EUROPEAN PEACE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 85, 14 August 1913, Page 5

EUROPEAN PEACE.

««the dagger GOH£.” SI’KKCH BY Sill EDWARD GREY. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright j [United Press iAssociation.]

London, August 13. A majority of the Ambassadors were pros*Mil ill 11 10 distinguished strangers' gallery listening to Sir Edward (gw's reasssunng speech, which show - o<l that though the Powers were not unanimous, there was _no tendency for a, division into opposing camps. H( declared that the great Powers had accepted the Bucharest settlement. Some were in favor of a modification of its terms, hut it was futile to suggest alterations utile is tab Powen •vote prepared to use force. ■| ii o Powers would not employ lorn :o expel Turkey from Adriannplo oi ■['brace, continued Sir Edward, hu. furkev stands to lose heavily if sin

refuses ohedience to the voice «>t Europe. “Millions of King George’s subjects are Mahommedans, hut wi cannot undertake to protect Malmrn rnedau Powers outside the British Do minions from the consequences oi died- own acts.”

Ho incidentally remarked that London had been the clearing-house of tin ..■itm! Powers. The opinions of Am -sailors in conference had tnrnec many difficult corners. Every Stats in the Balkans during the last lev weeks had disregarded treaties am agreements and sought to taka advantage of the situation, but he refused to select any particular State for blame, for the State to blarm would raise a line and cry against it. The war at the beginning was a wai of liberation, but it rapidly becalm a war of conquest, and ended in being a. war of extermination. The con flag-ration had, however, now outbnrn ed itself, everything consumable having been consumed.

Referring to the war between Bulgaria and her quondam allies, Sir Edward characterised it as a war ot racial bitterness and human perversity. A more distresing spectacle bad seldom boon witnessed. It was impossibh not to be apprehensive' of the future. He could only hope il?lie Balkan State would grow in sense and responsibility and profit from their new opportunity enabling them to. secure respective places in the world. Sometimes the Concert of Europ; was criticised for not preventing hap pollings. He was afraid the Conceit of Europe whs not 'very sensitive t f criticism. ; : ; w .

Sir Edward Hrey^pngly. entreat?« ; Turkey• ±r>_pbserve -t% ; Treaty of London. The Powers, besides securing fo; Turkey a strong defensive frontier, had opposed the demand for an indemnity. He next warned 'Jnrkey and tin Balkan Slates that if intervention iva: provoked it would not be interveutior by Europe or a Power, armed by Euro pean mandate, but by some one Power provokefl to.-action in its own inter esfcs. j-jS tl r * • ■

Mr Bonay Law, Loader of the Op position, extolled Sir ltd ward Grey '

sendees in the cause of European peace. Sir Edward Grey had heer greatly lieljped hy tlio fact that hi spoke for the whole nation and hy British disinterestedness throughout His reputation for straightforwardness and candour enabled him to make the most of these two advantages. He concluded by congratulating Sir Edward Grey upon his success, adding that the House might feel sure that the greatest of all dangers, the danger of a, European war, had gone.

THE BUCHAREST TREATY. Vienna, August 13. Russia, at Franco’s instance, hayielded on the question of the owner ship of Kavala. Austria has abandoned her demanu for a revision of the Bucharest settlement, restricting herself to withholding recognition of the Peace Treaty. BULGARIA’S DENTAL. ITmes —Sydney Sun Special Cables (Received S.U a.m.) Sofia, August 13. King Ferdinand indignantly den ies that he contemplates resigning. IN PERFECT ACCORD. (Received S.O a.m.) Paris, August 13. A semi-official communique has been published, asserting that France and Russia, are in perfect accord in connection with the Balkans.

K HUMAN IA AND BULGARIA. (Received 8.15 a.in.) Bucharest, August IT King Charles exchanged cordial telegrams” with the Balkan sovereigns. King Ferdinand expresses gratitude to Roumania for terminating the war, and hopes that the reinvigorating influences of peace will bring about oblivion of the past and prepara'iom Co,- a I letter future. Tie trusts that the two countries will he drawn into closer friendship.

THE AUSTRIAN EMPEROR. (Received 1.15 n.m.) Vienna, August IT Emperor Franz Joseph congratulat i the King of Roumania on his paci

(Scation worlc. Tim King replied that 1m hoped peace would he durahlo and Icing tr.irmuility to the Balkans.