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Show I GREEKS are II AN OBSTACLE K Will not Sign Protocol-El; Protocol-El; Turks Unauthorized B: to Proceed. is W- foi A London, Dec. 17. The formal rcc- E$ ord of tbc meeting of today's peace .'(,' conference says: S -J "Tne meeting of the peace confer- m enco has bceu adjourned until Thurs- m j day at 4 o'clock In the afternoon bc- .jB v cause tho Turkish delegates arc not M 'I n u Proccerl Sn e negotiations un- M , til they have received InBtnictIon3 RS from their government at Constanli- 5? nop,e-" S (. The 0fficlal statement on tho sub- it icct of tho adjournment of the con- feronce iH as follows: m ' "The delegates proceeded to the f'-" verification their full powers. The :. Turkish delegates having declared I that their full power only authorlz-3 authorlz-3 j ed them in conformity with the stip-r stip-r ulatlons of of armistice to negotiato S i "with the three states which had formal form-al -fh ed tho aforesaid armistice, it was t .-. decided that the Ottoman delegation jj 3 would a6k for fresh Instructions from S $ tho Turkish government." J 2 Want English Secretary. 3 The plenipotentiaries have decided to ask Sir Edward Grey. British acc- I rctarv of state for foreign affairs, S , to appoint an English secretary- to S ! take complete charge of the sccre-iy sccre-iy ; tarlal office of the conference. m I London, Dec 17. An obstacle was Jl ' encountered today by tho Balkan and g Turkish plenipotentiaries gathered 4q1 here to bring about peace, in the ab- ! ; sence of Greece's signature to the armistice protocol. The delegates ' found it necessary to adjourn without : , effecting any real business. They will i not meet again until late on Thurs-', Thurs-', day afternoon and in the meantime 5 -will communicate with their home jj 1 governments j fi After their adjournment, Dr S. C a Daneff, leader of the Bulgarian delc-U1 delc-U1 a g2tion, and president of today's con-,' con-,' J ference, confirmed the report that the JJ ' question of the protocol had been y under discussion without a decision Mpi being reached. It is understood that 4 jj the powers of the Turkish plenipoten-,Jjft plenipoten-,Jjft tarles do not authorize them to rce-rr rce-rr ognize the Hellenic delegates unless &t Greece signs the armistice and there-j, there-j, fore thev wore obliged to refer the fc. matter to Constantinople before pro- ceedlng with ihc" conference.- " - jK' The Greek representatives refused i to 5'Sn tno urotocol when invited ( tm to do so today, pointing out that It 3t would make no practical difference, as m he allies were united and the decis-9f' decis-9f' ions reached by the Ralkan league WS would he binding on Greece equally if w'ta l,e otner niemocrs of the feder-H feder-H ation. Kt The credentials of the neaco dele- j fates of the Balkan allies and of Kf Tirkev give them full power ?s plcni- f potentiaries. They can, therefore, not orilv negotiate for peace but, if they rome to an agreement, can conclude j and sign IL Delegates Exchange Credentials. This point was made clear when : the delegates met in St. James pal-I pal-I ace this morning to discuss the ser- 1 ious business of the gathering. D-. S. Daneff, senior member of thr Bulgir- ian delegation, presided. The chief i business of the conference was the apuointment of secretaries. It was decided de-cided that each delegation shou'd appoint ap-point a man to act as secretary of the conference on the (lav when the chief of the mission to which he belonged be-longed was Im the chair This will Z occur in the alphabetical order of the state3 renrescnted in the confevenre. 2 Thus, a Bulgarian secretary todav nn. S dertook the secretarial duties of the It conference. The delegates then exit ex-it changed credentials. St The meeting of the conference ast- W ed less than two hours. The pleol-1 jjl potentiaries ndlourned for the dav , Si before 1 o'clock. jQ The conference decided not to meet again until Thursday.-ft Thursday.-ft Tn speaking on the subject or ror- ; elgn mediation in Balkan affairs. Sto-I Sto-I jan Xovakovltch, tho head of the Scr-Jtt Scr-Jtt vlan delegation, said: fi United States as Med'ator. ii "The choice of the United States as mediator would bo an excellent one. ' The onb fears in this connection are I that thP distance of tho United States V from the ?cene and Its lack of knovi-Cl knovi-Cl odec of the different coinnlcx nroli-m nroli-m lems agitating the J I might uaMiper its action while a European Eu-ropean countrv would find itself in readier condition, having fo- ye-rs followed the asnlr.itious of llw nr-fcrent nr-fcrent races constituting the Balkan family." Polncare Mott Imosrtial. M Novakovitclu tlctn:: everything Into' consideration, thinks the best in-in now in E-ronc to carrv out the work of rnel.ntlon aucc-s-fi-Uv would be Premier Pplncaro. of France who Ms pAd So r...rH dlsln.-cstPd atten-t'on atten-t'on to the R'lkan conflagration. It t'e choice of tint Ptatosmun Favs M. Vovn o vltch. should ci-o uiPb-nrro to G manV. thVn an K.ic ll.h njn I mlcht 1-e pdded: and If ce" mi- I i Se" 1 I n't "e consldel -eni ? ,nrantoo o" imnTtlTlltv In tic t fonS that all lItlmato in.ere f I oifirt if 'en Uito account, not only h 0 ? hn bolllg"rpnle. hut of the g'e-U ,) ? "J!-. in Inon statesman inlnW ,i I,- loincd to them Belonging Jo l hat eobin-tlon of power, according I n i. N-ovakovltcb. an element a-to I Ivt'orcxt from Cennany-s decided M fr'ondP'U'i for Austria 7M Turkish Trctlca Hnrm Own Interests. ? T M No-akovitch went on to remark H that TnrkeVs customary po ic. or nc- H lavfnc discussions and nostponlns; de- B dslons would this time be only hnr jf.il M to Ottoman Interests. Scrvia. he said II tor TneSnce. had already conqucre.l If Si that she desired to possess, while Ml ' .Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria would see the fortresses of Soutarl Janlna and Adrlanople capitulate from hunger. Strongholds Would Be Starved Out. M. Xoakovitch pointed out that Adrlanople with 150.000 inhabitants and about 20,000 soldiers in the gar-rlslon, gar-rlslon, and Scutari and Janlna, each with about 30,000 inhabitants and 20.. 000 garrisons, could not be revictual-ed revictual-ed under the terms of the armistice, while the provisions and ammunition stored in those places could not last more than four weeks. Surrendered By Hostile Forces. Both Adrlanople and Scutari are. he said, entirelv surrounded bv hostile forces, while Janina still has "an opening open-ing to the north; but even In that direction di-rection the Greek forces are rapidly approaching the fortress. Besides, the country, he declared, is not In a condition con-dition to provide enough supplies'. no |