Sunday, June 9, 2013

Balkan Allies Close To War.

New York Times 100 years ago today, June 9, 1913:
Servian Delegates Leave London Peace Conference in Great Haste.
CENSORSHIP ESTABLISHED
No Bulgarian Messages Allowed to Leave Belgrade — Sofia in Great Excitement.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Monday, June 9.— "A most unexpected and dramatic turn has occurred in the Balkan peace negotiations," says The Daily Mail this morning.
    "On Saturday the King entertained the peace delegates at luncheon in Buckingham Palace. In conversation with them his Majesty expressed his earnest hope that the allies would reach a compromise regarding the differences between themselves. Another war, he said, would be a crime.
    "An hour later a meeting of the Peace Conference was held. After four hours it broke up, the sole result having been to further embitter the relations between the allies.
    "Yesterday the Servian delegates were suddenly called home by their Government.
    "The Peace Conference will meet again to-day, when it is expected that it will dissolve. This would leave a number of important questions unsettled. They are embodied in annexes to the peace treaty already signed, but peace is likely to be left incomplete."

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