Fighting Stops For Peace Talk.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 21, 1912:
Turkish and Bulgarian Loaders to Meet at Tchatalja to Discuss Armistice Terms.
ST. SOPHIA A PEST HOUSE
Turks Put 2,000 Cholera Victims in the Mosque to Keep the Bulgars Out.
ENEMY THEY REALLY FEAR
Bulgarians Leave Advanced Positions on Tchatalja Lines, Supposedly Owing to the Epidemic.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Thursday, Nov. 21.— The fighting at Tchatalja has been stopped pending a discussion of the armistice proposals.
    According to The Daily Mail's Sofía correspondent, the Allies' terms for ending the war must be accepted or rejected by this morning — the time limit given for Turkey to come to a definite decision. If the terms are accepted the details of an armistice will immediately be arranged between Nazim Pasha and Gen. Fitcheff, respectively the Turkish and Bulgarian commanders. Up to last (Wednesday) night no reply from Turkey had been received at Sofia.
    A Constantinople dispatch to The Daily Telegraph says:
    "Turkey took the initiative in seeking an armistice, proposing, through the Russian Ambassador, to the Balkan States in general and to Bulgaria in particular, to engage in conversations with a view to examining conditions for an armistice and peace.
    "Kiamil Pasha (the Grand Visier) addressed King Ferdinand in person. M. Guechoff, President of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers, replied, also through the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, that before sending a definite answer Bulgaria would have to come to an understanding with her allies.
    "On Tuesday evening the Bulgarian reply arrived in Constantinople and the Russian Ambassador communicated it in person to Kiamil Pasha and to the Foreign Minister. Bulgaria declared that if the Ottoman generalissimo wished to send delegates to confer with the delegates of the Bulgarian generalissimo the Ottoman delegates would be received and conversations on the conditions of an armistice could be begun.
    "The Ottoman Government has shown unaccustomed activity in accepting the invitation by already appointing as its plenipotentiaries Izzet Pasha, Chief of the General Staff, who recently returned from Yemen, where he was in general command of the troops, and who is one of the most highly esteemed general officers of the Ottoman Army, and Osman Nizami Pasha, who also enjoys a high reputation as a capable and enlightened officer and whose services as Ambassador at Berlin were much appreciated by the Porte.
    "The Plenipotentiaries will be assisted by Shadan Bey, who will act as legal adviser. Shadan is a Councillor of State, and was formerly legal Counsellor of the Sublime Porte."
    The Sofia correspondent of The Times, wiring yesterday, says:
    "Absolute secrecy is still maintained here regarding the Allies' conditions, but the details telegraphed yesterday may be regarded as authentic.
    "The Servian demand for Monastir was anticipated by the fall of that town. The Servians also insist on the surrender of Divra.
    "Greece makes no claim on the important islands of Chios and Mytilene, which she has not occupied, but presumably retains the smaller islands already captured by her fleet.
    "It is stated in diplomatic quarters that Bulgaria demands the surrender of the Tchatalja lines. All the fortified positions in the possession of the allies at the time of the conclusion of the armistice will be retained.
    "It is proposed that the negotiations shall take place at Tchatalja, presumably at the headquarters of the Bulgarian General."