THE BALKANS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13839, 26 February 1909, Page 5

THE BALKANS.

M ATTERS.' STILL '-UNSETTLED. . . . f ;),"„ , ,; ■:. ? Press Associatinn-By, Telegraph-Copyright ■'■-- - -".' -'-'-• LONDON,'.Feb. 24 Li declining th-jijin'l'll friendly remonstrances- at o V'ieifii(a, Germany suggeste si ijoint : inijjwsaivft. wamiiiK. Nt Belgrade.. '■• ■■•/-.■.' Britain has informed -Bulgaria, also the. Porte, that .she- would recognise Bulgaria's independence when tier differences with Turkey,.were settled, and Trxkey signifies; her readiness to recognise her independence. i ; It is: stated in Vienna that unless Scrvia, r-elinrujshps:! ;>her ,1 territorial claims, Baron Aerenthaj, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, will not forr.n.late economic 'Concessions'. The. Belgrade- correspondent of i!-.e "Times " says that .the mainspring of the new coalition ;\vjll be found in M. rashitch's- appointment -as Servian Minister of Works.'>:.. The country has r.ov.-o right to anticipate an: extraction one way or another:, out of ; the present perilous situation. .;.-;.■■ ;

AUSTRIA STILL CALM. GERMAN PRESS WARLIKE. Received 10.45 p.m., Feb, 25th. .-Vienna;; Feb. 25. Austria professes simply to favour earnest international .-persuasion at Belgrade. • ■ :. ..■,.■< ~ Austria's military- preparations cost £40,000 per diem. ,-. , BERLIN,- Feb, 25. An inspired article in the "Bologna Gazette" urges-the peacemakers . to .'snatch the brand; from-tlie hand of the incendiary fit: Belgrade., '.';.- • ST. PETERSBURG, Feb.-25. The rumours that''Russia' is pledged to neutrality, in of ;an 'Austrian attack upon Servia is scouted in St. Petersburg. LONDON,, Feb. 25;• The' "Times " .urges' that owing to the deadlock and the menace to pqace, it is ' high time that '.the ' Powers concerned revived the conference proposal. v CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb- 25. *> Rifaat Pasha goes; to St. Petersburg to negotiate a- financial settlement.. WHERE .■BRITAIN STANDS. .-!■ LONDON, Feb. 25. A statement made" by Sir Edward Grey, in reply to an-enquiry from Bulgaria, shows that Britain would intimate her willingness':' to recognise Bulgaria's independence .when Turkey .and the other parties to the Berlin Treaty are willing to recognise' it! .