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Show GREEKS AND SERVIANS MAY GO TO SOFIA Have Fall Understanding; To Settle With Bulgaria Without Intervention. I LONDON, July That tha Balkan niggle will and by a procaaa of mutual mu-tual expreMton aaama tha only hopa Sir Edward Grey, tha Brltlah foralgn aecra-tary aecra-tary ta abla to hold out. In a tate-mrnt tate-mrnt In the Houe of Commons Ust night ha said that mere words wera not UHV to affect tha situation and it would ba most difficult for the European powers to resort to force to impose peaca- Xelther Sen-la or Graece haa paid any attention to Russia's proposal that thay sase hMtlllt.es. They appear determined deter-mined to negotiate peace with Bulgaria only on the field, without intervention by any third party, and unless Bulgaria proves amenaMe. it ia expected that an advance will he made upon rtofta to enforce en-force acceptance of tha Servo-Ore!. terms. Turks and Rumanians Advance. Serious Aghtlrur for the time being Is suspended, but the advance of tha Turkish Turk-ish and Rumanian troops con tl dims without with-out opposition. A Belgrade report says the Servians on Sunday captured an Important positron posi-tron eight nvlee weal ul Kuatendil. According Ac-cording to the Athens correspondent of tha Pally Telegraph. Greece and Sarvtm signed a sacral treaty last May binding; them to prosecute war. which was then foreseen, with Bulgaria until tha Bulbars Bul-bars acquiesced in tha territorial arrangements ar-rangements laid down In the treaty. By these srrangements tha eastern boundaries boun-daries of Greece would be extended to tha Meets river, considerably to the east of Diana, and Servla would have ac-caas ac-caas to the Aegean sea at two points. Secretary Greys VUw. In tha House of Commons last night Sir Edward Orey, the Brltlah foreign secretary, secre-tary, replying to the euggestlon that an armistice should be forced on the Balkan states said It was Impoaalble to exaggerate exag-gerate the horror of war. but mere words wera not likely to affect the situation L - and It would be extremely difficult for tha concert of Europe to reeort to force to impose peace. ,a . d,, isr. h. hil kgd Russia to a Ul her In securing peace and Servla and Greece had ceased hostilities on -ecu ring conditions. condi-tions. Tha aeaantlal thing for tha powers, aald the foreign secretary, ta to perfect per-fect and maintain an agreement. The war was Bo exhaustive that It could not be of long duration and no cornpllcatlone ought to arise endangering tha European ! concert. There was every reason to believe, ha concluded, that matters would ba brought to a satisfactory termination TUBKISH FORCES HAVE AOAIN OCCUPIED BO DOS TO CONSTANTINOPLE. July U. Ths Turkish delegates to the Balkan financial commission st Parts have been recalled. Tlte Turklah armies are continuing their advance and have arrived at tha Slltvrl-Baigrade Slltvrl-Baigrade forest Una Enver Bey's forces have occupied Rod em to It is understood that a fVrvo-Turklsh agreement haa been reached, but is awaiting ratification from Belgrade before being signed. I rvANorr s masterly retreat SOFIA. July 16. It Is confirmed that Oeneral IvanofT has effected a splendid retreat. Semi-official statements have been Issued, Is-sued, accusing the Greeks of setting fire to the town of Meres, and dsclarlng that the Bulgarians st tempted violently to get the fire under control. Other statements charge the Greeks with wholesals massacres mas-sacres and atrocities at &rea and elsewhere else-where in Macedonia. GREEKS OCCUPY MELNIK sULONIKI. July 15. Greek troops B have occupied the town of klelnlk, fifty-five miles to the northeast of Salon Sal-on tkl. and are ad va m Ing tows rd t he Bulgarian frontier. Tfe Bulgarians further retreated to DJumbala. close to I the famous pass. The Greek comn wanders wand-ers anticipate that the next Mg fight will take place on Bulgarian territory. GREECE TO MAKE PEACE OK THE BATTLEFIELD LONDON. July 16. A Batonlkt dispatch dis-patch to ths Times says: "Greece Is prepared to sign sn srmie-tlce srmie-tlce only on condition that the frontier questions, the payment of Indemnity by Bulgaria and guarantee, for ths welfsre or the Greeks under Rulgsrian rule shall ba settled on the hettlefletd The Greek and Servian premiers s re meeting at Nlsli to discuss the situation "Premier Venlseloe Is now of the opinion opin-ion that the creation of three numerically eo,ua I state Is the only way to secure a lasting peace In the Balkans Greece was previously prepared to admit that Bulgaria Bul-garia might have a population one million mil-lion In ax reei of Greece. . "The Greek premier further refuses to oppose ths snnsxatlon of Thrace to Bulgaria, Bul-garia, although many of hla countrymen consider that this attitude aacriflcss ths Interests of his country. But he says that he hsd no desire to crest difficulties tor the great powers, and will be content con-tent with adequate guarantees for the future of Greeks In Thrare "King Cons ta ntlne a greea wit h M. Venlseloe on these points." DISARM GUNBOATS HT PETKB8BIRG. July IS. A Bulgarian Bul-garian gunboat ami several torpedo boats nrbsg in the harbor of Sebaatopol, where tney bad taken refuge from the Rumanian Ru-manian fleet, have been disarmed by the Russlsn authorities, the twenty-four hours' grace allowed the belligerents havlrg sxplred. MASSACRE REPORTED SOFIA. July 15.-Tha mayor of Drama reports thsl Irregular Gi-eeks have tended at Left era and occupied the town of Pravl. The Greeks massacred the whole ' Rulgsrian and Mussulman population. RUMANIANS ADVANCE. BreHARET. Rumsnla. July 15. The Bulrsrlan miniater to Rumania and the raff of the legation left today on a I4j)ctj train for Soft ihe report thst detachments of Rumanian Ru-manian cavalry have occupied Dobritch, Relt'hik snd the aurrounding villages is, officially confirmed. |