Greece Delays The Armistice.

New York Times 100 years ago today, December 2, 1912:
Signature of Protocol Postponed Till To-morrow — Rumors of Rift Between Allies.
HOSTILITIES HALT 15 DAYS
Besieged Towns to be Reprovisioned Daily — No Advance of Troops During Peace Talks.
MASSACRES BY BULGARIANS
Irregulars Commit Terrible Atrocities — Aviators Flying Above Adrianople Nearly Hit by Turks.
By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Monday, Dec. 2.— Signature of the armistice between Turkey and the Balkan allies will probably take place Tuesday, according to advices from Constantinople, which indicate that the postponement is due to the Greek delegate who must obtain official authority from Athens before he can act.
    The Daily Telegraph's Constantinople correspondent sends an account of an interview with the Foreign Minister, Gabriel Effendi Noradoughian. The latter said:
    "It is for me great happiness to tell you that I think peace appears assured — general peace, and our own, But what that peace will be I cannot tell you.
    "When the newspapers staged that the protocol of the armistice contained a statement of the general conditions of peace, they said that which was entirely unfounded. On that matter no negotiations have yet taken place.
    "The protocol simply stipulates, in view of the negotiations for peace, which are to commence after its signature, for a general cessation of hostilities on the basis of the maintenance of what I will call the military status quo, with permission to send to the besieged places daily one day's supply of provisions. That is all.
    "The newspapers also speak of a conference or congress. This is premature and without any foundation.
    "For the moment the only two things in view are the signature of the protocol of the armistice and the immediate commencement of direct communications with the delegates of the Balkan coalition as to conditions of peace."

Bulgarians Yielded a Point.
    The Times's correspondent at Sofia sends this dispatch:
    "The actual situation is as follows: In response to the request of the Turkish delegates for some mitigation of the terms proposed by the allies the Bulgarian delegates, also representing Servia and Montenegro, consented to abandon the demand for the surrender of the Turkish fortified places as a preliminary to an armistice. They proposed, however, that the investment of Adrianople and Scutari should be maintained, but no bombardment or other active hostilities should take place during the armistice.
    "A definite reply from the Turkish Government to this proposal is expected to-morrow.
    "For what length of time the besieged towns are provisioned is known at Constantinople, but is not known here. The Turks are consequently in better position to judge with regard to the possibility of prolonging their defense.
    "The immediate surrender of Adrianople is not regarded here as a matter of pressing urgency. The Turks have already agreed not to obstruct railway communication in the neighborhood of Adrianople, but will allow the Bulgarians to use the station, just outside that town. In this way direct railway communication between Sofia and Tchatalja will be established and the transport of provisions and munitions of war will be facilitated."

Allies May Ask Big Indemnity.
    The Daily Mail's Sofia correspondent telegraphs:
    "The allies will demand from Turkey in the peace negotiations, subsequent to the armistice, a war indemnity of £48,000,000, ($240,000,000)."