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PEACEMAKERS MEET.
RU'RI SK.M ATIVFS OF TIKKFV
\M> llAlkW mffj HOLD
FIRST FONFKKFNFF.
Two s?- of JVm^. <*re Wry Far
Apar ??.reut I>lg\*-etH*o Between
What AlUe* Demand mihI What
Turks art* Willing to Concede?
Foiled State* May t'lny Hand at
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London. Dec. 16. ? Plenipotentiaries
considering arrangement of peace be?
tween Turkey and tbe Balkan States
met today In St. Jams**' palace.
They adjourned ?ar!y In tho after?
noon without having entered into dis?
cussion of tbe peace question. Tbe
day's feature was the address of wel?
come delivered by 8r. Edward Grey,
the British secretary for for< ign af?
fairs, who was elected honora-y pres?
ident of the conference. The reaponses
of the heads of the various delega?
tions indicated a desire to accomplish
tbe purpose of tbe conference.
All the delegate) applauded Sir Ed?
ward Grey's speech, which. .Ike his
statement In the house of commons
Wednesdsy, aimed at impartiality.
Tbe Balkan delegates seemingly are
more satisfied with Its substance than
the Turks. In the passage. 'In this
way you will lay foundations on
which. 1 trust, will be built by truo
wisdom and statesmanabtp the pros?
perity, moral, economic and national,
of your respective countries," they
see a plain allusion to their States,
ae they are fighting for the principle
of nationality and they are trying
to upbuild the moral and economic
properties of their countries; while
for Turkey It Is a question of general
demolition. Thua they think tbe
British foreign secretary, notwith?
standing his efforts at Impartiality,
could not help?perhaps unconscious?
ly?giving a bint on which aide bis
sympathies are.
In his reply Dr. DsQcff of the Bul?
garian delegation emphasised Sir Ed
\s ini'H BtttfiMM When ho said that
the ooefereeoe oonld work "t<? Insure
?v-., pnlhnn statea >*.. troubled in the
past.an era of tianqulllty and
preejreea"
Speaking of the hrst meeting of the
conference. Count Devolnovlou, one
of the ablest of the Montenegrin dele
Kates, said:
Today we simply looked into each
? Ubers eyes."
A elimax will be reached tomorrow,
\\ ben both sides exchange their re?
spective propositions for the conclu?
sion of peace. The terms of the al
?01 are:
The immediate surrender of the
11 ttrktSh fortresses of Scutari Adrian
ople and Janlna, to the garrisons of
i
t whlcn full military honors will be
grail ed; the evacuation of eastern
Euroi e by Turkey as far as East
Tclmalja to a line to be delimited on
, the fepot] the cession to Greece of
all the Aegean islands; the annexat'on
el Crete to Greece and the payment
by Turkey of a war indemnity and of
ti e . \penses incurred by the allies on
' account of the Turkish prisoners.
I hTe allies In return are prepared
i to grant complete amnesty to the
Mussulman population in the terri?
tories they annex for any acts of hos?
tility curing the war; the return <>t
all prisoners; the recognition of the
spiritual sovereignty of the Sultan
over Ottoman becoming subjects of
the Kulkan States, and the free ad?
ministration by the Mussulmans of
their pious foundations in the Bal?
kans.
To these conditions has now been
added the taking over by the Balkan
State? of that part of the Ottoman
public debt corresponding to the ter?
ritories which they annex, unless the
powers controlling the Ottoman debt
allow them to deduct that part from
the war ldemnity Imposed upon Tur?
key, which would thus remain tho
only debtor.
hTo terms formulated by Turkey
have been kept secret, but It may be
asserted on good authority that they
Include the renunciation by both sides
of any money transaction under the
form of indemnity or otherwise except
I he taking OVer by the Balkan States
of a portion of the ottoman public
debt proportionate to the now terri
tortes they acquire.
They provide also that the sultan
?hall have a representative in the ter?
ritories passing to the allies, where
Ottoman courts Khali be instituted for
Itussulnten subjects,
Adrianople, the Rrst Turkish capital
in Burope, and surrounding territory
shall remain subject to Turkey.
The Turco-Bulgarlan frontier south
Of Adrianople shall bs marked by the
Maritas river, while the territory west
oi* Ifaritaa as far as the Struma river
Would go to Bulgaria, which thus
would have the port of Kavala, to
v, hieb she has long aspired.
