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Show ie Powers Still Peace Russia jtria Are in a :e to Piit Their Provinces on a jting. ( . ALLIES " 7Y DEMANDS $ef Establishes lip Throughout !tiaHungary; Turk ids Under Guns of it and Menaces Bui-r Bui-r fit Wing. DOX, Nov. 23. Interest in thu pr situation shifted today from ke belligerents, whuso delegates paring to meet -with an t.nnccrc desire 1o v.ork out the r a truce, to tlio great neigh -powcrs, Austria and Kussia. 'i ivals arc strengthening their wees at an hour when the tf of all tho powers aro sprcad-Jeait sprcad-Jeait assurances that their only ilo Eiibordinalc rivalries and jo Ibo conujion welfare of Iht-ilie Iht-ilie causo of peace, (Mtteuiiig factor in the situa-fouwn situa-fouwn which has not existed tlbcRiuuiug of tho war. unless ificiir approach of the Servian lie Adriatic, and the slops to-.aMflnili.'.ution to-.aMflnili.'.ution amy mean nothing 'flu muliia.l distrust. flflVar Munitions. teHfj1? erhia over Bosnia and Her-Wwarosc, Her-Wwarosc, bolli Russia and Ans-jjSciiftucr Ans-jjSciiftucr to a war footing than ?Bi.tobc now , vet the "war cloud jp6 of (he 1iiii-bi;iii mobilization, jW'iu tlie Vienna L'cichspost, the (tlic heir to the throne, specify fMfao military districts on the m"Viliia, "Warsaw, Kiev and 'JjflsWeU as Moscow, aro to adopt jjBliujpi, tbut tlic don Cossacks gliiEliil 1u the border, and that jj lions aro being made in Russian connection Willi tho dispatch ownous miinber of trains with ad Munitions toward fhc Aus- i's Preparations. Merlin papers purport to have 'on of the Austrian propnra-hifh propnra-hifh include tho mobilization .army corps on tho Russian nd reinforcements for .Bosnia, O'a L'raio an account is telo-of telo-of German military activity. Warlike ifep:iralluns. counlcci ,'vlslt of. Archduke Fran. Ferdl-jnha-c Austria-Hungary, trinan emperor, ami the confe'"- the Austrian chief of Bluff, UJhull Von Kohemun. hat yes-v'li yes-v'li Lieutenant General Count Kt.'Ohlef of tlic German general iturally excite acute curiosity. Ulqimi announcement that Aus-i Aus-i 'lUiizled correspondence by a nliiij adds fuel to tlio flames. Vmy mean that Instead of con-p con-p facts, the government nro-k nro-k cholio off sensational messages. P Peaceful. from Frankfort and Berlin Peaceful 'construction on Journey to nerlin. They pniSKton Wiib- to Iniluuc the cm-Mictll.-ite between Austria and Mlplnm.'.oy oi, the tiart of tho' auinlnlstmlions at Constan-Pa Constan-Pa '-oflii promiKc tlmt the nicct-P-WwilpotciiUarlus which Is cs- r.'ace outaldo Ibo Tehu-!J Tehu-!J Monday win prove successful. If "Pliolnli'd three addlllomU a"L "8 liiHlHtvil Unit the linl-r linl-r niust modify their conditions fawork for u,o meeting. P Conciliatory. flllH t lh,;i COM(Uon njmpt. ru.m e"lc'M,n declare that Bul-P'iJI'if Bul-P'iJI'if that tl,o Turks should Ell. Uu(if which Hhould r" narllefi, thiee It saves Turk-L Turk-L (, 'S'lomlny r io foe'fl rriu! .C!t,,lllj1, wi'iio it shields thl Vle Ru,5sn11 official dls-fcjjjr dls-fcjjjr entry Into Coimtrui- PVnaoa on Page TwoO RUSSIA BACKS SERVIA AND PREPARES FOR WAR (Contiuucd from Pago One.) flnoplo would cause and also waives the doubtful sain 0r sending an army through a cholera-Infested bolt. Tho allies arc willing to grant another concession in the mailer of Adrianoplc. Although Insisting upon the surronder of Uio citadel, they will permit tho garrison lo retire with tho honors of war. The crucial difficulties. It Is believed, will coma afterward when" terms lo negotiate a treaty of peace arc undertaken. Thon Bcltlcmcnt in accord with the Interests of the powers and tho division of the KpollR anion? tho allies will bo critical factors. Young Turks Crushed. The people of the Balkan states arc not atudenta of lSuropcan diplomacy. They have pained immense confidence by the strength of their armies and concessions con-cessions to the greater nations, which their statesmen may think necessary, may kindlo dangerous troubles at home. The claims l Bulgaria and Greece- over Saloulkl are already a cause of contention. conten-tion. An historic feature of the war la tho complete downfall of the Young Turk party, whoso friends hailed Its rise as a power which would lift Turkey to the plane of tho European natlonc. Two hundred members of tho commltto of union and progress havo already been arrested and many of them sentenced on charges of high treason. Instead of reforming re-forming Abdul ITamld'a anny, tho narty is charged with the responsibility for its downfall. Beyond tho matter of organization organ-ization thgro appears to be the old story of grafting officers allied -with corrupt contractors. New Terms of Peace. Special Cable to The Tribune. SOFIA, Nov. 2a. The following arc acml-offlclally roported hero tonight as Bulgaria's now peace tcrma: Rcnuuclutlon by Turkey of tho occupied oc-cupied territory outside tho frontier lino from Mid I a on the Black sea, through Serla and Tchotiu lo the mouth of Marl Ma-rl tza river. The occupation