PEACE CONGRESS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 527, 18 December 1912, Page 5

PEACE CONGRESS.

BULGARIA DEMANDS SURRENDER OF ADRIANOPLE. WAR WILL BEGIN AGAIN IF TURKEY REFUSES. By Telegraph.— Press Association.- Oirwriuiit London, Monday. Sir Edward Grey welcomed the Peace delegates in St. James' Palace. Sir Edward said that the delegates would find in England a favourable atmosphere of calm impartiality. If successful in their difficult task they would gain the respect of the whole of Europe. n M. Daneff, president 01 the Bulgarian Chamber of Deputies, thanked Sir Edward, and the conference adjourned until Tuesday. The chairman will be a delegate from each country alternately. M. Daneff, in an interview, said that the chief points for settlement at the Peace Conference would be the Allies' new frontier in Turkey, and questions relating to Adrianople, the Adriatic, and the Aegean Seas. Bulgaria, he says, insists upon the possession of Adrianople. If Turkey refuses to agree to this, the war will begin again. If the Powers' ideas m regard to the Adriatic and Aegean Seas are communicated to the conference, they will he says, be differentially discussed. If no communication is received, Turkey will be asked to satisfy the desiderata of the Allies, who will also claim an indemnity. The Telegraph's Vienna correspondent says that though satisfied that the Servians are guilty of a breach of international rights, the Foreign Office will avoid complications, and will not reopen the Prochaska incident especially as Servia has promised satisfaction.

The Reichspost states that the Austrian preparations have twentyone millions sterling.

The Vossiache Zeuung states that Austria's mobilisation will be completed by next Friday. The Adriatic question is not regarded as a sufficient explanation for the preparations, which, it is stated, have probably arisen from a determination to show Servia who is the master. There is a strong assumption that the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, is the moving spirit in the present policy. AUSTRIAN AND SERB. SHOWING WHO IS MASTER. London, Monday. It ia understood in Belgrade that in the event of A'ißtro-Servian negotiations Servia willj consent to Albanian autonomy provided she received an Adriatic port, which she engages not to transform in'(o a military port.