Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Turks Now Realize They Must Yield.

New York Times 100 years ago today, January 22, 1913:
Prepared to Give Up Adrianople and to Let Powers Decide About the Islands.
ASKS POWERS TO EXPLAIN
Ottoman Government Wants Parts of the Joint Note Elucidated — Feeling in Vienna Optimistic.
    PARIS, Wednesday, Jan. 22.—A special correspondent of The Matin in London asserts definitely that Turkey has decided to surrender Adrianople to Bulgaria and to leave the question of the Aegean Islands to the powers to settle. He adds:
    "The Ambassador at Constantinople of one of the great powers telegraphed to his Government yesterday afternoon that the Ottoman National Council at its meeting to-day would unreservedly adopt the powers' advice.
    "This news was not known by the Turkish Peace Delegates in London. On my informing them they said they were prepared to believe it and were glad a settlement had been arrived at."

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