MACEDONIAN REFORM.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 199, 16 May 1908, Page 10

MACEDONIAN REFORM.

The " Debats " (Paris), contains v a long' artifclo. which may safely bo/takch as tho official view, of the situ'atidii. in Macedonia. . ; It. protests strongly against any limitation of tho exercise of authority by' tlie Turkish troops, and more strongly still against tho idea of makiiig Macedonia into! tin) semblance of an autonomous province, It maintains that Turkey has always fulfilled' her ehgageiiients towards the Powers, aiid tliSt such disorders as prevail are to bo attributed, entirely'to agitation fostered outside the . three vilayots by oicincnts, ovdr which the Porto lnis no control. The sstnio paper in anbthbi. place quotes at sbtiii) length, fi'oiii the leading ai-ticle. in "Tho Standard," aiid, to judge from the tout: of the general Comments iii the Press, tho proposal of Sir Edward drey ■ is nbt viewed with favour, as being calculated to break up tho Concert rather than strengthen ■ it; since it is confidently stated that several of iho Powers caii never be expected to sltppoft tho nomination of a (iovernor-Ciciiei'al iii tho teeth of. tho opposition it is certailt. to iiieet witli lit Yildi;: Kiosk, The statement tliat England • will •ulertely observe ii benevolent noutHUity as regards tho various railway prtijebts, without ltiiidijig direct support l ' to iiiy of tlieiii, is aiso, interpreted as a symptom of withdrawal from the. Cfiiicert, and has Crfcatrtl some s'iirfrHso. Tho whole question of the proposed opening up of Macedonia is beginning to interest tho French public very closely*