THE EASTERN QUESTION.
THE ATTITUDE OF RUSSIA. THE SULTAN GRANTING CONCESSIONS. (I'tr IV. >.\ A%"t» ititi<>n—< '"/<///•/<///f.) London, Jan. 21. Official despatches show that Sir Nicholas O'Connor, British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, at first understood that the Czar declined to adopt coercive measures towards Turkey, hut he afterwards informed Lord Salisbury that the Czar was willing to take part in coercion if the Sultan refused to accept the terms of reform proposed by the Embassies. Jan. 22. The newspapers felicitate Lord Salisbury on the result of the negotiations for the settlement of the Turkish ditliculty. The Daily News the outcome of the diplomacy as a success of the iirst order. Co.Nsiantinoi>i.k, Jan. 22. The Sultan has accepted the demands for reforms made by the Armenian Patriarchate in a modified form, only exempting the indigent from payment of the military tax.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 228, 23 January 1897, Page 3
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139THE EASTERN QUESTION. Hastings Standard, Issue 228, 23 January 1897, Page 3
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