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Show TO BUS LISTEN TO THE DEMAKD3 CF THE ALLIES I Penalties Imposed by Vlc'irio'js Ba!- 1 kan States Head r the Peace Conference. I London. 'After several davs of pre-.'iminary pre-.'iminary skirmishing in accordance with the ehenstied traditions of oriental orien-tal diplomacy, the Turkish delegates on Monday raced the real attack of the allies at the fifth meeting of the peace conference. The victorious allies laid their most important cards on the table. These were in the form of territorial conditions condi-tions which they had agreed to impose on the Ottoman empire. The demands as set forth w re: First The cession by Turkey of all the territory west of a line starting from a point east of Rodesto on the sea of Marmora, to a point in the bay Df Malatra, on the Black sea, and excluding ex-cluding the peninsula of Galilpoli, Albania's Al-bania's status to be decided by the powers. Second The cession of the Aegean islands occupied by the Greek forces in the present war and by the Italians in the recent war. Third The cession to Greece of all Turkish rights ir. the island of Crete. The allies did not reveal the financial finan-cial proposals which they will make to Turkey, reserving them for a future fu-ture meeting. Before the allies presented their specifications, the Turks announced that their government was prepared lo proceed with the negotiations, leaving leav-ing the question of revictualing Ad-rianople Ad-rianople for discussion between Tur-iey Tur-iey and Bulgaria. They abandoned -heir previous request to provision Scutari and Janina. The formal conference lasted only i quarter of an hour. |