Show ij MOVE X od to tood f IS MADE TO TOA A AVERT WAR AR ARvi vi t V 9 Ambassadors in Conference Agree That Turkish Reply Repy to Powers Affords Possible BaL Basis Ba Ba- L sis SS for Further Negotiations ALLIES READY TO STRIKE WHEN ARMISTICE ENDS ENDS' Simultaneous Attempts to Capture Capt Cap- Cap 7 t ture and Janina Planned Ottoman 4 Factions Fight at T L ONDON Feb 1 In I.-In In Turkish 1 4 and Balkan headquarters the ex cx expectation cx- cx I has been intense the whole day Y of some move moc by the powers cither ither collectively or Ol separately toti to ti vert the threatened war var Russia and the two nations most interested inter inter- sted ested in near eastern condit conditions ions and andI I Great Grent Britain which has peculiar f reasons reasons is as host of the conference for wishing to see seo it succeed are looked to particularly for an effort to bridge bridget p. p t t t the e narrow V gulf which separates the ty peace terms of the combatants thi The ambassadors o of the powers met mett t today and later notified their respective respect respect- lYe ive governments that the sense o of ho he meeting meeting- was v s that tho the Turkish reply to the powers powers' note afforded a possible Li basis for tor or resuming peace negotiations Thc They suggested bringing this view to tu the thA o of ot Bulgaria but an any at attempt at- at L. L tempt b by the powers toward a reconciliation reconciliation recon recon- vitiation o of toe tiLe belligerents Is hampered hampered hampered ham ham- b by the fact two that only days daj remain before the arn armistice ends r Pence Peace viti Honor lIonor The Turkish delegates have o received recel d instructions from r m their government to renew reDOW tho the declaration to lo the I of ot the vcrs powers and to to the th British foreign secretary Sir Edward Grey GIey that Turkey desires peace and Has Jias made Sr great at sacrifice sacr to object as Well as aa to tosh ow sh oW hoto o to g the power powers powers' wishes but cannot be 0 ex expected cx- cx d to a accept terms wounding her and causing Internal disorders k Pasha and nd Nizam Pa Pasha ha speaking to the added addell to tin thc foregoing statement such strong expressions of ot their desire for or peace and condemnation of what the they called j I p tho the tho ungenerous conduct conductS of the allies alies Ii and nd nd the advisability ad o of the tho belligerents e I teaching a compromise that they gave gac te le impression that the Ottoman goven go ont nt is read ready to make r further in the matter of i. i Propose to io Dictate Terms The Balkan plenipotentiaries speaking speak speak- i 1 ing lug for tor publication to today a reasserted sert tl their desire for another campaign would maJ make e them absolute tic die gators of or peace on their own terms nd would satisfy their ambitions to tor r I European Turkey entirely l I Dr r Daneff Dancer h head a of ot the Bulgarians said saidi i Ve We leave o E England land ln ha having shown I the world that thai tho the Balkan an union Is not nota e a bluff blurt but a a. real and n Important factor actor Continued on Page 3 Column o mn 5 5 5 i 3 I I I TARDY MOVE MO V MADE TO PREVENT WAR INAR Suggestion to Reopen n P Peace ace Negotiations Met With ith Preparations to Fight I Continued from Page Page I 1 in n near ar eastern politics We 0 Intend that our alliance aliance shall shah remain alive alYc ana rime I intact intact The feature of ot the situation which stands out is the tho unIt unity ot or the great greal I powers and the fact that none of ot them desires to take take advantage of ot tho the troublous troublous trou trou- I blous state of ot affairs In fn the near cast I am convinced that all al the powers Jowers desIre desire de- de sIre alre peace The he allies will wili wil always regard regard re r- re- re gard tho the collective note of ot the tho powers to Turkey as their magna magna charter The rho Immediate future futuro rests with ri rifles ri- ri lIes fles fes and guns Probably there Is In store store for tor tho the world a ri 3 big bigger cr surprise than Ihan the thc earlier earler events of ot the tie wait wai pro pro- vided v I have noticed In some Bome quarters a disposition to accuse us of ot not exhibiting a conciliatory spirit Is la the public aware that in deference to the powers power the allies alies Jn tn cn three separate occasions occasion II deferred tho the final act To remain longer would be undignified and ri rid ri- ri d icu I ott S. S rl-I rl Tho The members of oC th the tha Bulgarian peace pence delegation have havo received communications communications from the front