THE BALKAN CRISIS.

Evening Star, Issue 13091, 26 October 1908, Page 6

THE BALKAN CRISIS.

THE AUSTRIAN ANNEXATIONS. ATTACKS ON GREAT BRITAIN. TURKEY AND AUSTRIA IMMOVABLE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. 1 . VIENNA, October 24. The Porte has emphatically informed Austria that the settlement of the annexation question! pertains to the Conference. The newspapers air© angry at Great Britain’s insistent attitude, and assert that King Edward’s recent visit to Revel upset the Austro-Russian Agreement regarding Macedonia, and has led to the creation of the present dangerous situation in the Balkans. Austria has resolved to attend the Conference only when the annexation of BosniaHerzegovina is registered as an accomplished fact. SEEKING A WAY OUT. - LONDON, October 24. Reuter’s Vienna correspondent advises that information received indirectly from official sources confirms the report that Turkey, acting under British influence, has resumed direct negotiations with Austria-Hungary, and that Bulgaria has decided to leave the pending, differences to the Conference. CHARGES OF BAD FAITH. VIENNA, October 25. (Received October 26, at 8.37 a.m.). There are bitter attacks on Great Britain in the Viennese Press, which accuse her of bribing the Young Turkey party with loans, in order to induce them to accept the British view of the Conference and to break off direct negotiations with Austria. CAUSE OF THE DEADLOCK. VIENNA. October 25. (Received October 26, at 8.37 a.m.) The cause of the difficulty between Austria and Turkey arises mainly from Austria's reluctance to take over that part of the Turkish Debt which falls to Bosnia. SERVI.VS IRREDUCIBLE MINIMUM. LONDON, October 24. ‘ The Times's ’ Belgrade correspondent advises that the irreducible minimum of Servia’s demand, in return for autonomy for Bcsnia-Herzegovina, is territorial compensation for Servia. It is declared on all hands that undess this demand is conceded war will ultimately be inevitable. THE CROWN PRINCE’S MISSION. BELGRADE. October 25. (Received October 26, at 8.37 a.m.) The Crown Prince of Servia is going to St. Petersburg on a mission to the Czar. TURKEY AND BULGARIA. ' AN AGREEMENT REACHED. SOFIA, October 24. M. Dimitroff, councillor to the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, informed the New York ‘Herald’s’ correspondent that he had concluded with the Grand Vizier of Turkey a verbal agreement whereby Turkey recognises the independence of Bulgaria, and the latter consents to a Mixed Commission to settle all financial questions, including that of the Rumelian tribute. The conclusions of the Commission will be submitted to a Conference of the Powers. M. Dimitroff predicts that the Turkish-Bulgarian entente will develop into an alliance.