PEACE NEGOTIATIONS FAIL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 520, 23 November 1912, Page 5

PEACE NEGOTIATIONS FAIL.

TURKEY REFUSES CONDITIONS. Received thi j day !> a.m. Constantinople, Friday, The conditions of peace: include the surrender of Adrianople, Skutari, Durrazzio, Janina Disra, and the evacuation of the Chata](ija Jinoß. No mention is matin of Constantinople. The Turks point; out that the extreme conditions deprive them of tho possibility of resuming hostilities in the event of failure. They claim they have not slink to such impotence aa to be compelled lo hind themselves hand and foot. A violent cannonade wan opened last even in:;. Router's Soli a correspondent state;; Hint the Cabinet in discussing tho Turkish proposal l '. There are indications that the Bulgnrains. are more e.onciliatory and will modify the condition!!. Belgrade, Friday. Prince Arsene w;ia seriously wounded at Monastir. POSITION AT CIIATALDJA. TUKKISH OPTIMISM. Received this day, il a.m. Constantinople, Friday. Tho Bulgarians, after abandoning the Turkish advanced works, burned the railway station at Chataldja and all the surrounding villages. They are now strongly entrenched on tho high ground opposite the Turkish right. The Unitarian's retirement had a magical ell'ecL on Ui" Turks, who parsed.from gloom to excessive optimism. This possibly influenced the P'>rle in refusing the Bulgarians* terms of p"ac.i\ Tin: position is daily strengthening. Fresh troops, I'rerh ''nUvnehmentP, and a mo>-o plentiful supply of food are improving the. morale. The Turkish lines at Chataldja extend for twenty-live miles, The extremities can lie held by a ukeloton lorco with the asiintnncu of the natural harrier of lakes Bnjulrehomoj and Deiko. 'lwelve Vireek w.'uships arrived at Mitylone, believe\l with the, object; of a rear attack on the 1 'ardanelleß. The. cannonade at Chataldja was resumed late on Wednesday night;, and j was audible in the eil,y. T.lv-.