by Bulgaria of the TchataIJa district a far as San Stefano until Turkey pays a war Indemnity of J 1-10,000,000. The reason for Bulgaria's willingness to offer mora ucceptablo terme lo the fact that Ferdinand's army or 300.000 men has lost fully one-third of its strength. General Savoff Is now calling youths of 15 and 17 to the cotyrs. King for- Albania. Special Cable to The Tribune. BUCHAREST. Nov. 23. The Albanian leader, DcYVlsh lllma, states that Eome foreign prince will occupy the Albanian throne. TURKEY UNLIKELY TO ACCEPT TERMS Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDON, Xov. 23. Dispatches from Constantinople and from tho capitals of allies Indicate that the Balkan war has entered upon a second phaao that la likely to bo long protracted and to exhibit ex-hibit scones of heroism as yet unparalleled. unparal-leled. Although the allies, under the pressure of the powers, havo modified their demands. It Is not believed Turkey will accent tho slightly altered term. The allied merely yielded on tho point of permitting tho Turks to retuln their present position along the TchataIJa llnu. Tho Turk, rnaouruged by their apparent appar-ent chock of tho Bulgarian advanco and by reports of aid from tho triple alliance, hav regains! th.jlr lout morale and are preparing to realtit to the end. Moreover, for the first time alnce the wnr bognn. the Turlts have the advantage advan-tage In rtll!ory. their guns are of longer range and heavier than any which the Bulgarluns, so far from their base of sup-piles, sup-piles, and lacking ammunition, have yet been able, to bring Into use. Tho announcement an-nouncement that Greek and Servian reinforcements re-inforcements arc coming to aid tho Bul-gralna Bul-gralna at Tchatolju .-hown the armies realize the Turkish strength and aro preparing pre-paring for k long, desperate resistance, AJ1 Europe Involved. But, Imposing as is the drama now being be-ing marled in Tutke, the eyes of Europe are f v t'se moment n l upon t, Austria and Buesla are mobilised for war. Ger many Is preparing to back her ancient ally. In spite of semi-official denials there now remains little doubt that five Austrian Aus-trian army corps arc being mobilized three in Galllcia, on the Austrian border, bor-der, and two in the sound districts, adjacent ad-jacent to Servia. On top of this comes the significant news that Austria has established es-tablished a war censorship, which is applied ap-plied even to tho use of telephones. Tho Vienna Rclchpost. which Is the mouthpleco of the Austrian heir-appar-onl, states that, desplto official denials. RuKsIa is hasllly mobilising and that an endless row of trains la carrying troops and war munitions toward the Austrian frontier. War Chiefs Confer. Field Marshal Von Schomua, chief of tho Austrian general staff, arrived In Berlin one hour nheud of the spocial train which brought the Archduko Ferdinand, heir to tho Austrian throne, for his significant sig-nificant interview with the German lcui-ser. lcui-ser. The Austrian field marshal spent tho cntiro forenoon In a conference with General Von Moltlce, chief of the German Ger-man fitafr, and then returned to Vienna. I Thore seems no doubt that the general outlines of combined German and Austrian Aus-trian military action were tho subject of discussion. That Germany, like Austria, la taking far-reaching precautionary measures, savu a reliable Berlin correspondent, is evident from tho fact that a famine in railroad freight cars oxlsta In the Rheln-iHh-Wcstphallan industrial region, owing lo tho holding back of thousands of cars tor tho eventual transport of troops to the eastern provinces, which adjoin Rus-ula. Rus-ula. Austria's Opportunity. Now that the allies arc checked at TchataIJa. Austria may selzo upon the present as the psychological moment lo enforce her demands against Servia Turkey, since the beginning of tho war. has been praying to Allah for a general European conflagration. All her crafty diplomacy has been exerted lo that end. will her prayer bo answered? Never beforo havo the signs so favored tho accomplishment of the Mohammedans Mohamme-dans dearest wish against the Christian dos3. Conditions In Austria and Russia are exactly what they were in Turkey and the Balkan stateo on tho cvc of the present war. RUSSIA SEEMS TO BACK SERVIA Special Coble to Tho Tribune. V1EN-.N-A. Nov. 23. It is announced hero that loO.OOO German vescrves have been called out. Three classes of the reservists belonging belong-ing to six Austrian army corps havo been summoned and warllko preparations In other directions havo been going on since November 15. Already about 300.000 men aro massed around tho Sorvlan frontier, and equally steady preparations aro going forward In Gallcla. A censorship over all communications from Austria-Hungary has been established. estab-lished. This Is applied even to telephone messages and la regarded hers as hlghlv eignlflcant. " 1 By Thursday It Is expected, that 1.200.-000 1.200.