Furthermore, Turkey will demand
that Saloniki, over the possession of
Which, It ll pointed out, serious
Gt a eco-Bulgarian antagonism has
arisen, shall remain Turkey's and, to
gCther with Ifonaatlr and Scutari and
their respective districts, shall form
I Ottoman territory surrounding Al?
bania.
i
, Bervla is to have i'skup, Pristine,
MUtrovltaa and part of the Sanjak
Of Novipazcar, the rem.lining part
J going; to Montenegro,
j To Bulgaria is conceded the island
Ol TbraoSi but Turkey claims posses
1 Lion of the other Islands in the Aegean
I Including Samothrac >, Imbros. Lomo
' r.os and Mitylene, together with
i those now occupied by Italy, because
j the latter belongs to Asiatic Turkey.
} But the administration at Constan
. tinoplo pledges Itself to obtain from
England, Russia, France and Italy,
! the four protective powers in Crete,
' their consent that the island he an?
nexed to Greece
j These terms would give the allies
: four-fifths of the territory Which a
few weeks ago was European Tur?
key, but following what seems a
great concession, a comparison of the
terms of the allies with these of Tur?
key is sufficient to show the immense
j gulf separating them. Even admit?
ting concessions on both sides, an ul?
timate understanding appears ex?
tremely difficult. Because of this,
I the Idea of mediation has been put
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forward. AU the delegates, however
declare that they know nothing about
mediation and that it Is extraneous
to their mission here which Is limited
to the negotiation <>f peace, without
even tin- power ol concluding it.
For the conclusion of peace either
they or others must receive the au?
thorisation of their respective gov
ernmenta. The delegates did not re?
fuse to discuss the Question unoffi?
cially and remarked that it would be
Inipossible for Russia or Austria to j
mediate, as both theae powers are j
too much Interested In the settle-1
nu nt, nor could Germany, because
she is bound to Austria; nor could
Italy because of tin* recent war be?
tween that country and Turkey.
There only remain England an<l
France which might be acceptable to
both parties, but their selection
mi^ht give umbrage to Germany and
Austria.
It was pointed out that the ?nly
great power absolutely disinterested
Und impartial is the United Staus
v.hich in 1906 led to the conclusion
of peace between Russia and Japan,
this might bad to actual mediation.
This would not be the first time
that action by the United States has
made itself felt in matters concern?
ing Turkey. Unofficial intervention
by the United States h id a beneficent
effect in the Turco-ltalian war, when
last June the American ambassador
at Koine, after an understanding with
the Italian premier, notified the
American ambassador at Constanti?
nople of the peace conditions pro?
posed by Italy, which were exactly
those embodied in the treaty of Lau?
ts nne.
Ambassador Kockhill, representing
a county without territory or other
aspirations in the Otoman empire,
was the main Instrument In convinc?
ing the porte of the uselessnesi Of re?
sistance and the advisability of com?
ing to terms with Italy. The nego?
tiations through Ambassadors O'lirii n
and Kockhill reached so far that Oo
tober 8 President Taft cabled to the
embassy at Kome, instructing the am?
bassador to proffer tho good offices
of the United States officially for the
settlement of the war.
The next day Ambassador O Bricn
being absent, Mr. Wheeler, secretary
of the legation, presented the offer
of the president to Premier Glolltti,
who, although appreciating the friend?
ly act, regretted he would be unable
to accept it. as peace then was prac?
tically concluded.
The conference of the ambassadors
which will begin tomorrow is called
among the diplomats "the clearing
house," as they expect to agree on
many questions which have arisen
through the Balkan war. These ques?
tions then will be practically solved
when they came up for discussion at
the future conference when the new
map of i astern Europe will be defi?
nitely settled. This conference Is
likely to take place in Paris or at The
Hague.
Russia and Austria are the most di?
rectly interested and their action will
be of vital Importance, especially as
the Austrian ambassador to Great
Britain, Count von Niernsdorf, is said
to be carrying with him on his re?
turn journey from Vienna the alterna?
tive of peace or war. The Austro
German element dedans that If the
latter course Is elected Austria is ready
to draw the sword immediately.
It is reported through Kerlln to?
night that the Servian ministers in
I council decided to yield the p<?rt of
I Durasso on the Adriatic and that the
j Servian premier, M. Patltctl, is coming
I to London in connection with this de
' termination.
J The tlrst engagement between the
Greek and Turkish fleets occurred to?
day, but so far as Is known without
serious damags to either side.
THREE PERSONS HURT IN AUTO
COLLISION.
