PEACE CONFERENCE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1761, 28 May 1913, Page 7

PEACE CONFERENCE.

DIFFICULT PROBLEMS,

GREEK OBJECTIONS CAUSE DELAY. B7 Tel«sraph—Press Association—Oopyrlthl (Rec. Jlay 27, 11.30 p.m.) Paris, .May 27. M. Pielion, Minister for Foreign Affairs, stated in the Senate that Greece's objection to tho delimitation of the Albanian southern frontier is delaying the peace negotiations. He hoped that the painful spectacle of tho antagonism between the Allies would cease. France, if necessary, would interpose as arbiter, in order to provent a fratricidal struggle. The present negotiations, declared M. Pielion, would not be concluded without France obtaining what she was entitled to. France was powerless in connection' with tho Bagdad Railway concession to Germany, but she would assert her rights in the ( neighbouring regions. ADJOURNMENT UNTIL FRIDAY. (Rec. May 28, 0.55 a.m.) London, May 27. The Ambassadors' Conference sat yestorday for two and a half hours, and then adjourned until Friday. Thfl Greek, Servian, ' and Montenegrin delegates have asked Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to summon a general conference immediately. The "Daily Telegraph's" Constantinople correspondent lias interviewed tho Crown Prince of Turkey, who states that reform on tho lines ot Japan is essential for Turkey, which should obtain tho advice of foreigners in effecting changes. TURKISH ATTITUDE. London, May 20. The Ottoman delegates have received the Balkan Allies' assurance that the latter do not intend to ask for further modifications of tho peace terms. Router's Agency states that the Turks are not likely to accept any modification of the peace terms, and that Bulgaria will not agree to prolongation of the present situation, but will probably insist on the Powers imposing the will of Europe upon the belligerents. It is understood that stringent orders have been given to the Greek and Bulgarian commanders to prevent a repetition of the conflicts. Tho S:tbo-Bulgarian question is more serious. Bulgaria is unable to counteuauce Servia's evasion of tho treaty. The "Evening News" states that Servia has informed Bulgaria that unless the treaty is altered Servia will not sign the peaco treaty. "ITALY'S TRICKY DIPLOMACY." London, May 2G. Mr. W. Pember Reeves, in an article in the "Daily Chronicle," protests against Italy's tricky diplomacy in resisting the Greeks' claims to Epirus and the Aegean Islands. Tho wretched harbour of Santi (abouit eight miles N.E. of the coast of Corfu) was obstructing Greek industry and developments. The Giolitti Government had cost Europe much in eighteen months'- time, and its mischievous adventures should be stopped. "Greek supremacy in Epirus means," continues Mr. Reeves, "the difference between anarchy and progress." BULGARS FIRE ON GREEK FLEET. Athens, May 28. It is officially stated that tho Bulgarian batteries cannonadcd the Greek fleet while it was passing Kavala, on the Gulf of Kavala, in tho Province of Drama.