There was a more hopeful tone as to the outcome
of negotiations after this meeting, and it is generally felt that the main difficulty in the way of a settlement is the problem of Adrianople, a town which has many religious and historical associations for the Turks, who are for this reason most unwilling to abandon it. A statement made by M. Daneff on Thursday showed that the Bulgarians are still impatient for an end of the negotiations. Meanwhile the meetings of the Ambassadors of the Powers were resumed on Thursday afternoon, when the difficult problem of the delimitation of Albania seems to have been approached. Very different views as to the boundaries of the new State are held in Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Servia, and their adjustment is likely to prove a delicate matter. The opinions of the Albanians themselves on this subject have been presented to Sir Edward Grey in the form of a memorandum by the three representa- tives of the Albanian Provisional Government, who reached London this week. They claim that the frontiers must be determined by ethnological facts and by the right of posses- sion, and specifically demand the inclusion of the towns of Ipek, Mitrovitza, Prishtina, Uskub, and Monastir. These claims will doubtless be considered carefully at the Ambas- sadors' meetings.
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