THE BALKAN CRISIS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 259, 26 October 1908, Page 2

THE BALKAN CRISIS.

Bi.'uuiUA.vmuuau entente. AN AGREEMENT ARItIVKD AX.

Received 25, 4.30 p.m. m iv •• ..- h " ui, > October 24. vaimiPasua whereby iurkey™ » Burma's indcp,ndcnce and Bu l (.settle the financial questions, includUg the question of tr.uute. The conclu«o..s of the commission would be sub. mined to a conference of Oie Power.. M. Dnmtroir predicts that the TurkishalleK. oUtl 0Utl ' uU ' ""l into an

AUSTRIA ANGRY WITH BRITAIN. KING EDWARD BLAMED.

Received 25, 4.3u p.m. ~,, Vienna, October 24. the newspapers are a;igrv at Britain s insistent attitude, and assert thit King Edward's recent visit to Reval up. set the Austro-Hussian agreement regarding .Macedonia, and led to the creation of the present dangerous situation in the Balkans. . The Porte lias emphatically informed Austria that a settlement of the annexation question pertains to the conference of the Powers.

SERVIA AND AUSTRIA. SERVIA'S IRREDUCIBLE MINIMUM. A SERIOUS SITUATION. Received 25, 8.11 p.m. • London, October 24. The Times Belgrade correapoodont telegraph* that the irreducible minimum of Servia's demand is autonomy lor Bosnia and Herzegovina, and territorial compensation for Servia It ia ■ declared on all hands that unless both demands arc conceded war is ultimately

TURKISH NEGOTIATIONS WITH AUSTRIA. TROUBLE IMMINENT. Received 25, 8.11 i>.m. London, October 24. " Reuter's Vienna correspondent state* that information received indirectly from official sources ountirms the report that Turkey, under British influence, has ruptured direct negotiations with Austria-Hungary. He also reports that Bulgaria has decided to leave pending differences to the conference. AUSTRIA AND THE CONFERENCE, GERMANY'S SUPPORT. Received 25, 8.11 p.m. London, October 24. Austria has resolved to attend tile conference only when tie annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is registered as an accomplished fact. Germany supports Austria in this attitude, and has decided to adopt too same course. TURKEY DEMANDS COMPENSATION. Constantinople, October 23. The Grand Vizier, Kaimll Paslia., insists that Bulgaria must furnish compensation to Turkey for the cessation of the Eastern Roumelian tribute, M. Malinoff, however, declares that the proclamation of independence involved the cessation of the payment of tribute. TURKEY'S MILITARY PREPARATIONS. 1 Paris, October 23. Advices received in Paris from Coastantinople state that the mission of M. Dimltroir, counsellor to the Bulgarian Foreign Office, to Turkey failed to bring about an agreement. Diplomatists in Constantinople arc pessimisti*. Turkey has resumed her military preparations as a precaution against war with Bulgaria, APPEAL TO RUSSIA. St. Petersburg, October it. Russian newspapers publish an eloqirent appeal from the Committee of Servian Women urging their Russian sisters to raise their voices on behalf of the victims of monstrous aggression,