Turkey Balks At Bulgarian Terms.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 15, 1912:
Evacuation of Adrianople, Monastir, and Scutari Is Said to be Demanded.
CHOLERA MAY AID PEACE
Likely to be a Factor In Inducing Bulgaria to End the Conflict— Powers at Last Act.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Friday, Nov. 15.— That peace is very near is the tenor of a dispatch from the Constantinople correspondent of The Daily Mail, G. Ward Price.
    The Turks are reported to have asked for an armistice of eight days, which is not likely to be granted unless they are prepared to surrender part of the Tchatalja lines or to give some other sufficient guarantee of good faith,
    The Daily Telegraph's Constantinople correspondent wires under yesterday's date:
    "The rumors of direct negotiations with Bulgaria acquired to-day the importance of fact, recognized officially and communicated by the Agence Ottomaine, but profound mystery is maintained not only in regard to the probable conditions of the desired armistice, but also concerning the instruments of these first preliminary negotiations.
    "In spite of denials, which are lavishly issued on all sides, I understand that M. Popoff, Dragoman of the Bulgarian Legation, who remained in Constantinople to assist the Russian Embassy in the protection of Bulgarian subjects, is not a stranger to the pourparlers, and that the journey of Musurus Bey, the Greek member of the present Cabinet, to Paris via Bucharest and Vierna, was not exclusively connected, as affirmed, with consideration for the health of Madame Musurus.
    "In reality the party which favors resistance may be regarded as having suffered a decided collapse, either for military reasons or for sanitary precautions, for the cholera is spreading terribly at Hadekui.
    "The Government is absolutely resolved to negotiate, and is prepared, I am assured, to make large concessions in order to prevent the Balkan armies from entering Constantinople. "At the same time, in spite of the extreme reluctance of the Princes of the blood to abandon Constantinople, there is now a resumption of the idea of the Sultan and the Government withdrawing to Brousa if the negotiations with the Bulgarians come to nothing and the capital should be threatened.
    "Parallel with the preliminary negotiations with the Bulgarians, repeated and prolonged conversations also took place between Foreign Minister Noradounghian and the Russian Minister. M. de Giers, which appear to confirm the diplomatic plans of which I notified you in previous despatches. "Foreseeing the discontent and ferment which the latest resolutions of the Government might provoke in those circles which advocate resistance to the bitter end, notably among the Young Turks politicians, the Government contemplated the arrest of the chief leaders of the Party of Union and Progress. The day before yesterday it intended to stop a Rumanian boat upon which Hussein Djahid, editor of The Tanin, embarked, from leaving the Bosphorus and to arrest him. The boat went on her voyage, the Captain refusing to give him over. I am also assured that numerous other orders of arrest have been issued, especially as regards ex-Ministers Djavid Talaat and Ismail Hakki Beys, for whom the police have already begun to search.
    "Up to the present no fresh news has been received with regard to the response given by the Balkan League to the Ottoman overtures."
    The Sofia correspondent of The Times telegraphs:
    "I understand that negotiations for an armistice, which are to be conducted directly by the Bulgarian and Turkish Generals at Tchatalja, are being set on foot.
    "Dr. Daneff, President of the Sobranje, returned to-day from Vienna and Budapest. I understand that the assurances he received from the Austro-Hungarian Government in respect to its attitude regarding the debated questions have made a satisfactory impression here."
    The Daily Mall's Constantinople correspondent says;
    "The Foreign Minister told me to-night that negotiations were going on at Sofia. I continue to believe that the Bulgarians will insist on a definite settlement. It is understood that the reason why the Balkan States have not yet replied to the Porte is that they are discussing the matter among themselves."