Turks To Feed Bulgar Army.

New York Times 100 years ago today, December 5, 1912:
And the Bulgarians Besieging Adrianople Will Send Rations Each Day Into the Town.
ENVOYS TO MEET IN LONDON
Peace Conference to Begin Friday, Dec. 13 — Greece Will Take Part in It.
NO LIMIT TO ARMISTICE
But It Can Be Ended by Either Side on 48 Hours' Notice — Greek-Bulgarian Fighting Denied.
By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Thursday, Dec. 5.— In the absence of the official publication of the full text of the Balkan armistice contradictory statements regarding its terms come from the Bulgarian and Turkish capitals.
    A Sofia telegram says that the besieged Turkish fortresses are not to be revictualed. On the other hand Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, The Daily Telegraph's special correspondent now at Constantinople, who had Nazim Pasha's telegram to the acting Minister of War announcing the conclusion of the armistice translated to him by a War Office official, says the terms provide that the soldiers and civil population of Adrianople and Scutari shall receive one day's ration each day of the armistice, which will last until the end of the peace negotiations.
    Mr. Ashmead-Bartlett is able to supplement Nazim Pasha's telegram by further details given to him by officials. He says the garrisons of Adrianople and Scutari have the right to make good any damage to their defenses so long as they do not break fresh ground, and the besiegers can also strengthen their intrenchments and make good any damage.
    The difficult problem of feeding Adrianople day by day has been settled by a very simple and practical expedient. The Turkish Army at Tchatalja will feed the Bulgarian Army in front of the Turkish lines, and the Bulgarian Army besieging Adrianople will daily hand over a similar quantity of provisions, amounting to a day's ration for every man, woman and child in the place, to the beleaguered garrison. This will save the Bulgarians the task of transporting food from Kirk-Kilisseh to Tchatalja and the Turks from having to send food from Constantinople to Adrianople. Mr. Ashmead-Bartlett adds:
    "This war has been full of dramatic and unique situations, and surely this spectacle of two armies which ten days ago were engaged in a life and death struggle now mutually feeding one another is almost without precedent in war.
    "Men very seldom keep up a quarrel after they have eaten one another's bread and salt, and this arrangement is a happy augury for peace. I presume that a similar arrangement will be arrived at for Scutari."
    The Times's correspondent at Sofia agrees with other correspondents there that the conditions of the armistice provide that the besieged fortresses shall not be reprovisioned. He adds:
    "The concession with regard to the suspension of hostilities at Scutari involved far greater sacrifice on the part of King Nicholas, who had just taken command of the investing army and brought up new heavy artillery.
    "His Majesty, who is stated to have been informed from Athens that the Bulgarian delegates had agreed to the Turkish demand for the provisioning of the besieged towns, was at first inclined to demur to the suspension, but concurred when he was assured that the Bulgarian delegates had rejected the demand.
    "The King was naturally alarmed at the prospect of having to feed the Scutari garrison and complained to the Bulgarian Minister at Cettinje, but agreed on learning that the proposal was never entertained, and no expression of dissent on his part has been received here."

Greeks Wanted Yanina.
    The Daily Mail's Constantinople correspondent telegraphs under yesterday's date:
    "I learn that the Greek armistice delegate definitely declined to sign the armistice unless the surrender of Yanina was included in the conditions. The Turkish delegates refused, and the Greek Plenipotentiary left the saloon railway carriage where the discussions had been carried on. The Bulgarians signed the armistice alone at 9:05.
    "Turkey is consequently still at war with Greece."
    Bennet Burleigh in a dispatch to The Daily Telegraph from Mustapha Pasha says:
    "The news of the conclusion of the armistice has reached here, and as it extends to Adrianople a Parlementaire was sent sent to inform the garrison this morning. It was about midnight that a wire was received from the Chief of Staff at Tchatalja by the military authorities at Mustapha Pasha directing them to cease all military operations against Adrianople, as the armistice had been signed. All firing was stopped.
    "Last night, from 6 P.M. onward, there was a tremendous bombardment. The fire was continuous. The sky was rent with incessant, lightening-like flashes of bursting shells, while the crash and roar of guns was deafening. In the hills and valleys the population must have been appalled.
    "Chukri Pasha, Commander of the garrison of Adrianople, who is celebrated for his fighting qualities, returned answer to the summons to surrender that he cared not how the Bulgarians came, whether as friends or foes. He would welcome them, or fight them with equal readiness, but he would not surrender without orders.
    "The Turks last night even attempted a sortie, but, as usual, were repulsed with much loss."