Show POPS POPE PIUS MAY OffER MEDIATION Decision Reached at Hurried Meeting of Sacred Congregation Congregation Congregation Congre Con gation in Rome to Attempt to Avert Balkan Tur War POWERS ACTING JOINTLY TO BRING CRISIS TO 10 END ND Preparations for Conflict Go On With Unabated Enthusiasm and Million Troops Spoiling for Fight Already Under Arms Oct 7 7 A 7 A A sanguinary eng engagement gement is reported to have occurred occurred occurred oc oc- oc- oc yesterday in the Berana between n Turkish troops and insurgent Christians L LONDON ON DON Oct Oel 7 Announcement that the pope lode is preparing to offer offer of ot- fer mediation in the Balk Balkans ns was ma made e by In the Vatican ati lul after a hurried hurrie meeting of or t the II sacred con congregation tion e today lOay accor according illg to a Ile news agency b dispatch from Home Koine 1 The Balkan situation is considered in ill all quarters as m more hopeful The I powers taking joint m action tion to put ann an annd n nd to the thc crisis is ic greeted with sat- sat The They will proceed to impress im im- impress im impress press their views jeWs both upon a rn on turkey r tho t t he Balkans Balka g. g rt Austria alid nu Russia sh have ht b been en sole so- so le t to act on behalf of or the other great powers at the Balkan capitals all aU the ambassadors or c arc are to take tart part In the representations to be made malIc tp 9 the Ottoman government Sir She g Edward ward Groy Grey Gro was qU questioned l ed in hl the house of oC Cout commons coons by bJ Andrew t Bonar Donar La Law w the leader of or the opposition in fn re regard ard to the Balkan situation lie JIe re replied replied re- re plied that tho the trouble on the one hand was the difficulty of ot proceeding with reforms in tho the face Caco of mobilization orthe of or the armies in the Balkans Balkan an and on the theother theother other hand of or convincing the Balkan states that the reforms promised would be ho effectual in fn securing the tho welfare of oC tho population of Macedonia tace onla i l Rr nr Preparations Constantinople Oct 7 TIle The The people of oC Turkey are skeptical that war will be I oI a avoided h by the thc portos porto's offer to carry carn Into effect article of oC tho the treaty treat of Berlin and grant rant a greater realer measure of self government to Roumelia nn and Macedonia It Is felt folt It here that mat mat- tors have gone Sone too C far r and now that all Continued on Pa Page Pago 3 0 1 Column J 1 POPE PIUS MAY OFFER MEDIATION Decision Reached at Rome to Attempt to Avert Balkan War J Continued From Page One the armies are arc mobilized It would b tAj preferable to settle accounts account once for tor all War preparations continue with unabated unabated una una- bated enthusiasm The committee of ot the Red Crescent society ha has decided to establish nine hospitals with beds two each at Constantinople and and and on one at at The government has proclaimed a state of siege In Macedonia for three da days s I The Tho Greeks In particular are fled tied and It i Is regarded in diplomatic circles as without doubt that tho they were counting on a general conflagration In order to settle various Issues of ot long I standing These Include for tor Instance the presence of Cretan deputies In Athens I Situation Still Paris Oct 7 The The tension in the Bahan Balkan Bal Ba- lan han situation it Is thought tonight at atthe atthe the foreign office and among amonS' diplomats diplomats diplo diplo- j mats shows a slight slackening It Is Isa Isa Isa a hard fact however howe that the danger I from martial martinI enthusiasm remains and I it Is realized that the crisis will persist as long as a million troops spoiling spoiling- for fora a fight rIght continue under arms Over-optimism Over therefore Is discouraged discouraged aged d but It is pointed out that Russia and Austria when really united can cango cango cango go far in the Balkan states tates There Thore appears appears appears ap ap- ap- ap pears to be solid ground for the belief tl that at the governments of Turkey and the Balkan coalition though coalition though not necessarily necessarily their peoples are peoples are still amenable to pressure from the powers The combined ultimatum demanding reforms which the Balkan Balkan states were to have dispatched to to Turkey has now under the guidance g of oC diplomacy taken the form Corm of ot a note which will be sent simultaneously to all the great powers and Turkey The Ottoman government which protested protested protested pro pro- tested that It would not listen to proposals proposals pro pro- touching on Internal affairs from an any source has Itself opened the thedoor door 1001 to receive the demands the powers intend to make by voluntarily granting the Christian a wholesale measure of reform It IB is believed that Servia Greece and Montenegro can easily be Induced to accept but there Is not the same Bame confidence confidence con con- that the he Bulgarian government will be able to control the war fever that has clutched the people of ot that co country un try Threats are arf heard that King Ferdinand Ferdi Ferdi- nand mind will ill risk the crown If Ir he lie shows signs of ot weakening He lie remarked on onan onan onan an occasion previous to the upheaval I shall maintain peace as lon long as I Ican Ican can cnn without exposing exposing- myself to the stab of ot a knife Recognition of oC tho the fact that danger threatens the king of nul Bulgaria arla is now proving a check on the optimism to which diplomats otherwise would be bo Inclined to give rein In Mood Sofia Soria Bulgaria Oct 7 The The extraordinary dinar session of ot the tho closed after voting oUng all the bills hUls submitted b by bythe bythe the government and adopting adopting- b by acclamation mation a 1 reply to the tho address aldress from the throne In which the deputies pledged themselves to give their holp support to the tho government The rhe deputies have havo donated their salaries to the army for tor forthe forthe the purchase of or an aeroplane The has addressed a telegram telegram tele tele- gram to the parliaments at Belgrade Athens and expressing the tho hope that the lithe Christian states are arc Indissolubly In- In united in the common struggle gb gle glo against the anarchy which Is op oppressing oppressing oppressing op- op pressing their countrymen In Turkey and that they will achieve a triumph of ot order justice and aud liberty |