The sixth meeting of the Peace Conference was held on
Saturday, when the Turkish delegates submitted their first counter-proposals, which seemed to take no account whatever of the course of the war. They proposed to grant autonomy under Turkish suzerainty to Macedonia and Albania, while the lEgean Islands and the vilayet of Adrianople were to remain under the Porte, and Crete was to be a question for discussion between Turkey and the Great Powers. These terms were summarily rejected by the Allies, and the Turks sought for further instructions from Constantinople. The seventh meeting, on Monday, was of almost derisory brief- ness, for the Turkish delegates declared that they had as yet been unable to decipher completely their new instructions. The earlier delays, however, were somewhat atoned for during Wednesday's sitting. The new Turkish proposals agreed to the cession of all occupied territories west of the vila.yet of Adrianople, and showed signs of weakening both upon the questions of Crete and of ZE,gean Islands. After the Allies had replied in a mon.; conciliatory tone to these suggestions, the Conference was adjourned until Friday afternoon.
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