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Show POWERS PUT BRAKES ON j ' i Further Fighting to Be Avoided Allies With-Hold With-Hold Action London Jan. I ".. Today s meeting Of the powers was devoted chiefly to la means for putting a brake on the threatened resumption of the war in the Balkans Rreathins nine was Riven Riv-en ior efforts In fins direction b) the I decision ol the Halkan plenipotentiaries plenipotentia-ries today not lo take further action until the Turkish government has had ' full opportunity for the discussion of i the ambassadors' aote which will be pi esented this eek, It is evident that both sides would welcome the discovery of an accept- j abb- way to avoid further fighting ! The Turkish delegates argue but for j the fact that the European powers h - ,. show n hia - in fav or of the claims pul forward by the ;i I lies they would have been abie to compromise with their adversaries Ion? ago. Delegates Deny Powers' Influence. The delegates of the allies deny that the powers have raised an objection ob-jection to their announced Intention of breaking off negotiations and cle-I cle-I nouncing the armistice They point oui that on Saturday last they notified the British foreign minister and all I the European ambassadors or their In I tentiou, and none of them remonstrated, remonstrat-ed, Turks Delay Too Long. : The representatives of Bulgaria, I Greece Montenegro and Servia declare de-clare that they must protect their own interests, especially In avoiding indefinite indef-inite proscrastinatlon on tho part of the Turks, as since the conclusion of the armistice in December the main-' main-' tenance of the Tour allied armies on a war footing has represented an outlay out-lay of $200,000,000. This must come to an end, they say. Within a week Turkey must either cede Adrianople in a peaceful manner or lose It by a resumption of the war, which In the end would be less costly cost-ly than this expensive peace. |