OCR Text |
Show ALLIES SEND THEIR REPLY Will Accept Mediation by Powers Under Five Specified Conditions Sofia. Bulgaria. March 14 -The re-ph re-ph oi ihe P.alkau allies on the question ques-tion of mediation by the powers was pi, sent ed today to the foreign legations lega-tions here It declares that the Bal-I Bal-I kan nations will accept European mediation me-diation on the following conditions: First -As a basis of negotiations for the dellminatlon of the territory between be-tween Turkev and the Balkan allies a line shall be drawn from Kodosto on the Sea of Marmora to Cape Malnt-ra. Malnt-ra. seven miles south of Midia, on the Black sea. Excluding the peninsula or Gallipoll. which shall remain Turkish, Turk-ish, all territories west of the Hue. Including In-cluding Adrianople and Scutari, shall be ceiled to the allies Second Turkey shall cede the Isl ands of the Aegean sea to tbe alHes Third - Turkey shall renounce all her interests in ihe island of Crete. Fourth The jorte shall consent in principle to the payment of a war indemnity, in-demnity, the amount of which shall be fixed when peace has been concluded con-cluded and also to the payment to private individuals of compensation for damage caused prior to the war. The allies shall participate in the de-llberatlons de-llberatlons regarding the Indemnities Fifth -The allies reserve the right to Bettle by definite treaty of peace the treatment to be shown the subjects sub-jects and their trade In tho Ottoman empire, as woll as the guarantees to be civen regarding the privileges of ihe orthodox churches and the legal 1 standing of their racial brothers, who i are Ottoman subjects. The military I ope-iations shall not be Interrupted. |