Ms. R. C. Howard Suffers Broken
Rib ami Mr. Howard and Olin Cur?
ry Are Bruised*
Gaffney, Dec. 17.?in an automo?
bile accident occurred here Sunday
afternoon about 5 O'clock Mrs. K. C.
Howard sustained a broken rib. Mr.
Howard received a number of painful
bruises ami < din Curry suffered nu?
merous bruises and lacerations
Mr. Curry was driving his touring
car down Victoria avenue and Mr.
Howard was coming into the aver ue
out of Thompaon street in his run?
about when the accident occurred.
The machines struck with consider?
able force, the drivers of both ?? irs
being thrown out. Both automobiles
wen almost demolished! so great w as
the force <if their Impact.
Neither of the drivers was speeding
J and neither could see tin- approach
; of t he other.
I Mrs Howard was taken to her
home and medical assistance was
summoned. Late yesterday afternoon
she was reported as getting along
i well as could be expected.
Quite a number of couples wen- at
tti- Informal dance in the Armory
1 Hall Tucsd IJ nicht ami the affair was
J much Injoyed, The next dance w in
'be given on the nlghl of December
80th
will, ask COURT TO AII>.
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Instructions Sought for Dissolution of
Elarrlman Roads.
New York, Dec. IS.?Robort B
Lovett, chairman of the executive
committees of the Union and South- j
ern Pacific railroads, announced this
afternoon that he had arranged with
Attorney General Wicke: sham to ap
peal at once to the United States >u- j
preme Court for instructions in w?lk
iritf out *he dissolution plan of the j
railroads. V.r. Wickersham, the an-',
nouncement continued, lias refused to
approve any plan Involving the dis?
tribution of Southern Pacific stock i
owned by the Union Pacific.
In support of his contention that
Southern Pacific stock be distributed
among Union Pacific shareholders,
JudgS Lovett cites the Northern Secu?
rities cases and the cases of the Stand- !
ard Oil and American Tobacco com?
pany s. These, he asserts, are funda?
mentally comparative with the Union
Pacific-Southern Pacific dissolution.
The unusual course adopted by the
Harriman officials is taken in the in?
terests of all parties. Judge Lovett
says, in the hope that the decree of
the Supreme Court may in- facilitated.
Hero of Sanitago \isi;s His Sisters
Marion, Dec. 16.?Commander Vic?
tor Blue, U. S. X., spent several days
of last wiek with his sisters here.
Commander Blue is one of the most
prominent Southern officers in the ser?
vice. Since his daring feat of going
around Santiago on a scouting trip
during the war with Spain, Com?
mander Blue has been especially well
known in naval circles.
The ministers of thm Santee Bap?
tist Association met in this city Mon?
day, it being their custom to meet
once a monti on the Monday after
the third Sunday in the month. A
large number of ministers were pres?
ent and the meeting was a very pleas?
ant one.
No LYNCHING in BARN WELL.
NegTO Charged With Attempting to
Assevlt White Woman at kliue
la i^xlgcd in Jail.
Barnwell, Dec. 17.?Gregsie Moye,
a negro, wee lodged in the I barnwell
county jail this m<?rninfir, charged
with attempUr.R to assault a white
woman near Kline, in this county,
yesterday afternoon. After an all
nij?ht hunt, Move was caught at
Cavos station this morning by a Mr.
Walker, who turned him over to the
authorities. Thcn> was no attempt at
lynching, as was at first feared.
The alleged attempt occurred about I
3.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the
victim being a white woman about 5>
years old. According to the best in?
formation that can bo gotten here to?
day, she was walking through some
bushes near the edge of a road, when
Moye, who was armed with a shot?
gun, accosted her, telling her to come
to him or he would kill her. The wo?
man refused to obey "his command.
The negro, it is said, made no further
aUempt to carry out his purpose.
The telegram that was received
here last night merely stated that
< ntpro had assaulted a white woman
near Kline and asked that blood
bounds bo sent at once. It was ad
dreJsed to Capt. T. R. Morris, former
sepervisor, n >w sheriff, of this county,
('apt. Morris was in Williston when
the message was received but he was
telephoned and rushed the dogs to
the scene of the alleged attempted as?
sault in his automobile. The chase
resulted in the capture of tho alleged
assailant.
The House of Representatives has|
unseated Representative Charles N
Bowman of the llth PennslyvaniSw
declaring that he was guilty of cofel
rupt practice in securing his election.
At the same time the House refused
to seat Qeo. R. McLean, the Demo?
cratic contestant on the ground that
he was guilty of the same offense in
the election.
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