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THE EUROPEAN SITUATION SSVOLSKY’S OPINION. FAVORS BOSNIAN AND HERZEGOVINIAN AUTONOMY. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 22. M. Isvolsky favors some form of i^V—Autonomy in Bosnia and Herzegovina as safeguarding the interests of all concerned.
AUSTRIA AND TURKEY.
THE PROPOSALS.
LONDON, Dec. 22
Reuter’s Constantinople correspondent reports that Count Pallavicini submitted to the Vizier concrete proposals, indicating Austria’s willingness to agree to an increase of Customs to 15 per cent. He offers some compensation on account of the Bosnia and Herzegovina’s share of the Ottoman public debt to the extent of four million pounds. If Turkey persists Austria 'will prefer counter-claims’ arising out of expenditure ‘over Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Novibazar, amounting to twenty million crowns.
THE SULTAN’S SPEECH.
BULGARIA TAKES OFFENCE
(Received Dec. 23, 10.45 p.m.)
SOFIA, Dec. 23. Bulgaria, in a note to the Powers, describes the passage in the Sultan’s speech expressing regret at “Bulgaria’s surprising action,” as an insult to Bulgaria and Prince Ferdinand. Fresh tension is feared.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2382, 24 December 1908, Page 5
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