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Show WAR CONTINUES IN SPITE OF ACTION TAKEN BY POWERS leON'DON. March 31. Although the great powera have rommanried that the Balkan war eeae, the fighting eon-tinuea. eon-tinuea. The allien, taking heart Tvy auereaa, reeie the ultimatum polltelv, and reply that the agree with them m pri-neiple, but thev cannot accept all the detaili. The ipectacle of the six great powera working In harmony on the dreaded eaetera queetion ii' marked by i the equallv orange (spectacle of tha Bat kaa etatet defying them. Meanwhile, the concert of the powera pow-era remaine aa atrong only aa ita weak-aat weak-aat link, aad since Ruaaia cannot be expected to a use her army and navy against her 'Slav hrothera to looaen tneir grip on the Turk, the proceedinga have been reduced to a diplomatic da-bate. da-bate. Insist on Indemnity. The allies kflKYf accepted the powers' paee terms aa 'a basis of negotia tions," but clirg to their determination determina-tion to exact au indemnity, and refuse to mnzrle their guns until the Turks accept their terms. Their experience ot the last armistice, they declare, waa that Turkey used it merely to gain time. The Bulgarian army, therefore, con tinuea t. battle at the Tchatalja lines, and according to the laat reports, stands just where t did when the ar miatii-e was arranged on December 3 laat. It ia entirely possible that the allies may rr.ar.-h ioto Constantinople before peace is signed. |