MACEDONIA.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 5

MACEDONIA.

' . . —. ——-e— — BRITAIN'S PROPOSALS. BY TELEGRAPH —-PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. : (Rec. March 6, 10.40 p.m.) \. , ■" ■London,.March 6. Sir-E. Grey, Secretary of Stato for' Foreign Affairs, has sent the Powers tho proposals relating to Macedonia, foreshadowed. in, liis recont spccch. , Speaking in the House ofCommons on, February 2G, Sir Edward Gre.v said that Great Britain was ,proparcd to relinquish llier gendarmerie' schemo if anything hotter could'he suggested for' tho! pacification of■ the Balkan States. He was certain that'.if -the Concert were, determined to settle tho question it could be settled. ' A Turkish governor whose capacity and',ch'aractcr r wei-o .known, to the Powers, and who owned be irremovable for a''term, of years, should be givon afrcp hand iri' order, to. securo effective administration. If'. the -appointment '.we're.accompanied by x a- reduction in the nuni'ber of Turkish troops,-, a-collcctiv.e guarantee .should be given, that Turkey 's . dominions would, ■ not .be interfered .with outside..'' Tho; danger was not that' the Powers/were-:likely to-quarrel, but that , the Concert would perish, through . lack >of vitality.■: Tho, condition of Macedonia, if !neglectcd,' might precipitate a catastrophe, but ; this'could .be prevented -by united determination-.on .the part of the Concert, which 'the .Government would do its utmost to' secure.- .' '; ■ ■-.-■"