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Show OO H P0WI,K Ms 1 Iforce peace I Turkey Willing to Con- M cede Some Reforms H Powers Ask For H Paris, Oct. 7 The European pow- H ere have decided to Intervene at the IH Balkans and at Constatinoplc as soon H as it is possible to make arrange- H meats to 'that effect. H Great Britain today signified her H acceptance of tho French proposals, H so that all of the jiowers now arc H In accord. H Constantinople, Oct. 7. The Balkan H situation has been considerably H I changed by Turkey's eleventh-hour H I surprise announcement of her willing- . IH 'ness to grant a greater measure of H Iself-goNernment to Rumelfa aud Ma- H cedonla, H IL is argued here that in Introduc- H ing in those provinces reforms elab- orated bv representatives of Great ! Britain, France, Germany, Austria. IH Italy and Russia, Turkey not mere- ' lv desires to glvo the powers an ar- 'H gument for bringing pressure to bear '1 In the Balkan capitals, but probablv H has In view the circumstances that H the decision is calculated to sow di6- M cohrd among the members or the Bal- H kan alliance. H The Greeks In particular are HkHv JM to be dissatisfied, for it is regarded M in diplomatic circle? as without doubt H that they were counting on a general H conflagration In order to settle vari- ,H ous Issues of long standing. These JM include, for instance, the presence of .' Cretan deputies in Athens. jll However much tbe situation in im- proved, war cannot yet Iip said to jjl have been averted. Discord In Tur- j key Itself must not be lost sight of. J especially the war fever latelv on- IB couraged among tho people. I M Tho Ottoman government has or- M dered the prohll)Itlon of the export B of grain from Anatolia. H Berlin. Oet. 7. Germanr today ac- H cooled the amended draft or the dec- H lafation of the powers to Turkey and JM tho Balkan atatos. It now embodies IH tho Austrian proposal for a clearer JM definition of tbe Intention of the pow- H ers, which aak or a large measure of IM liomo rule for the European provinces IB of Turkey. H - . i'l5B |