TURKEY AND POWERS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 406, 15 January 1909, Page 7

TURKEY AND POWERS

COMPtNSAtiON. Pofi'fi'S hAcqLe With iuL6AFt»A. POWERS' ADVTGE.. (DY TELEGEArH—PIIESS ASSbbIAIION—COPYBItani.) Constandhbple, 13. . The Russian Ambis'satlbl , -ihiorffie&'. thb Grand. Vizier, Kiamii TPashaj th'it £'650,'6'd'0 was th 6 utiiiost Bulgaria was able tb pay as compensation to tie hbped, 1W siid, thit thb Pofte wbiild deebpt that suni. . The Bf Fi-oiich, aiid tie?man ambassadors ispoke in sitiiilar terms; . . : FIRST CdNFIDENGfe VOTE. ' AlTSta,tA : .--^BUE,GAfi,tA.—ARMY ANb .:.. ■;■:• V' :*OT. . ,'■ : ..:, • (Re'c. iannary 14, 9.56 p.m.) ".'■■.' Cohstantirio'pfoi January 14-. .The Gfand Vizier; 4n i. sjiee'ch iii the ne#, "■fufkisE Parliament, ;i'Afbhne'd .the Chamber' tiiat ytiermim instructors had been engaged to reorganise the Turkish 'Armyj and British; «fficer3 to rebfgaflise 'the Navy-. It would Bβ riScesfe'afy' to revisfe and both •Army aid -Navy, making them more in conformity with the tiount'ry's needs. '.- The Gbverfimeiitj M I'dded, cbn'sideM that tfli flew .regim'e .had "c'omple't'ely chahged the aspect.of the. Siacedoniatt problem. . Hfe expressed, hopei faf an immediate bulution of th 6 difficulty': with Ausiriaiflungaty' over the a'hhexi'tibh. of BoSni'i' aiid. fierzSgbviritl, and also hoped for a favourable issue to 'the situation with -Bulgaria. ... . y With regard t<i Crete, he anticipated a kbtatibii of that question; with tto. tion of the Jrbtectiilg PowerSy ! ori 'the basis' maintaining. aiiri. safeguarding' Turkish rights., ;■■• ■ ■ ;■■ ■. . : .- ~ ■■■..- The Chamber p'asSed ii vote of ■c6n'fi'd4n66 in. .'the.Cabinet. '. . >y. the "DbviousWay out, ,1 , iV. 'diplomatic cprrespbmioiiti'' \VritiiVg to the' "Daily Mdil" on December 4, pointed,but the road(compensatioil. fbr Stkt'e domiiiid) A*hich Austria-Hungarj' is iib\v endeavouring to fbl-' lpW,.tp.sol.\ v e .the Turkish ptoblem. Hβ iffiteSV ~'Ther.e is.an .obyio'us.way, but bf tto difficnltj-. Let Austria compensate: Turkey by t&tiSig.- ftver. .mth tlie property some of-; its' liabilities. This is,the basis of the negotiations betvffefen Vienna 'anii 'Gbnstantmople, bnt : iip tP the pfebtit Baron VoA Aohrenth'al. the A'ustfoHilhgarian foreign 'llinistßr, has made iib: pfi ■fc*i;-. .-.;. : ' :.' .. ;..'■'■ ;' '..■ ',■ ■.■ "Bulgaria has been more jiist and generous. She has sought: to condone her seizure of the railway and. her declaration .-■ of > by offers of, compensation. •!. The : principle has bebn. adniilted, though 'the aittiiiiit is in disis : fe4rful 'of fcon&'nting to "a suin,that might pfbvbkb. the Bulgars ;" wh'iio the. Ottbman - Government. is not. less. folfaitani: to be:accUsed of making, aWd bargain." Ea'6h Government is Afraid -of 'popular ifitieisin at home. Spthfesum to be.paid , by Bulgaria, remains, .unsettled in the. hbpfe that the rc;Bpbhsibility 1 may b'e placed ipbii a. Conference oftho PbWersi - . . , , . "toamvhil.-epcip , filar bpihioh in Ailstria.and 'Bulgaria is. prbvtiKd: 'against 'GFeat Britain. ■Wo -art aacuseil bf inciting Ihe Turks and the SorbS and MpntenegHnkagaihst the Ailstriaris. The, only,,,6M)iSe. i'or; this charge: is'tn'at we Sympathise..witli tke aSgiratibns of th? d*W regime.in .Turkey, aiid desM tb tlie chd ; si-■' o( * r,J P | i and,,autocratic , gov&fhliienfr' iii Constantinople.'- •.■''., -■-.., Aii? ll^-? t?°' accuse: us bi. 'deserting pSSF , ' i *5.4 the, ;days lof,. pur. ; .sympathy 'Win- •/ 1 «'& wil . f* ,^ 10 "?-, T % forget tire ■ ? i -It, 11 '? -.opitrcssibn iind'er ''•■lll «?h s l < r if ■-~ n is i" ib a* ej cause that mate with/.the'Turks, ,V'hos6 is,.th6.iufest. gUafanti* against .the.recurrentte bf .'BUlghfiAn 'atrocity. , ■ ■ i •,?« t . v in a:state of .fegFf? ,TMy,' to'o, ifetek ibiiineiV6S«°n.an,tlle. skatfe, o f ; .ibfHfdifv mat ■ Vohld Km,S?rvia access : to,; the sea; ah'd j&in tlie .OTte °t feesi.Slav States. .Hriwtfiis ttSUIS ■ft^t^ps!l! ; ;tp.|conc6ive unless.■Ail! JUS, 1 enough tb paH with- 4 If $. d«»:. j>! BjsliiaiHe-rz% b ov na> P Th i is, ieitbr, Kussia:'.nor Austria shd'uMTfiS JdisSbSnu\EK??•.if,?r a cptampa .agreemeW and Utt