BULGARIA RESTIVE

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 329, 16 October 1908, Page 7

BULGARIA RESTIVE

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RUSSIA AND THE DARDANELLES. ■r A FUTURE MATTER. QUESTIONS FOR THE CONFERENCE. A SERVIAN . GUARANTEE. (bk teleohani—imiess association—corytuoHT.) (Rcc. October 15, 11.55 p.m.) London, October 15. "Tlio Times" states that Britain, France, and' Russia are prepared to attend a conference of the Powers as disinterested Powers. Tho question of tho right of non-Turkish warships to pass tho Dardanelles will not be raised, but will bo reserved for future friendly adjustment. M. Isvolsky, Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, is in complete agreement with Britain and Franco that, in considering the claims for compensation of Seryia and Montenegro, it must not be at tho expense of Turkey. Advices from Belgrade state that Servia will ask as compensation an international guarantee of the integrity of her territory. MOHAMMEDAN GRATITUDE. TURKISH POLICY HAS GOOD EFFECT IN INDIA. Calcutta, October 15. Many Mohammedan meetings in India have thanked Britain for her attitude in the Balkans crisis. DISBAND OR FIGHT. COSTLY RESERVES: INDEPENDENCE CLAIM. Sofia, October' 14. Bulgaria shows signs of wishing an early recognition of her independence. London, October 14. Renter's agent states that M. Staveloff, Bulgarian Agent at Paris, has declared that the summoning and maintonanco of Bulgaria's army reserves will prove costly, and that tho reserves must either bo dismissed a- utilised. BULCARS' DESIGNS ON MACEDONIA. A CONCENTRATION. Constantinople, October 14. Turkish residents in Macedonia are uneasy'over the concentration of Bulgarian troops near Kratova, 38 miles east by north of Uskub. They fear an attempt will bo mado to annex Macedonia. Bulgarians in Macedonia are diligently drilling and arming, with a view to creating a diversion in the event of Bulgaria declaring'war against Turkey. [Kratova is a town of Turkey in Europo, with a population of 4500,.mainly Servians.! PAN-SERB MOVEMENT. ANTI-AUSTRIAN FEELING: A " HOLY' WAR." SERVIA AND MONTENEGRO. (Rec. October 15, 11.55 p.m.)' \ Cetinjo, October 15. In response to greetings and an anti-Aus-trian message received from the Servian Skuptschina, the Montenegrin Parliament invites Servia's co-operation 'in a' "Holy War." TURKS USE THE BOYCOTT. AUSTRIAN 1 . SHIPPING SUFFERING. Constantinople, Ootober 14. There is a serious boycott of Austrian goods in Turkey. Dockers and boatmen at the various ports aro refusing to work for the Austrian-Lloyd steamers, and that 'line's service is paralysed.; ; The steamer Galicia left Constantinople without' a singlo passenger or article of freight.