in which General GeneralI i Suvo asserts that the tha army ar surrounding surround surround- ing InS Is one of ot the most ef efficient c- c ef- ef ever gathered together He de declares declares de- de clares dares that every detail for or the storming storming storm storm- 1 ing and capture of ot tho the city has been beel carefully prepared The Tho general commends com coot mends the tho spirit of loyal rivalry between be tween the Servian and Bulgarian troops I who in almost numbers invest est In the I I I fO-I fortress ir ss Bets Det ts Be-ts aro aro freely freely offered among the tho besiegers he says as to I which nationality will wi be bo the the first to toI enter and plant on MB Us walls I the victorious Ca flag of oe the allies alles It It- I Itis is asserted hero that the Montenegrins Montenegrins Monte Monte- and the Greeks have received assurances that sla and France Franc wll will support their retention of ot and Janina If 1 the they succeed In capturing I them while the Bulgarians aro are taking King ICing Kin Nicholas of Monte Montenegro Montenegro negro on the one sl side e and Crown Prince ConstantIne Constantino of Greece on the other do- do clare dare the they will wi take tako the fortresses by storm or lose their lives In the attempt Should an any fresh proposition to prevent pre pro vent the thc renewal of ot the war var give promIse promise prom prom- ise iso of ot success the allies aUles will vili wi now present pre pro sent SOft as a condition not only the cession I of ot and the eg Aegean an Isana r but also the tho surrender of oC rl and Janina to Montenegro and Greece I AX V FOR FOIt POl PEACE London F Feb b. b 1 Prince I Max lax LichI Lich Lich- i the German ambassador or to Great Britain n speaking speaking at the tIle German GermanI I emperors emperor's birthday dinner In London this evening d dwelt wel upon the consistent consist consist- ent efforts of oC the emperor to foster good relations with wih time the tie kindred d island people Especially during during tho the last three months he said th the German government and the emperor regarded 1 It I as a n paramount duty duly to work in n accord accord ac- ac 1 cord with wih Germanys Germany's allies and with wih I I the friendly rl British government to maintain peace pence In fn Europe and therefore therefore therefore there there- fore hoped that the meeting of the ambassadors in London would lead load to the preservation of ot peace the desired r goal They Th had counseled the tue Balkan I states to observe moderation with a aI aview aview view to preventing r further bloodshed I Turks ur H Fighting Among mon Themselves Sofia Sofa Feb 1 Turkish I. Turkish deserters who reached Bulgarian headquarters at De- De today told of the recurrence of ot sn sanguinary conflicts between rival factions fac me- tons of troops In the time lines rh rh iol r. r th t th r. r from the th T Turkish Ii I h camps ps b because e s th thI the i I I tr Young Turks were serc persecuting pai par par- of ot th the late Commander In Chief Pasha who was lUlled killed during the outbreak at Constantinople Constantinople Fob Feb 1 The I.-The The grand h vizier ler Mahmoud Pasha has is issued is i- sued a stat statement denying the reports of fighting among the troops of oC the arm army He lie le says sas the troops were never more united In their d devo- devo voI vo- vo j I thou lion to the fatherland as the enemy j I would find to their co cost st st. I l Unrolling Enrolling n j I St. St Petersburg Feb 1 Austria l Austria Austria- I Hunga Hungary c continues the tho active enrolment enroll enroll- enrol- enrol I ment meat of ot supplementary reservists In the thel l I frontier districts bordering on Ru Russia sla an and Servia according to a dispatch i from flom Prague A force foce of ot Aus- Aus tro tro troops Is now concentrated concentrated concen concen- II I In Bosnia General one of the few successful l Russian generals In tho thoI Hu Japanese Russo-Japanese so war has been appointed appoint appoint- I ed commander In warr ch chief eC of the tho troops In InI I tho lna district His Ills force Includes s sI I j five vc arm army corps and will wil form torm the main western army In fn case caso of war A letter from Emperor Francis I Joseph of A Hungary Austria to Emperor Nicholas of ot Russia which Is expected I to clear cleal up tho the Austro Austro situation situation situ sItu- and lead to the demobilization of ot aton the Austrian A and amid Russian a armies is on onI I the wn way from Vienna In iii the tho hands hand of ot otI j I Prince Hohenlohe Waldenburg formerly Hun Austro Hungary ar military here |