-000 Russian troops will havo been mobilized, mobil-ized, Rumom of tho Russian mobilization have resulted In a strong antl-Russlan outburst by the Austrian press, which accuses Russia of being behind Servia. The bourne was greatly weakened by these rumors. Repulsed With Loss. S?,rL' Si0?- After tho Turkish sortie at Adrianople yesterday, the Bulgarians Bul-garians began a bombardment of that fortress which lasted through the night It Is announced that two Turkish battalions bat-talions which attacked tho Bulgarian Ml Ichatalja this morning were repulsed Willi heavy loss. Italy Is Pledged. ROME, Nov. 23 Sorvia's difficulties In extending her territory as far uu the Albanian Al-banian coast of the Adriatic avu have boen augmented by Austria giving Italy to understand that she Is determined to adhere strictly to tha convention concluded con-cluded with the Marquis Vlscontl Venoata when ho was Italian forolyn minister in 1S39, by which both Vienna and Rome pledged thomsclveo not to occupy any Albanian territory. Thov also agreed at that time not to support any territorial changes in that rcdon except In the event of Albania becoming autonomoua. Italy considers herself, thorefore, officially offi-cially pledged to stand bv Austria, notwithstanding not-withstanding her sympathy for tho Balkan Bal-kan states. Denied by Greece. ATHENS. Nov, 23. Formal denial Is made here of reports that the Greek eol-dlera eol-dlera at Balonlkl have commltttd excesses ngaltiHt tho .lewlsh inhabitants. Even before be-fore the capitulation of Salonikl. it is pointed out, efforts were roticeablo In both Turkey and Europe to show that there wau dissension between the better class of Greeks and tho Jews In the I Macedonian city. I A condition of anarchy which followed the Turkish defeat gave an opportunity to ruffians to commit many cxcusscSi hut aftor Greek administration was established estab-lished and the Greek gendarmes reached Salonikl perfect order was restored. Envoys Appointed. CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 23. Rechad Pasha, minister of commerce, and lladl Pasha, chief of staff, have been appointed additional plenipotentiaries to dlscusa the armistice. The appointment of Ihe embassador em-bassador to Germany, Ostnan Nlzaml Pasha, as a plenipotentiary, which was doubted, has been confirmed. He will reach here Monday. Tho government asserts that the Turkish Turk-ish plenipotentiaries ore empowered to act only in event of tho allies modifying their terms. The. Bulgarian representatives representa-tives arc expected to arrive at TchataIJa tomorrow. There wu.s no fighting along the TchataIJa Tcha-taIJa lines today. The Bulgarians have retired to positions several miles In tho rear. Their losses by cholera are reported report-ed lo be severe. Bulgarians Flanked. LONDON, Nov. 23. Turkey landed troops last night at the Port Sllivrl, on the sea of Marmora, under fire from the Turkish war vessels, 'according to a news agency dispatch from Constantinople. The right wing of the Bulgarian army In front of the TchataIJa lines is thus threatened. Tho Bulgarian troops mado a desperate attempt to drive back tho Turks, but after an hour's flgntmg were forced to retire. Cholera Decreasing. CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 23. The Turklbh government reports a greatly decreased number of deaths from cholera during the last few days, but this is not widely credited among foreign residents of tho capita!. Some attempt 13 now being mado lo house the soldiers suffering from the disease. dis-ease. Wooden huts aro being crcctod at tho San Stefano cholera camp, on the open plain, which a few dav ago was strewn with groups of dead and dying. King Peter at Capital. BELGRADE. Servia, Nov. 23. King Peter of Servia returned lo the capital today after passing five weens on me battlefields with the Servian army. The nopulaco greeted him enthusiastically. The whole city was decorated with flags. Tho king, shortly after his arrival, attended a service of thanksgiving at the cathedral. Sortie Fails. SOFIA, Belgrade. Nov. 23. Tho besieged be-sieged garrison of Adrlanoplo attempted a general aorlle yesterday, according to dispatches received here. Tho Tuiklsh troops, however, were thrown back into Iho fortress after a baltle which lanted throughout the morning. They lost heavily. Pasha Killed in Battle. BELGRADE. Nov. 23. The body of Gen. Fethl Pasha, former Turkish minister min-ister at Belgrade, and who commanded the sixth Turkish army corps at Monas-tlr, Monas-tlr, was found bv the Servia no mnuiig the corpses on the battlefield. It Is considered con-sidered probable thai he rommltled suicide. sui-cide. Turkish Gunboat Sunk. ATHENS, Nov. 23. A Greek torpedo boat entered tlm harbor of Alvala today and attacked a Turkish gunboat there-On there-On tho appearance of tho Greeks the Turkish aiIo:u abandoned tho gunboat, after opening the vessel's stopcocks. Greek mariuos went on board, but were unable lo ntop tho inrush of water. They then blew up the gunboat with u torpedo. |