THE BALKAN CRISIS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 254, 20 October 1908, Page 2

THE BALKAN CRISIS.

VIENNA i'KEss ANGRY. ... Vienna, October 18. I lie U*n;ie«u press angrily protests against the idea of comjwnkttuig Serviu and Montenegro. Tli>; majority of tlie jMtjK'rft suggvn that Austria should not he represented at the conference 01 the Powers unless tlie compensation elase is struck out of the programme

TURKS TROOPS MOBILISING. Constantinople, October 18. There nrc pcrsiswat reports tliat Turkey is mobilising the Anatolian Army Corps in view of the demand) made by Bulgaria regarding the Orient Railway. M. ISVOLSKY IN FRANCE. Paris, October M. Al. Isvoleky, Russian .Minister lor I foreign Allah's, hud an interview with President Fallierics and -M. Pichon, Minister for J'Oivion Affairs.

TURKISH MOBIJJISATION STOPPED. Received If, 9.33 p.m. Loudon, October 10. While Constantinople telegrams declare that the reported mobilisation u unfounded, probably arising out of the exchange of troops between Constantinople and Adrianoplc, the Turkish Ambassador at Paris states that tlie mobilisation was true up to Saturday morning. It was abandoned on Saturday night after Bulgaria had given certain assurances, producing a marked amelioration of the situation in the iatereiti of peace. TURKEY'S DESIRES. Received 10, 9.33 pan. London, October 10. Reuter'a Constantinople representative states tloat Tewfik Pasha informed the editor of the newspaper Tanm that Turkey desired the conference to considr er the independence of Bulgaria, the Austrian annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ottoman public debt, and the integrity of the Ottoman Empire. Turkey excluded the question ol Crete. Tewfik Pasha added that th» J retrocession of Novibazar was condii t-ion»l on neittier Bervia, nor Monte' uegro obtaining territorial compeuMtion there. Austria had guaranteed Turkey's possession of Novibazar.

THE PROPOSED CONGRESS. . A BITTER fISELING, « Received 19, 10.50 p.m. London, October 19. An unnuthentleatcd version ot tie programme in connection with tlie corner' race, published at Paris, caused an excited and bitter feeling at Constantinople, owing to the impression that Bit Edward Grey had not sufficiently safeguarded Turkish interests. The Turta are disposed to turn to Germany. The Times declares that the late rf the conference s&eius to really rest wltj the decision of Austria-Hungary mo Germany.