A MOMENTOUS QUESTION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 140, 12 June 1908, Page 5

A MOMENTOUS QUESTION.

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ST. PETERSBURG, June 11. A passage of King Edward's speech at eval declared that he was convinced lat the recent Anglo-Russian Convention i ould conduce to the satisfactory and micable settlement of some momentous iiestions in the future. This is interpreted to refer to the re)rm of Macedonia. Sir Edward Grey's proposed scheme ■f reforms in Macedonia includes a reuction of Turkish troops, an increase f the gendarmerie, the appointment of . Governor-General, and a scheme of ndicial reform. The Russian Foreign linister was at first reported to be un.bled to accept the British plan. He onsidered that there must be no inringement of the Sultan's sovereign ights, and that on the subject of interlational control the Powers must be on m equal footing. The main feature of he Russian proposal was a reform of the udiciary. As negotiations proceeded, Jreat Britain dropped two of her most mportant points—namely, the appointnent of a and a reduction of the Turkish troops. The "Novoe Vremya" hinted recently that Great Britain and Russia had agreed to an immediate application of the Russian scheme in Macedonia.