CHANCE FOR PEACE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 29, 3 February 1913, Page 5

CHANCE FOR PEACE.

THE TURKISH NOTE. BASIS FOR NEGOTIATIONS. A FRESH CAMPAIGN HOT WORTH ALLIES' WHILE. CIVrL WAR AT CHATALDJA. ißy Cable.—Press Association.—Copyritfit.) LONDON, February 2. As the result of conferences, the Ambassadors have telegraphed to their respective Governments that they have decided that Turkey's reply to the Powers' Note affords the basis for resuming the peace negotiations. ° A Berlin message says that the newspaper "Lokal Anzeiger" states that the Powers are seeking to< influence the Balkan Allies, particularly Bulgaria, in the direction of opening up further negotiations. The Powers, the paper states, think that the difference-, between the Allies' demands and Turkey's latest offer does not make a fresh campaign worth while.

The Balkan peace delegates are returning homewards. One representative of each delegation remains in London. A telegram from Constantinople states that although the Government has drafted the mildest answer to the Note from the Powers, the Committee of Public Safety is preparing a violent proclamation urging the continuance of the war. It is reported that if Shevket Pasba, the new Minister for War, surrenders the town, he will meet Nazim Pasha's fate at the hands of the Committee of Public Safety. A Vienna message says that a representative of the Neve l-'reie Presse" interviewed Shevket Pasha, who asserted that Turkey wished to keep nothing at Adrianople except the uneonqnered fortress, with its sacred places. "Turkey has met the desire of the Powers by 75 per cent,' , he said. "Ought our enemies to do nothing to meet us? If Europe permits a breach of the peace, she must bear the consequences." Advices from Pw>lgrade statp that 12 French quick-firers and 1,400 tons of war material havp been landed at Salonika for tbe Servian army. At their farewell interview, th* 1 Allies' delegates said that they were convinced that war was the shortest way to peace. M. Daneff. President of ihe Bulgarian Parliament, said: "The guns must speak. The Turks will not have their old terms after Monday."