Sunday, May 19, 2013

Foresee New Balkan War.

New York Times 100 years ago today, May 19, 1913:
Daily Chronicle Says Greece and Servia May Fight Bulgaria.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Monday, May 19.— The Daily Chronicle says that the situation in the Near East has gone from bad to worse and that there is great danger of that troubled region being the theatre of another war. The Chronicle's special Balkan correspondent says he has excellent authority for stating that Greece and Servia, which did not sign the preliminaries of peace, have concluded an agreement which, it is believed, takes the definite form of a treaty, the main points of which are a common policy regarding the conquered territories and an alliance against Bulgaria. There is even danger, says the correspondent, of an immediate ultimatum to Bulgaria.

    LONDON, Monday, May 19.— All the delegates to the Balkan peace conference are now in London and will be formally welcomed to-day by Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of Foreign Affairs. The first meeting of the conference will probably be held on Tuesday.
    Whether a preliminary peace treaty will be signed this week, as was expected, is still doubtful. The Greek and Servian delegates have not received authority to sign a treaty, and it is supposed that Greece and Servia are pursuing a policy of delay in order to keep the Bulgarian forces before the Tchatalja lines and Bulair, while the territorial disputes with Bulgaria are still unsettled.
    It is believed, however, that the powers will be able to influence Greece and Servia to sign.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.