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Show iNEW ORDERS FORTURKS Last Instructions May Cause Irretrievable Break With Allies London. Dec 21 When the peace envoys of the Balkan states and of Turkey met again in conference at St. James palace this afternoon, Sorvia, on the suggestion of Great Britain. France and Russia, declared her readiness read-iness to accept the principle of Albanian Alban-ian autonomy and neutralization Austria Must Explain. Tho fear Is entertained In many quarters that Austria-Hungary is planning plan-ning a scheme which, if it proves successful, suc-cessful, will make Servia a kind of vassal state. It is rumored that among other conditions of a financial, commercial com-mercial and economic character, Austria-Hungary Intends to impose a limitation lim-itation on tho strength of the Sorvinn army which neither tne uainan league nor Russia would ever admit. Army Corps on War Footing. This situation. It is said, explains why Austria-Hungary is keeping 12 of her army corps on a -war footing, four of them ready to cross the Servian Ser-vian frontier, four of them In Galicla, near the Russian frontier, two In Bos nln and Horzegovlna, and two along the Italian frontier. It is not Incredible, Incred-ible, military experts say, that notwithstanding not-withstanding denials during the last decade Austria-Hungary haw constantly constant-ly augmented thp strength of her troops along the Venetian and Tyrol-cso Tyrol-cso lines. London. Dec. 21. The anxiously awaited Ottoman courier has arrived from Constantinople, bearing fresh Instructions In-structions to tho Turkish peace plenipotentiaries. pleni-potentiaries. In view of the forecast of these instructions telegraphod from Constantinople, It is feared their contents con-tents are likely to precipitate trouble. There Is little doubt, howover, that the foreign ambassadors here during their "conversations" have mado the necessary arrangements to interveno with th0 hope of preventing an irretrievable irre-trievable rupture of tho peace conference con-ference until they have tried to bridge tho gulf separating the nWed Balkan nations from the Turks on the question ques-tion of the future of Adrjanople. King Receives Delegates, i The peaco delegates were recalvad in audience today by King Goorgo at Buckingham palaoe. Each miasiqn was received separately by his majesty, who in a few cordial words impressed the envoys with his earnest hope that succetQ would attend thoir negotiations. ne-gotiations. 'Tha agreement raahed by the pow , -TT-r i .! mi ii i.i 1 1 ii iiiai ers on tho subject of autonomy of Albania Al-bania and in regard to the commercial outlet on the Adriatic sea for Servia has largoly dissipated the nightmare of a European war The nations of Europe 'with virtual unanimity hail this agreement, the first result of the ambassadorial "conversations," with the greatest satisfaction as marking the settlement of the larger crisis. |