Turkey Yields.

New York Times 100 years ago today, January 23, 1913:
    When the collective note of the Powers was handed to the Turkish Government last Friday there was a curious hesitation throughout the capitals of Europe to accept it as a decisive step. The usual comment on Turkish procrastination and intrigue was renewed. Few observers believed that the Powers would, or could, act in the sense pointed out by the note. But we ventured to point out that the language of the note was extremely plain, that Europe had really menaced Turkey with the loss of Constantinople and with the extension of the war into Asia, and that, having united in such a threat, the Powers could not fail to act on it if Turkey should refuse this advice.
    The word now comes from Constantinople that the Grand Council of the Ottoman Empire has voted to accept that advice. This necessarily imposes on the Powers the negotiation of the precise terms of peace, the disposition of the Aegean Islands, the fixing of the limits of Albania, the arrangement of the claims of the Allies between themselves, and a multitude of difficult details. It will be a hard task, but it will be performed, almost certainly, without further fighting. And that the Powers could unite to accomplish this is a very hopeful sign for general peace.