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Show TURKS OFFER I CONCESSIONS I Threatened Rupture Is Prevented -Demands H Are Heing Met I London. Jan. 6 At the peac con- iH ference todaj between th delegates 'H of the Balkan and Turkey, ;h i offered to make fur- 'H ther concessions, which were consid- iH "r"1 "v Balkan plenipotentiaries JM sutlicieni to prevent the threatened 11H rupture 01 the negotiations n Important advance has been made b) the Turks toward meeting demands ol the Balkan allloe, or- M cording to the opinion expressed by the representatives of Bulgaria In re- Bard io the new Ottoman proposals as I to Hie future frontier between Bulgar- rH Turkey. fH The Ottoman delegates were expect- H "I to pn s.-nt a definite project during H todaj s Blttings or the peace confer- 1 ! miv:. -.! Mi- 1 hat The woptoru II frontier ol Turkey should follow- the M course of ihe rivers Marltza and Tund- Lfjifl ie the Turks to retain th fortress of ifl Adrianople. but to abandon Kirk-kV- 1 The allies declared that if this pro- fl posal was put forward they would consider it sufficient reason for with- 'lll drawing their threats to break off. Bulgaria and Rumania at Outs. The conversations between Dr. s iLIH Daneff, the chief of the Bulgarian IibH peace delegation, and M Jnoescu, the jH Rumanian minister of the interior, isl have assumed a serious charactl The Rumanian Statesman Inplsrs that Rumania must receive immediate sat- act ion by the grant of compens.i tton which was promised In return for ll her neutrality during the war H Dr S Daneff. in reply, repeated the H vague promises alreadv made by him to Hie Rumanian government during his sojourn at Bucharest before he iH came to London, but M Jonescu In- sisted on an explicit answer and Dr pi Daneff thereupon telegraphed to the H Bulgarian government at Sofia for definite instructions on the subject. ssl Turkish Delegates Indignant. H The Turkish delegates are ind".;- s nant over the attitude of the Euro- pean powers toward the Ottoman em- Pl pire They remark that when th ml Turks are defeated nothing is done WSI to modify their enemies' pretentions, iilssl but when the Turks are victorious. 1 they are always prevented by the powers from reaping the fruits of H their efforts. H They cite the war of 1837 in which Oreece was utterly defeated by Tur- H kev at Domkes and the Greek army sH was compelled to withdraw and to V ssl conclude an armistice. Five days I'isl later, however, a collective note was jfll European powers to the "B porte in w hich the conditions of peace were practically drafted and the an- J ncxation of Thessaly was prevented, ssl although it had been occupied by the H Turkish troops. The payment by 1 Greece of a war indemnity was also H stopricd by the powers Thus Tur- H key gained nothing by her victory in JH that war, but now- that Turkey has IH heen defeated by tbe combined armies jH of Bulgaria. Greece, Montenegro and jH Servla, the allies are encouraged by 'H the powers to demand even that which thev have never conquered. Report of Turkish Loan. Another report was current otday that Turkey had arranged for a loan. London financiers, however, discredit- H ed the rumor and said that the situ-atlop situ-atlop Is the same as in December. IH when Turkey made tentative propos-als propos-als for the borrowing of a larce amount of money, hut was told that H she must first conclude peace It is H thought that todays report was spread for political purposes. |