New Balkan War Thought Imminent.

New York Times 100 years ago today, May 27, 1913:
Servia's Demand for Revision of Treaty of Alliance Regarded as Ultimatum.
BULGARS KILLED 59 GREEKS
Fighting Has Now Ceased — Bulgaria Protests to the Powers Against Servia and Greece.
    VIENNA, Tuesday, May 27.— Bulgaria regards war as inevitable, according to dispatches from Sofia.
    Servia's demand for a revision of the Alliance treaty is regarded as an ultimatum, and it is expected that the Bulgarian Cabinet will flatly refuse the demand and insist upon strict compliance with the treaty.
    Eighty thousand troops are massed near Sofia, and other troops are being hurried forward in Macedonia.
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    A correspondent of The Daily Chronicle is informed on high authority that Bulgaria will have the support of Great Britain, but at the present moment it is uncertain what course France and Russia will take. Russia objects to the breaking up of the Balkan League, but unless asked to do so by both Servia and Bulgaria is not likely to act as mediator.
    It is believed that Servia, relying on the support of Greece, intends to keep all the districts she has occupied in Macedonia.
    A Daily Telegraph correspondent says that the fighting between the Bulgars and the Greeks was due to an attempt of the Bulgars to drive back the Greek outposts from the railway which serves as the only means of Bulgarian communication with Serres. Three regiments selected for the task exceeded their orders, and as a result came into conflict with the main body of the Greeks.

    ATHENS, May 26.— The seriousness of the fighting between the Greeks and Bulgars in the vicinity of Salonika is indicated by the official figures of the Greek losses. Those report three officers and fifty-six, men killed, and three officers and 134 men wounded.
    The fighting has now ceased, the arrival of King Constantine having had a beneficial effect on both sides.
    Greece proposes the demarcation of a wide neutral zone between the two armies, and the Bulgarian Premier has promised to issue stringent orders to the military commanders to prevent further conflicts.

    SOFIA, May 26.— The Servians' demand for a revision of the treaty of alliance in its essential features amounts to abrogation, according to the semi-official Mir.
    Russia, continues the paper, knowing the stipulations of the treaty, would be closely involved in the dispute, as she would be obliged to make an impartial ruling as official arbiter. Apart from arbitration, however, Russia has no cause to intervene.
    It is understood that Russia, supported by the other Powers, will do everything possible to prevent a conflict between the Allies.

    LONDON, Tuesday, May 27. — Dr. Daneff, head of the Bulgarian delegates to the Peace Conference, in a series of diplomatic calls, ending in a visit to the Foreign Office, is understood to have made emphatically worded representations to the Powers regarding the attitude of Greece and Servia.
    The representations are said to be almost an ultimatum, Dr. Daneff in effect declaring that the present situation, as far as Bulgaria was concerned was absolutely intolerable.
    It is reported that at a meeting of the delegates representing all the allies except Bulgaria it was suggested that, since the allies and Turks were ready with their modifications of the treaty of peace, the moment was opportune to summon a regular conference of the belligerents, and that Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, should be informed of this desire. Later the Bulgar delegates were notified of the decision.
    It is understood, however, that the Ambassadorial Conference has expressed the wish that the peace draft be signed quickly, without modifications.