Salt Lake Herald | 1908-02-09 | Page 5 | Sublime Porte Backward

SUBLIME PORTE BACKWARD Has Not Yet to Austrian Railway Project St Petersburg Feb 8 Advices re received received received here from Constantinople Indi Indicate Indicate cate that the sublime porte is backward in acceding to project of con constructing constructing a railway connecting the Aus Austrian Austrian triad trian line lne through Bosnia with the Tur Turkish Turkish Turkish I kish line lne in through the dis district district district I of which is opposed by Russia The grand vizier has ha declared I that Turkey takes an enlightened inter interest interest Interest est in railways as the promoter of progress progress ress but prefers prefer to build the I line lne lne herself hersel dispensing with wih the offer of Austrian capital I It is surmised here that the project on this account will wi be deferred def red for some time as the Turkish treasury has been depleted of resources I The British proposal to create a a fly flying fy ing column of gendarmerie to be com corn commanded by Europeans and charged with wih iId th nf n out bands b d in Macedonia M c d nia mentioned n di in Ki King KIn g Edwards throne speech eJ has ha not met mel with wit favor from Russia on the ground that previous undertakings of a similar sort In Egypt and Crete have not proved efficacious clous and nd have entailed a avast avast avast vast amount of trouble tr ube forthe the native population Russi also als frowned upon another mother suggestion that a Joint note be addressed to Sofia Sofa Athens and Bel Belgrade Belde Belgrade grade de