Fighting For Peace.

New York Times 100 years ago today, December 16, 1912:
    The peace negotiations between Turkey and her wonderfully, yet only partly, victorious foes begin in London today under the watchful eyes of the Ambassadors of the six great Powers, and, what is of even greater importance, perhaps, within easy reach of the British Foreign Minister, Sir Edward Grey. This statesman admittedly holds a strong, possibly a commanding, position among those who will ultimately decide the outcome of the immediate and remoter negotiations. It is not yet an assured position, but it has been won by infinite patience, tact, and, so far as can be judged, sincerity and candor. It has been won, too, in the face of bitter and extreme opposition in his own country and in his own party. Should success follow, Sir Edward will take a high rank in the long roll of distinguished British diplomatists.
    Meanwhile the delegates are naturally very firm in their professions of confidence that peace will be reached on the terms they respectively propose, though as between the opposing parties these claims seem quite irreconcilable. This is the time-honored practice of manoeuvring for position. What really shall happen in the noble gallery of St. James's beneath the portrait of "Edward the Peacemaker" is likely to depend ultimately on what the Powers may determine. Sir Edward Grey's severest trial is yet to come.