BALMS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10550, 15 January 1913, Page 5

BALMS.

THE POWERS' NOTE.

United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. London, January 14. ' The joint Note to. Turkey has been delayed. The German Government made certain comments necessitating re-submission to the conference. It j' is expected :the Note will he presented on Thursday. ■THE.ALBANIAN FRONTIER. The Daily Telegraph says that one of the Powers suggested at the Ambassadors' conference the delimitation of the Albanian?frontier but it was not to be discussed until Austria Sand Russia have demobilised Russia declared her preparedness'to demobilise, but Austria refused. A LESSON FOR TURKEY. London, January 13. The Times, in a leading article to-day, says:—"We do not believe that the Turks have yet come to a decisionSwhich would be irrevocably fatal. When they look back and reflect that by postponing peace with Italy until too late they brought upon themselves the Balkans war, they cannot but look with fear upon the contingency that the postponement of peace with the Allies may draw upon them disasters yet more ruinous from Armenia, Arabia, and other parts of Asia." THE AEGEAN'S. London, January 13. '•" The Greek delegates Ito the conference have issued a statement in which Greece claims the iEgean Islands on the grounds that the vast majority of the inhabitants are Greeks, and that the education,'resocial ideals"of the islands are Greek. GRAND COUNCIL'S DECISION. fW-i Constantinople, January 14. "The decision of the Grand Council will probably be reached to-day. It is'expected that it will not be for peace. THE ATROCITIES. Received January 15, 11 a.m. Berlin, January 14. !HerriLehmann, on behalf! of the Foriegn Office, replying to an interpellation in the Reichstag, said the belligerents were mutually accused of atrocities. The German Government had brought all the reports about these matters to the knowledge of the Governments concerned, and had taken steps to prevent a recurrence. WAR TO BE RENEWED. Received January 15, 10 a.m. Loudon, January 14.

The Balkan'delegates haveadecided to break off the conference simultaneously on the delivery of the Powers' Note to Turkey, and also to instruct the commanders to terminate the armistice.

THE ONLY PREVENTIVES,

London, January 14,

Mr F. E. Smith, speaking at Cricklewood, said only Turkey's complete surrender or the Powers' armed intervention can prevent a renewal of war.