THE BALKAN CRISIS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3022, 20 October 1908, Page 5

THE BALKAN CRISIS.

REPORT OP TURKISH MOBILISATION. THE ORIENTAL RAILWAY QUESTION. Received October 19, 8.55 a.m. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 18. There are persistent reports to the effect that Turkey is mobilising the Anatolian Army Corp', with a view to resisting the demands made by Bulgaria with regard to the Oriental railway, seized by the latter country. Received October 19, 9.33 p.m. LONDON, October 19. While Constantinople telegrams declare that the reported mobilisation of the troops was unfounded and probably arose out of the "exchange of troops between Constantinople and Adrianople, the Turkish Abmassador at Paris states that the troops were being mobili.-ed up to Saturday mor.:ing, but the movement was abandoned on Saturday night after Bulgaria had given assurances producing a marked improvement in the situation in the interests of peace. Reuter's correspondent at Constantinople reports that Tewfik Pasha informeu the editor of the newspaper "Tanin" that Turkey desired the conference to consider 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 of Crete. Ttwlik Pasha added that a retrocession in connection with Nrvibazar was conditional on neither riervia nor Montenegro obtaining territrial compensation there. Austria guaranteed Turkey's possession of Novibazar.

AUSTRIA MASSING TROOPS. VIENNA, October 18. Austria i* masking troops close to the southern frontier of Montenegro. M. ISVOLSKY IN PARIS. AN INTERVIEW. PARIS,, October 18. President Fallieres and M. Pichon (French Minister for Foreign Affairs) had an interview with M. Isvolsky (Russian Minister). The latter has gone to Berlin. BITTER FEELING AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Received October 19, 10.50 p.m. LONDON, October 19. Tne unauthenticated version of the programme proposed for the conferenc, |>nl lishpd in Paris, has cau.-eti an exciitd and bitter feeling in Constantinople, owing to an impression that Sir Edward Grey had not sufficiently safeguarded the Turkish interests. The Turks are disposed to turn to Germany. / "The Times" declares that the fate of the conference seems to really rest with the decision of Austria Hungary and Germany.