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Show SPOLIATION Of TURKEY Is a Bar to Peace, While Italy Refuses Redress Rome, Jan. 26. No basis for negotiations ne-gotiations for peace bctweem Italy and Turkey, which' are likely to have any probability ofvsucaess, has been tonnd although the k of tho European Eu-ropean diplomatic chancellories has beon. carried on actively "both in Constantinople Con-stantinople and Rome during the last few days. Replying to suggestions from various vari-ous embassies, Turkey says that the powers, if thoy are desirous of peace, should Induce Italy to make concessions conces-sions since Turkev cannot accept, with no form of redress, the spoliation spolia-tion she hHs suffered? Rome, on the other hand, to the bints of foreign fchancellorles, responds re-sponds that the only remedy for the present situation is t that pressure should be pat--ytV:powers on the Porte Tho representatives of tho powers declare that if pressure were brought to bear on the Porte and the Porto should resist, as evervthing appears to Indicate would be the case, olther tho powers would have to withdraw and suffer humiliation or havo recourse re-course to coercion. This would mean making a collective jnaval demonstration demonstra-tion in Turkish waters, which would end In a landing at Constantinople and would raise the general European Euro-pean conflagration which all are desirous de-sirous of avoiding Premier Glolottl states that Italy will be able to force Turkey to ask for peace. For this reason the con-vonmg con-vonmg of parliament Instead of taking tak-ing place at tho end of January has been postponed until Fobruary and even may be dolayod until March. In the meantime the Italian commander-in-chief in Tripoli hns arranged ar-ranged to make a general advance into th0 mountains of the Interior and hopes in Februan to take tho first decisive step In this direction by occupying tho country inland as far as sixty miles from tho coast. on |