THE DARDANELLES.
RIGHT OF PASSAGE. RUSSIA AND TURKEY' NEGOTIATING. GEItMAX REPORT. ; (By Telegraph—Prcsß Association—Copyright.) (Etc. October 8, 10,5 p.m.) ; ' London, October 8. ' ; The "Koolnischo Zeitung" 'states that Rifaat Pasha, Turkish Minister, for Foreign Affairs, is visiting tho Tsar for the purpose of securing i pftlitical and military understanding; conceding the right of the 'passage' o! wai'ships through the Dardanelles.. I Rifaat Pasha .is instructed to bring : about a meeting ,of ■ the Tsar and the Sultan Mahomet V. .'- ~. ["The closing, of the Straits is: a European prihoiple'.. was .an acknowledgment made by Russia iii IS7S. This "European principle" that the passage of the Dardanelles is forbidden to tho ■ wacship.i of all nations has .been affirmed by numerous conventions and treaties, the most important ,of .which is the Treaty of Berlin, 1878. ' Recently: there have been repeated ■ reports'that'.Turkey is willing to concede Russia the.iooveted right of, passage. for her: warships from the. Black Sea,' and that Britain will facilitate'this ooricession.]..
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 633, 9 October 1909, Page 5
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158THE DARDANELLES. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 633, 9 October 1909, Page 5
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