PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 4396, 27 November 1912, Page 5

PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

THE BONE OFJJONTENTION. BULGARS WANTADRIANOPLE. A SITUATION: (Received this day at 10.40 a.m.) Constantinople, 'diits Day. Adrianople is regarded as the stumbling block in the peace negotiations. The Bulgarians insist on capitulation, which the Turks determinedly oppose. St. Petersburg, This Day.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs state's that the reports published in the Neuoste Nachriehten and the Frankfurter Zeitung in reference to Russia’s alleged hostile intentions towards the neighbouring States and her military preparations are entirely untrue. Belgrade, This Day. In official circles, while the position is regarded as critical, it is declared that the responsibilities for the situation have been shifted to St. Petersburg and Vienna. Tlio semi-official paper Samonprava discusses the Proonaska oa.so in conciliatory language towards Austria. London, This Day. The Embassies in London deprecate pessimism. They say that although the situation is difficult, the Powers aro working together for peace, considering war criminal and insane. Nobody wants it. England, they add, has done much to unite the Powers, who endorse her attitude. Berlin. This Day. Prince Henry of Prussia visits England noxt week. A more hopeful feeling is prevalent. Tho Kaiser has induced Austria to consent to a conference on the Adriatic and Albanian questions. Sofia, This Day. As a precaution against cholera no more wounded are being brought into tho city. Vienna, This Day. Tho Foreign Office has boon advised that Prochaska has arrived at Uskub and conferred with Eel. Constantinople, This Day. I’liilip, who whs one of Colonel Roosevelt’s rough riders, failing to get the Foreign Red Crescent Society to undertake the work of dealing with the cholera at Sun Stefano, formed a small body of volunteers to assist Miss Alt;, who began tho work without waiting for others.

The Rev. Frew, a Scottish clergyman , joined the hand. Several Turkish Red Crescent doctors are now organising cholera canqis. Vast shelters are being erected, and the majority of the dead have already been buried in shallow trenches and covered with quicklime.