THE BALKAN TROUBLE

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8287, 16 September 1903, Page 2

THE BALKAN TROUBLE

[Br Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.]

(Per Press Association.)

Received September 16. at 8.12 a.m. St. Petersburg, September 15. Count Lamsdorff. at a reception to diplomatists, declared that the insurgents hope to establish a fait accompli in Macedonia, but are doomed to disappointment. Russia would never consent tc the granting of an autonomy under a Christian Governor. The remark is interpreted in some quarters to mean that, apart- from some step towards self-government, any proposal for a RussianAustrian or exclusively Russian armed occupation will .simply be"a prelude t«i ißussoTurkish war for the possession of Constant!nople. The Novoe Yremya. recommends the Powers to depute Austrian and Russian officers to attend rigorously to the control of the Turkish repressive expeditions with a view to terminating the devastation and acts of cruelty.

Received September 16, at 8.35 a.m. St. Petersburg, September 15. The newspaper Yiedomosti advocates a Russian alliance with England with the object of opposing German rivalry in the Balkans and Asia Minor.

Received September 16, at 8.57 a.m. Sofia.'September 15. . The Bulgarian Premier declares that his Government is liable to suppress insurrectionary organisation in Bulgaria and that the hour will soon arrive when people and .Tmv will imnerkmsly demand war with Turkey.