THE BALKANS. NOVIBIZAR RAILWAY CONCESSION.
GERMAN DIPLOMACY. REFORMS IN MACEDONIA. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received February 25, 9.40 a.m.) BERLIN, 24th February. Wishing to show the solidarity of Austria and prove that the Novibizar Railway does not interfero with reforms, Germany haa induced tho Sultan to agree to a renewal of the. mandates to officials in Macedonia. However, owing to the Ambassador's divergencies regarding the details of reforms, the Sultan rejects these, hoping to proscrastinate. Newspapers show that a renowal of the mandates merely prolongs the present unsatisfactory situation. . It was feared that the feeling between Russia and Austria because of the latter obtaining from the Sultan of Turkey a concession to build a railway to Novibazar, in Bosina, would have the effect of interfering with concerted action in regard to tho onforcing of reforms in Macedonia. A reform scheme was drawn up in 1902 by Russia and Austria, but it was never carried out. Turkey has throughout pursued a policy of evasion, and foreign ofiiccrs appointed under tho scheme have been deliberately obstructed in their work.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 47, 25 February 1908, Page 7
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178THE BALKANS. NOVIBIZAR RAILWAY CONCESSION. Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 47, 25 February 1908, Page 7
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