Won't Renew War For Fifteen Days.

New York Times 100 years ago today, January 28, 1913:
Formalities Connected with Allies' Action Will Carry Armistice at Least to Feb. 11
AND ADRIANOPLE MAY FALL
Which Might Solve the Problem — Prince Said Halim Appointed Ottoman Foreign Minister.
    LONDON, Tuesday, Jan. 28.— The special committee appointed by the Balkan plenipotentiaries yesterday drafted a note informing the Turkish plenipotentiaries that the allies purposed to break off the peace negotiations. The note was not submitted to the Balkan delegations, which held no meeting yesterday. Instead, the Delegates gave a luncheon in celebration of the Saint Day of Saba, the patron of the Orthodox Church. This was attended by several of the military members of the delegations, who are leaving London to rejoin the armies in expectation of a resumption of hostilities.
    The note as drafted is very brief. It reminds the Turks that since Jan. 6 the sittings of the Peace Conference have been suspended, without Turkey making any move toward their resumption, while the events which have occurred in Constantinople are the best proof that Turkey's answer to the demands of the allies concerning Adrianople and the Aegean Islands will be negative.
    On this account, unless the Turkish delegation has fresh proposals to make, the note points out, the allies see no alternative but definitely to break off the negotiations.
    The Servian ex-Premier, M. Novakovitch, will give a luncheon to-day in honor of the other delegations, after which a meeting will be held for the purpose of examining the note. Thus another day will be gained before facing the question of reopening the war.
    Rechad Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation, in an interview last night said that he deeply regretted the "obstinacy of the allies," which, he declared, was not only against Turkey's but against their own true interests. He added:
    "This obstinacy is the more regrettable because, while Bulgaria does not need Adrianople, either for defensive or offensive purposes, this town is indispensable to Turkey, on account of historic, sentimental, and religious associations. In fact, Turkey would be weaker from a military point of view possessing Adrianople than without it, as the present war proves, for a whole army is now immobilized inside that fortress.
    "Turkey has shown a yielding spirit toward the allies, ceding a larger area than their own countries before the war. What was the use of assembling a conference if the allies were determined to make no concessions whatever? The object of all conferences always has been to find a compromise through mutual giving way.
    "If the allies had played a noble part by renouncing Adrianople, Turkey might have become the friend and ally of Bulgaria, as Austria became the friend and ally of Germany after the war of 1866. By claiming Adrianople, if Bulgaria ever gets it, there will be an insurmountable gulf between the two countries and the two races. The spirit of revenge in Turkey will be stronger and deeper than that still left in France over the loss of Alsace-Lorraine."
    Even if the allies are anxious to resume hostilities, which, it is currently reported, is not the case, at least fifteen days must elapse before the guns begin to go off again. As it is understood that the note will give the Turkish delegation three days in which to answer it, the expiration of that period would come on Sunday, so that the Turkish reply would not be delivered until Monday next. Then the allies' delegations will have to notify their respective Governments and ask Sir Edward Grey to convoke a final sitting of the conference for the official rupture of the negotiations and also in order to thank the British Government for its hospitality. This will take at least three days, making it Feb. 6. Then the Governments at Sofia, Belgrade, and Cettinje must denounce the armistice. Even admitting that, working with exceptional celerity, this could be done the next day, hostilities could not be resumed until Feb. 11, owing to the four days' notice that must be given of the conclusion of the armistice.
    In the mean-while the fortress of Adrianople may fall, and this may be an automatic solution of the problem.