THE WEAR EASTERN QUESTION.

Mataura Ensign, 23 February 1909, Page 3

THE WEAR EASTERN QUESTION.

.U'STUJA AM) SKUVJA. STRAINED RELATIONS. uv i.i.i.- iii'i'- ■iii.ii.i:.\'i'ii --coi'ViuoiM. i-r.i: ' :•■ <;!<> ci:i.ss association. VIF.XXA. Feb. 22. Willi - re::-!i-i| lo the Austrian-Serb dispute iillieial circles at Vienna declare tlial Austria will nut. assume the ol-

I WREST IN NKRVIA. PARIS. Feb. 22. Austria's declaration is credited in Pan:-. but Servian provocations ale apprehended. Ka( TIF..ME.\T IN BELGRADE. LONDON, Fob. 22. The Tinics- tielgrude correspondent al'irins that M. Passitch (the Pieuiiei'i is tlie only Servian politican win) refrained from inflauiatory language. K.viieiiieiil is maintained at fever lv.il. The pulilic have apparently over-estimated their powers. The pan-Slav iaii .Montenegrins ai'c irreconcilably warlike and ignorant oi outside affairs. HPLGARIA AND THE PORTE. I.nXUoX. Feb. 22. In response to the Porte's circular complaining of I lie Ko v al honors he slowed on Prime Ferdinand of Bulgaria at St. Petersburg. Great Britain and Frame l,a\c forwarded tranquilising despatches to lhe*P u rte. do-i-luriinr that their entente jwith Turkey in the first insiance. It.lien with others, must precede any' recognition of Ihe independence of Bulgaria. A IMSSIAX i:\PLANATION. ST. FFTFivSISI KG. Feb. 22. .M. hi.lsky (Kussian Minister for Foreieti Alfairsi iiiforineil the Ambassadors I hat Prince Ferdinand had expressed ihe de-ire to attend the fuller.,! of his i-elnthc In marriage. M'. Ivolsky «as careful lo explain thai the Prince's reception jis a Sovereign did noi imply formal recognition of Isulearinli independence, which could follow onlv aficr Turkev-s cui.senl.

FERDINAND AM) PRECEDENCE. Received i-'.-i.,...,iv -J,",, 8.0 a.m. ST. PETERSIiIKG. I'Vh. -2-2. The dimYuliies ol precedence iii nn.ii'.l in Kin- Ferdinand's case have i'.'.il laelfullv awidod. 'I he St. Petersburg dnciituenis do not mention Irs Royal title.

the ollicial le.-cptioi, pleased tile Hiwiaus, hul ic-lino, in lSulgaria is ~oi-e inasmuch as Russia's recognition ••i Km-: Ferdinand is so snaiiifest'v prcinaliir.', isolated, and informal.

Prince Fcrdin.-iinl of Bulgaria ai (ended the Grand Dnke Valdimir's Itinera! on Sunday. ; „:d „;„ received as a Snv-

A weighty article, entitled "Europe and ih.- aiiuexatvn of Bosnia and Herzegovina." by Mil. M. lvaliovitch. occupies the iir.si place in the 'Fortnighfly Review.' "Austria-Hungary is not a Fatherland." wri;..--. the author, "hut rather a prison ol nunierous nationalities all paining to escape, l! is in this pri.son thm to-.hiv Huron v.ui AehrenIhal wishes pcrmanentlv to lock up the iiihahitanls of Bosnia and H.-racgnvina as a preliiiiiiiary to the incarceration -'. the entire Sell. race. He invites Europe to 1... his accomplice." The emu I'iiinior (piotcs from documents to prove that th- military party in Austria have adupv.l a definite programme, which includes ih,. invasion and subjugation of Scrvia an! .Montenegro, (ho estalili.slmieiit ol Austria „n Ihe immediate frontier ol .Macedonia, and the removal oIMII tin- ISalkau countries Irom the iuHu.-ncc „f evcrv other I'ow.-r.