Allies Indorse Greece.

New York Times 100 years ago today, December 6, 1912:
Her Refusal to Sign the Armistice the Result of Previous Agreement.
    ATHENS. Dec. 5.— The newspapers print reports that the Greeks have begun a bombardment of the outer forts of Yanina.
    It is officially announced that Greek plenipotentiaries will participate in the peace negotiations.
    A semi-official statement issued tonight protests against interpreting the fact that Greece did not sign the armistice as proof that dissensions exist among the allies, and declares that it was by agreement of the allies that Greece adopted an attitude different from that of the other States.
    The explanation is given that Greece's course was due to her anxiety that her naval action should not be interrupted in the Ionian Sea in order to prevent the revictualling of the Turkish Army in Epirus and in the Aegean Sea, and in order to prevent the transport of Turkish troops to Thrace, with respect to which matter Greece considered the interests of her allies rather than her own. The chances for the conclusion of peace would have suffered by the reinforcement of the Dardanelles and Tchatalja garrisons.
    The statement refers to the Turkish-Italian peace treaty recently signed as proof that it is not necessary that peace negotiations shall be preceded by an armistice.