VEDRINES AT THE FRONT.

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

VEDRINES AT THE FRONT.

/Received 11.10 a.m.) BELGRADE. February 2. Vedrines. the French aviator, has arrived. His acroplnne is in readiness for scouting on resumption of the war. In their <>Cote the Powers invite the attention of the Porte to the jrrave responsibility which the Porto will incur if it resists their counsels, and prevents peace being re-established. The Powers warn the Porte that it will only have itself to blame if the prolongation of the ■arar puts in question the fate of _pcastaJitinople, and the extension of

hostilities to the Asiatic provinces of Turkey. In such a contingency, "the Porte -will not be able to count upon the efforts of the Powers to preserve it from a danger against which they have already warned it. If the Porte consents to cede Adrianople to the Allies, and leave the question of the Aegean Islands to the decision of the Powers, the Powers will endeavour to assure Mussulman interests at Adrianople that would 'be safeguarded, and to exclude all menace to the security of Turkey in. the settlement of the question of the Aegean Islands. • The Porte replied as -foUowe: — The Forte insists upon retaining Adrianople. It declines to surrender the Aegean Islands which lie near the Turkish coast. It is ready to continue pourparlers regarding the more distant islands of the Aegean Sea.