Europe Is Pessimistic.
POWERS URGE SURRENDER
Constantinople Reports the Cabinet About to Resign, and This Is Thought Portentous.
By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Tuesday, Jan. 14.— A Grand Council, consisting of all the leading civil, military, and religious notables, met at Constantinople yesterday to decide whether Turkey should yield on the question of Adrianople. The decision of the council is expected to become known to-day.
    The collective note which the Ambassadors of the six powers were instructed to present to the Porte, and which was to be delivered either to-day or tomorrow, demands an immediate answer. Though friendly in tone, it urges the Turks to agree to the cession of Adrianople to the allies and leave the question of the Aegean Islands to be settled by the powers.
    The Ambassadors in London met at the Foreign Office yesterday to consider what further steps might be possible in the event of Turkey refusing to make the concessions necessary to prevent a renewal of hostilities. The latest developments of the situation have given rise to considerable anxiety in European capitals, especially London, Berlin, and Vienna, reports from Constantinople causing the belief to be general that the Grand Council's decision will favor the rejection of the allies' demands. But the hope is still ex-pressed that in some way or other a renewal of war will be prevented and that Turkey will not reject the powers' advice without seriously reflecting on the possible consequences.
    Among the delegates in London hope of a peaceful settlement has reached the lowest ebb. Both the Balkan and Turkish envoys talk of "packing their bags" and departing immediately.