Peace Negotiations in London

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 9, 1913

Peace Negotiations in London

The peace congress in London, between the representatives of Turkey and the Balkan States, has dragged wearily on for several weeks with very little progress. The Turkish delegates have sought to take the main questions at issue out of the council, and submit them to the great powers for a decision. This has been strenuously opposed by the representatives of the Balkan States. January 2 Rechid Pasha, speaking for the Ottoman government, agreed to the ratification of the Turko-Bulgarian frontier making the boundary west of the line now occupied by the allies in the vilayet of Adrianople. He proposed that the status of Adrianople be settled by Turkey and Bulgaria direct. He agreed to the cession of the remainder of European Turkey, including Janina and Scutari, to the allies. He demanded that the Ægean islands remain Turkish and that the Albanian and Cretan question be submitted to the powers. These proposals were submitted in writing, and form really the first basis thus far proposed upon which a peace agreement may be considered.