Show TURKEY IS CRAFTY EVADES compliance WITH REQUESTS OF THE POWERS the forto forte delays delay anaw r to the lite powers request for an armistice demands cessation ot of The thessaly saaly had and heavy neuvy indemnity constantinople may 17 the ports porte has replied replica officially to the note nolo of the powers and declines to agresto agree to an armist armistice lee until the tha following conditions are accepted the annexation ot of thessaly an in of CI turkish and the abolition of the capitulations the porte proposes that plenipotentiaries of the powers shall meet at Ph arsala to discuss the terms of peace and declare that if these conditions are declined the turkish army will continue to advance the demand for the annexation of thessaly is based on the fact that tile province was originally ceded to greece on the advice of the powers with the object of ending brigandage and greek incursions into ottoman terri territory the porte believing at that time that tile the cession cession would attain these objects but the recent incursions of greek bands and the events immediately preceding the war have proved to the contrary this is the substance of the reply the ambassadors met today to consider the portes answer which is re carded as raising an extremely grave issue it is believed that representations will be made to the sultan per to induce a modification of these terms but it is foreseen that this will be very difficult owing to the attitude of the powerful erful old turk war party if the porte should prove obdurate a european conference is not improbable although at present russia is is opposed to this it is regarded as quite certain the powers will not consent to a recession of thessaly even germany is believed to be resolute reho luto on this point because it would involve a violation of the berlin treaty and imperil the peace |